Paperless Is Not A Pedagogy
Copying and pasting a URL into an email can be really ugly. Hyperlink Type text into the email that will signal to the reader to click on the text. Choose descriptive text besides just “Click Here.” Indicate where the link will be directing the person to. Highlight the text. Tip: Hold down the shift key and use…
Who taught you how to use email professionally? We’ve all been victim to the colleague who thinks an email is a book, replies to all with “thanks,” or does not include a subject line. Considering how much email we send as a professional, this tool should not be something we overlook with our students. With so…
In my post yesterday I showed you how you can use your class Twitter account to safely allow students to tweet. After receiving a few questions on how to create a class account, here are a few tips: Twitter.com Go to Twitter.com and log out of your regular Twitter account. Sign up for a new…
Here is a very quick project you can do to make your first program. Then you can brag to your students that you can code. Do not be embarrassed that you do not know very much, the fact that you coded at all is braggable. If we want to encourage students to think about learning…
I use Google Plus Communities with the college students that I teach. The Google Plus Community can generate a lot of email for students. This can be managed. While you can turn off email notifications, I would recommend you set up Priority Inbox instead. Priority Inbox In Gmail hover over the word “Inbox.” This will…
If you are using Google Drive you may have had reason to want to share a document with a group of people. I suggest creating a folder and sharing the folder with the group of people, but there are reasons you would just like to have a contact group. http://google.com/contacts Go to http://google.com/contacts to see your contact…
In your email you can easily link to your other Google products by clicking on the apps icon to the right of the search box. This icon is a 3 by 3 grid of boxes. If you are using an Android device you will notice the apps icon is the same. Link to Drive Clicking…
If you are using Gmail or your school account is Google Apps for Education (GAfE) there is a way to filter email right from the inbox. Hover Hover your mouse over top of the persons name who sent you the email. This should cause a pop up window to show up to show you your…
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