Doctopus and Goobric

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…

Save Time = Create Folders in Google Drive

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…

Shorten URLs for Students

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…

Sharing a Google Calendar with Students

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…

Inaugural Post I am trying to become a blogger as I continue on this path as a teacher/learner.  I have had a very interesting teaching career up to this point and there are ideas and questions that still drive me close to insanity.  I decided to be a teacher because I saw it as an…