Today, the "Share to Classroom" extension for Google Classroom was pushed out to students in my building. After reading about the new extension, and reading about teachers' experiences on Twitter, I admit I was a bit hesitant about the purpose and effectiveness of this tool. However, my fears were assuaged today when I tried the extension with my students. I opened a website I needed my ... Read More about Share to Classroom Extension…Awesome Addition, Google Classroom!
Curate and Share Educational Resources with Appolearning
I stumbled upon Appolearning about a year ago when I was frantically searching for iOS apps to use in my classroom. Appolearning popped up as a wonderful, FREE search tool for educational apps. Appolearning not only allows teachers to locate new apps for their classroom, but also provides an "expert" review of how those tools can be used in the classroom. In it's infancy, Appolearning provided ... Read More about Curate and Share Educational Resources with Appolearning
Google Classroom Updates: September 2015 (Part Two)
Welcome to the second installment of Google Classroom Updates, September 2015! When I see new updates to Classroom, it's almost like Christmas morning! Almost :) ... Read More about Google Classroom Updates: September 2015 (Part Two)
Use Remind Chat in Your Classroom
Remind (formerly Remind 101) has recently made some FANTASTIC updates to their already amazing program. Remind Chat allows teachers and students to initiate safe, two-way text based conversations that are DOCUMENTED without showing either party's phone number. Remind Chat is wonderful for so many reasons, but the ability to communicate quickly and efficiently with students while I AM ABSENT ... Read More about Use Remind Chat in Your Classroom
Google Forms for Everything!
As I indicated on Twitter earlier last week...I'm seriously going crazy with the sheer awesomeness that is Google Forms! The possibilities are seriously endless! I recently had a minor epiphany while creating a rubric for a project. I was naming columns and rows while setting up formulas, which is great. As I told you earlier in this post, I am NOT A GOOGLE SPREADSHEET GURU. There had to ... Read More about Google Forms for Everything!