1. Google Calendar-You may have noticed recently that some guests on a Google Calendar invite show a moon icon that says "outside of working hours." While this has always been a setting that you can add, Google recently made it a default setting based on when you typically have meetings. To change this setting, click on the gear symbol in the top right-hand corner, click on "settings," and then click on "working hours." From here you can either adjust the times or you can turn it off altogether. If you'd like to know more, here is Google's help page. Thank you to Jodi for noticing this change! 2. Edpuzzle Notes-A fellow teacher on Twitter posted that they use the notes feature on Edpuzzle to help students as they take notes while watching a video. I loved this idea as a way to support students who may struggle to take independent notes.
3. Amazon Smile-This tech tip comes from our PTO! If you are a frequent Amazon shopper, then check out Amazon Smile! Amazon Smile will allocate .5% of eligible sales to the PTO every time you shop at no cost to you! Go to smile.amazon.com and enter D23 Elementary Parent Teacher Organization Prospect Heights IL.
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Instructional Goals-Goal setting is upon us! While your goal doesn't need to be tech specific, it does need to be learning focused and include how tech will be a resource. For this goal, make sure you are able to collect some form of data. Set up an appointment with me to hone your goal and craft it in such a way that it is specific enough for actionable data to be collected.
AirDrop with Apple Classroom-Did you know that you can airdrop items from your iPad to the students in your class through Apple Classroom? You can airdrop anything where the 'sharrow' button appears. Is a student having trouble opening a document on Schoology, but the rest of the class can? Have them submit a tech ticket and use airdrop to get them the doc in the meantime. Google Calendar-I like to double check my committee dates to make sure that I have accurately put them all into my Google Calendar. To look at all of the events on one screen, I use the search bar to pull up all meetings with that keyword. In the example below, I searched TLT to generate a list of all of my meeting dates and then compared it with the D23 Committee Information Doc! 1. Google Calendar-Hopefully you have noticed that your Google Calendar has been updated to the new version. Here is a helpful article that lays out some of the biggest changes. One of my favorite features is the Event Details section. Here you can add documents/spreadsheets/etc. or type in your to-do list. This is perfect for team or committee meetings that require everyone to be on the same document while saving everyone the effort of finding said document. To add an attachment, click the 'pencil' icon on the event to edit it then scroll down to the large text box and click on the attachment icon. 2. Google Drive Shared with Me-Google Drive has reorganized it's Shared with me section, which is helpful since it has always been the organizational problem child. One big change is that they have started adding documents that have recently been shared via link. In the past, if a co-worker shared a document in an email, then you'd have the most success searching your inbox for that email. Now you can go to your Shared with me and find it there. Below is an example using our Staff Meeting Agenda from the Week in Review email. 3. Schoology Profile Pictures-Schoology announced that they will be replacing blank profile pictures with one of their own design by the end of the week. They also announced that you can choose from one of their 8 geometric pictures to be your profile picture. If you have ever dreamed about being represented by elbow macaroni or a lost game of Snake, then here is your chance!
1. Google Calendar-Google will be pushing out the new version of Calendar on Feb. 28th. You have the option to switch over before then by click on the Gear symbol in the top right-hand corner and clicking 'Use New Calendar.' It has a lot of really neat settings and better visual options. Check out this article for more info! 2. Schoology Quick Access-You may have already noticed, but Schoology has added a quick access to your folders from the main course page. If you click on the arrow next to 'Materials' on the left-hand side of the page, you will get a quick access list of your folders. 3. Manage Storage-With your newest iOS update, there is a handy feature that can help you maximize your storage on your laptop! Go to the black apple in the top left-hand corner and click 'About This Mac.' Click the 'Storage' tab and then 'Manage.' It will automatically place you on the Recommendations page. This page is extremely helpful in identifying files that take up the most amount of space on your computer! Extra: NICE Mini-Con is on Saturday, January, 27th from 8:30am-1:00pm at Evanston Township High School. Here is the schedule for the event and the cost is $5 at the door. I'll be there and I hope to see you as well!
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Here are our Tech Tips for this week-enjoy! 1. Reflector Teacher-There are a few new features with Reflector Teacher. One of the best is that you can emphasize one screen over another when you have multiple iPads connected. Take a look at this presentation made by Amy Banas (TIS at Ike and Ross). Specifically look at slides 40-47 because they are FULL of great ideas and features! 2. Google Calendar reminders on your phone-If you use Google Calendar through G Suite you can get text (SMS) notifications for your events. This Tech Tip is brought to us by the tech teacher, Julie Garry, who I worked with when I was an aide in Wilmette. Turn on SMS notifications:
3. Schoology & Google-On Nov. 28th I sent out the news that the Schoology and Google integration was finally available for iPads. As we explore this awesome feature, I have no doubts that we will find some really fantastic ways to use it! I found today that you can view all comments made in a Google Doc (even resolved comments and even on submitted assignments) by clicking the 'Comments' button in the toolbar. This means that you can give feedback to students as they work and then refer to those comments when reviewing the final product. How awesome?! |
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