Basics of Google Forms

Google Forms is a tool that easily allows you to collect data and information.  You can quickly and easily create your form which can then be shared out in many different ways.  Once you have your data, you can easily analyze it using some built-in tools or share it out with others.     Watch…

Basics of Google Docs

Google Docs is much more than a digital word processor program.  It is a tool that can be used to increase collaboration, creation, communication and critical thinking.  There are features built into Google Docs that makes it much easier to have people/students collaborate one document without having to be in the same place at the…

Usage Rights Search Setting in Google Images

Images have become such an integral part of the learning process that being able to search the vastness of the internet for images that fit our needs has been great.  Using Google to search for images can be very helpful, but there are some tips and tricks that not everyone is aware of.  There are…

Google Video Chats

Google Video Chats are a great way to collaborate with someone or someones who are not at the same place as you.  You can easily start up a video chat, share your desktop or browser window and connect with people around the world using your Google Account.  These are private chats and are so easy…

Plot XYZ Data using Plot.ly

One of the things that can help students and others alike in analyzing data is to graph it and create a visual representation.  You can do this easily for XY data but if you add in a third component to that data, analyzing 3D data becomes a bit more difficult.  You could create a surface chart…

Using Pinterest as an Educator

There are many different curation tools out there being used by educators but one that many teachers are using, and do not realize they can use it for education, is Pinterest.  Pinterest works by “pinning” various things you find online into different groups onto a wall that you can share out with others.  It is…

Using IFTTT to Automate the Internet

IFTTT (which stands for If This Then That) is a great tool to automate many of the things that you may already do online.  The web service uses “recipes” to create “triggers” that will act when certain events happen.  For instance, my favorite so far, you can create a spreadsheet that will contain every tweet…

Differentiation in the 1:1 Classroom

Through the use of technology, we can now differentiate the learning for our students more so than ever before.  We have the tools to design a learning environment that is filled with the resources and tasks needed for each level of learner.  We know one size fits all education does not work, but many people…

PD from the Inside

Next week my school will be having a full day of professional development centered on technology integration.  We will have 4 periods of sessions before lunch and 1 after before people are given a couple hours to collaborate and use what they have learned.  Our main goal is that teachers walk away from this PD…