Over the summer the student laptops got a new image which included the updates to both iMovie and Garageband. Since these programs are used by a good number of teachers, that means I need to update my tutorials to help students when they get stuck. Typically students need help getting started but they do a…
A couple of students came to me to get help on creating their ballot for homecoming court using Google Forms. The way they have done it in the paste was too time consuming when they had to count up each paper ballot after getting them collected. They wanted to have a way that was quick…
One question that we got a bit towards the end of last year was an easier way for teachers to know when there are updates to the AHS/AMS Tech Innovation site. Since this is a Google Site and we use the Announcements page to post new tech tips and ideas, you can use a RSS…
Google Forms have a lot of uses in the school setting, from being a way to easily conduct a formative assessment to even being a way to let students vote without having to collect tons of paper slips. One issue that some had with Google Forms was the limited options to customize the look of…
I have heard this said a lot lately that we must make ourselves uncomfortable in order to see real growth. That if we only do what we are used to and comfortable with, we will not be able to grow as we are just doing what we have always done. I think the phrase “That’s…
In the early days of YouTube, it was filled with mostly useless videos of cats and music videos. YouTube now is a great resource for finding video clips related to almost anything you want. You can fix your sink using an instructional video found on YouTube, something I have done, or you can just find…
We are now living and learning in the digital age and there is something lacking in a lot of educational settings. We use digital resources, we post online, we have students traversing the highways of the internet and yet we do not address the ways in which we should behave when online and how this…
With Google Classroom being fully rolled out and being used in multiple classes here at AHS, it is important for students to know the basics of how to use Classroom. Classroom is very easy to use and takes very little time to learn. The following video should help students get started and help teachers see…
With the recent release of Google Classroom to all GAFE schools, there were a few updates. While I did create an update video, I thought I would also just redo my Creating Assignments tutorial. Watch the video below to see how to create assignments in the new Google Classroom.
Over the summer one of my goals was to find a better way to share curated resources with others. I enjoy finding articles and other resources that I know can be helpful to teachers that I work with and making sure they have an easy way to access them. I have tried using various tools…
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