Tech Tips and Tutorials on tools that can be used in the classroom.
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…
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…
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…
Google Classroom is starting to be rolled out to schools around the world and there are even a couple of updates from the preview that some had access to over the summer. You can see my previous postings for Google Classroom here. There are 2 big changes, one is an About section and the…
You can easily export a class roster that includes the email addresses for your students from Infinite Campus. You can then use those email addresses in various apps like Doctopus or to create a Google Group to send out class emails so you only have to type in one email instead of all of the…
With new computers and a new school year there are two things you can do quickly to save yourself some hassle and some time. The first is to download Google Drive to your computer so that you can quickly backup your files and have them on your computer as well as in your Drive. This…
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