Tech Tips and Tutorials on tools that can be used in the classroom.
Setting Up and Using Your Apple TV – Computer In order for you to use your Apple TV in the classroom there are a few steps you must complete and then you will be able to wireless project what is on your computer onto the screen. To use Airplay on your laptop, you need…
There is a key feature to Google Drive that not many people take advantage of. Similar to Dropbox.com you can have a folder on your computer that contains all of your files in your Google Drive that is updated when the files are updated online. Your files will be stored and be accessible in the…
If you are not comfortable using spreadsheets and running scripts to create shared folders with your students, there is another simpler way. It helps if you do this at the beginning of a class or at least all together as a class so you can help people who get stuck. Once they share a folder…
An easy way to have students turn in work (besides Google Drive or Moodle) is to have them upload it to your Dropbox.com account. Students will just need a web address and password and they could then upload their files into your Dropbox so that you have them. Steps Create a Dropbox.com account. Go…
Using Ad Hoc Filters in Infinite Campus you can create a file that contains all of the email addresses for students in your classes. Follow the directions in the video to create a file that you can then use to create email lists, use scripts like doctopus or gclassfolders or any other tool where you…
Google Apps can make use of different scripts that can automate certain processes that can make your life as a teacher a lot easier. DOCTOPUS Doctopus is a script that can help you distribute and manage docs with students including being able to include feedback easily. You can easily distribute a file to your…
If you are having your students turn in assignments and other activities through Google Drive (Docs, Presentations and Spreadsheets) you can easily get lost when hundreds of new files appear in a short time. The best thing to do is to create folders so that you can easily manage the files. I will describe what…
One thing that can cause a lot of headaches when getting students to access a particular site is that they can easily mistype the long URL that is present for many sites. Using an URL shortener can make this a simpler, faster and more efficient process. There are many sites that you can go to…
One of the easiest ways to increase communication with students is to create a Google Calendar for your class and share it with your students. You can embed the calendar in a website, share it with your students so it appears in their Google Calendar or give them the link so they can add it…
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