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!
Google Classroom Updates: September 2015
I'm so excited that Google is making so many awesome updates to Classroom! Today, Google unleashed a new extension to simplify Classroom even more...Share to Classroom! This free extension allows teachers and students to share information from the web to their classes through Google Classroom. Teachers can create an announcement or assignment directly from a website by using the ... Read More about Google Classroom Updates: September 2015
Creating Rubrics with Google Forms
Today, my Government students began what has become one of my favorite projects: Creating Your Own Government. Students are given an imaginary scenario in which they have to establish a functional government, including how to address issues such as building shelters, creating jobs, establishing an educational system, etc. Students are also required to draft a constitution complete with ... Read More about Creating Rubrics with Google Forms
Google Classroom Updates
Google Classroom has made more exciting updates! Yay! Google has added these new features to Classroom this month: 1. Ask a question 2. Reusing posts 3. Pinning posts I've seen reports on Twitter that other exciting features, like Calendar integration, are coming soon. Can't wait for those! I recently tried the question option with one of my dual credit classes. I am a HUGE advocate ... Read More about Google Classroom Updates