Last Friday I received an email that was the best email I have received in quite a while. I got the acceptance email from the Google Innovator Academy and I will be taking part in the Boulder Cohort this June, right after ISTE. This was my 4th time applying which just goes to show that…
Draftback is a Chrome Extension that allows you to play back a Google Doc as if you were recording a video of all of the edits. This simple Chrome Extension will allow a writer, or someone who is helping to give feedback to a writer, to view their writing process and see the flow…
One of my favorite tools for leaving effective feedback for students is Kaizena. Kaizena allows you to easily leave audio and text feedback for students in a Google Doc. This is a free service and one that I suggest to a lot of people because we should be more focused on feedback than grades in…
When Google added the Calendar integration with Classroom, they pretty much released another feature that many had wanted, sharing with parents. Now, parents still can’t log into Classroom unless they use their student’s information but they can easily see the Calendar that is created with that Classroom to see due dates for assignments. This is…
gMath is an Add-on for Google Forms (and Docs, Sheets) that allows you to easily create, and insert, mathematical equations and graphs. It uses the LaTeX equation editor to allow you to quickly use buttons, or write it all out yourself, to insert the equations or graphs into a Google Form. With the recent update,…
Chalkup is a useful tool in many ways, as an LMS (lesson management software) or even just as a way to annotate Google Docs for students. Chalkup has the usual features of being able to create classes, have students join using their Google accounts and a classroom key code, discussion posts, creating assignments, and all…
I am a big proponent of using digital tools to provide better feedback for students as part of their learning. Too often we may give “feedback” that consists of a score or a grade, which does not help the student continue in their learning in an effective way. It is like expecting a blind person…
Recently Google released a huge update to their Google Translate App for iOS and Android. The updated app can now use the camera to translate printed text into the language of your choice. It does this on the fly and creates an almost augmented reality where you see the previous word changed into the translated…
Google updated Classroom last week and added some features that teachers were asking for. (This shows that Google is listening to the feedback that teachers are leaving and that if there is a feature you want, make sure to suggest it.) Classroom now gives you a way to view all assignments in one place, for all classes…
One thing that should be easier than ever, thanks to the technology that is readily available to us, is the ability to quickly communicate with others, including students. There are various ways we can get information out to our students using the tools we already have, or by learning how to use some new ones.…
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