Tech Tips and Tutorials on tools that can be used in the classroom.
Like me, you may have run into a dilemma where you have a lot of information you want to share on a Google Site but no easy way to organize it all. Previously I listed all of my digital tools onto a single page and would try to categorize them and include links to any blog posts I…
One of the easiest ways to give feedback in a Google Doc is to use the comments tool in the doc itself. You can go a step further by using Kaizena to record audio while you are highlighting text or by inserting comments and resources to help the student improve. Sometimes we can provide better…
As we try to change our instruction to better meet the needs of students, we find that we need to differentiate more and more to meet the different learners that we have. To get to this differentiation we need to start with data, information from assessments or surveys, in order to determine the needs of…
There are some great video resources out there today that allow for students to get assistance in learning a new idea or concept as well as furthering their understanding of that idea or concept. Zaption and EdPuzzle both allow the teacher, or anyone for that matter, to places questions and feedback into the videos to…
Despite what many people think, you can work on your Google Drive files offline. You need to enable offline mode for your Google Drive which saves your files into your browser so you can access them when you lose your connection. This is working better in the updated Google Drive but if you are still…
With the update of Google Drive available to people and will more than likely be pushed to everyone soon, there is a new sharing window that pops up. You have pretty much the same options as before but you just need to click in different spots. The official Google Drive post can be found at http://googledrive.blogspot.com/2014/09/sharingupdates.html.…
Thanks to Andrew Stillman and his crew, you can now use Goobric with assignments created in Google Classroom. Doctopus is still a very useful tool and has features that are not available in Classroom yet but they are working hard to make Doctopus work with Classroom. Goobric allows you to use rubrics to assess and…
Padlet is a great tool for collaboration, communication and curation. It can be set up so that people can add to it without needing an account or just so they can view what others have done. It has a lot of uses and is very simple to use. Adding to that simplicity of use is…
Padlet is one of those tools that I keep finding uses for when I am using it. It helps that they keep rolling out new features that add to its usability. It is a great tool for collaboration and getting feedback but the recent updates make it even more useful as both a curation tool…
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…
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