I love Google Classroom, and I was originally a huge critic. Google Classroom has created such an easy way to share information with my students. It's simply spectacular. One of my favorite Google Classroom features is the Share to Classroom extension...if you haven't used this with your students, yet I highly recommend it! However, many of my students have encountered an issue. ... Read More about Google Classroom – Push to Students
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A Teacher’s Summer: What I REALLY Do
You're a teacher. You have summers off. How many times have we heard this? So many outside the world of education, my loving husband and father included, sincerely believe that teachers truly "have summers off." Oh, friends. When will the rest of the workforce truly realize that we don't have summers off? Maybe, we just need to clarify what time "off" means in the mind of a teacher. As ... Read More about A Teacher’s Summer: What I REALLY Do
Google Classroom Updates: May 2016
Thank you, Google, for such a great update to Classroom! Wow! I've been waiting for this addition for sooo long! In case you haven't noticed this new update, teachers now have the ability to schedule assignments, announcements, and questions/polls! Yippee! Happy Teacher Appreciation Day to GAFE users! When creating a post on Classroom, teachers can now choose to ... Read More about Google Classroom Updates: May 2016
Educational Technology & Politics: How things have changed!
As a first year teacher in the fall of 2008, I was EXTREMELY excited to teach American Government classes during an election season. We were even able to turn on a classroom television to watch President Obama's first inaugural address. Wow! Fast forward 8 years to the election of 2016. The availability of educational technology in my classroom and completely changed how I teach all subjects, but ... Read More about Educational Technology & Politics: How things have changed!
Google Slides – Not Just for Presentations!
It's no secret that Google has some pretty great tools available, especially for classroom use. GAFE has opened so many doors in my classroom, and I'm excited to share how I use Google Slides to create so much MORE than presentations! When I started blogging in January of 2014, I used Microsoft Word and Paint to create images for my blog. It's fun to look back at those old posts and see ... Read More about Google Slides – Not Just for Presentations!