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Make Email Great Again! ✉
Google is trying to make email great again...When I started using Gmail it was a revelation. It was fast, easy to organize, and had sooooo much storage! Well, now it's 2017 and things have changed...
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Don't let your students do this with their Chromebook!
This week I was providing training for a school. We had a cart of Chromebooks to use for the day. I pulled out one of the devices to take a look before we got started. Watch this video to see what...
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Should you teach technology in your classroom?
Do you have time to teach technology skills to your students? Unless you teach technology, probably not!In a perfect world, students would learn how to use technology in tech class and would APPLY that...
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5 Ways to improve your use of Google Classroom
Google Classroom is an outstanding tool for managing your classroom. Without it, simple tasks like sharing documents, tracking late assignments, and organizing class discussions would be very...
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📝 Do you teach with a paper-based mindset? 📝
Paper was invented around 100 BC in China.Google Docs was developed in 2005 by Sam Schillace.While Google Docs is designed to look like paper, It isn't an improved version of paper - it's something...
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4 Online Courses to help you become a better teacher
Sometimes it takes a coach to encourage you and push you to the next level. I would love to be your coach for 5 weeks this winter!Starting at the end of January I am offering 4 unique online courses...
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Disable your Google Classroom Notifications! 🤳
Google Classroom has become an essential tool in millions of classrooms. Teachers and students rely on Classroom to help keep track of assignments, due dates, grades, announcements, etc.One of the ways...
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Spot Check Assignments with Google Classroom (Video Overview)
Research projects strike fear into the heart of most students. These big projects also strike fear into the hearts of teachers because they require a lot of planning and take FOREVER to grade!Grading...
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Unlock the Power of Google Forms for your Classroom!
Google Forms is one of my favorite, and most frequently used tools. I've blogged about it quite a few times over the past few years: 10 Google Form TricksRestrict Answer Length in Google FormsMy most...
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25 Ways to use Google Forms in the Classroom (with examples!)
Google Forms is one of my favorite classroom tools.But here's the deal - most teachers aren't taking full advantage of what Google Forms has to offer!You have probably used Forms to create a survey or...
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Get Google Certified this Summer!
Becoming Google Certified changed my life.And I am not exaggerating!Being Google Certified gave me a unique purpose in the classroom (I was a HS science teacher), introduced me to new people and...
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Google Forms: Set your Default Preferences
I uncovered a helpful feature in Google Forms that I thought was worth sharing. You can change your default preferences! This is very handy for teachers who create a lot of quizzes using Forms. The...
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How to Create a Matching Question in Google Forms
You have probably used Google Forms to ask free response or multiple choice questions, but did you know that you can also create a matching question? Forms doesn't offer an obvious "matching" question...
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Sharing Classroom Data with Sheets
There are some really interesting ways that classroom teachers can use Google Forms, Sheets, Slides, and Sites to share information. The best way to explain what I mean is to show you an example.I...
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Google Certification LIVE (Claim your spot soon!)
In 2009 I attend the Google Teacher Academy (Now called the Google Innovator Academy) in Boulder, Colorado.That one day changed my life.Becoming a Google Certified educator has had a greater impact on...
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G Suite Admins: How to enable the NEW Gmail experience
Gmail has been resistant to Google's typical product tinkering and fiddling tendencies. Gmail has remained pretty much the same for the past 6+ years. That doesn't mean Google hasn't been thinking...
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Six ways to use Google Photos in the Classroom
Here are six ideas to help you use Google Photos to document learning in your classroom and help students create wonderful multimedia projects.New to Google Photos? Check out 📽️ this video to get...
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Get ready for the NEW Google Classroom
This past week during the 2018 ISTE conference in Chicago, Google made quite a few announcements that will impact you this fall when you return to school. The most notable announcements involve Google...
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Create group assignments in Google Classroom
Google Classroom makes it easy to assign individual work and whole-class assignments. But what about group work?It takes a little bit more effort, but you CAN facilitate group work through Google...
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Managing Comments in Google Classroom (2018 Update!)
Google Classroom is an under-rated messaging platform for teachers and students. When used effectively, the messaging / commenting capabilities in classroom lead to rich conversations and learning...
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Ultimate Resource Guide for the NEW Google Classroom!
Google Classroom is an essential tool for any teacher using Chromebooks or Google Drive as a teaching tool. On the surface, classroom is a simple tool, but with a little creativity and ingenuity it can...
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Do your students have these tech skills?
Before you can use technology to teach math...science...language arts...etc, you need to make sure that your students have mastered some basic skills.Students may develop some of these skills in...
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5 tips to design better forms
5 tips to design better forms...Google Forms is a marvelous tool in the classroom. Get even more value out of form by applying these five tips that go beyond the basics.1. Use validation to collect...
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5 ways to prevent cheating on your Google Form Quiz
If you are using Google Forms to give quizzes and tests in your classroom, you are likely aware that some students have figured out various ways to "game" forms to get a better grade:Open a tab to look...
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Family Breakout: A new holiday tradition
Three years ago I accidentally created a family Christmas tradition. 😯Let me explain...My wife and I have five kids: ages 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11.As you can imagine, Christmas is a pretty big...
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