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How To Guides

Feeling overwhelmed with all the new instructional technology? Do you wish you had a document providing step by step directions as a reference guide? If you answered YES, then this resource may be just for you.   How To Guides: Visit  How To Guides  to find several documents that provide step by step directions that you can print out or save to your computer.   Current topics:     Chrome Extensions and Apps Chrome, Drive, Docs Basics Flubaroo:  Grading in Forms More topics will be added throughout the year so bookmark the folder and check back.  If you have a request for any specific how to guides, please feel free to leave your request in the comments.   These documents will also be posted on the Edmonds Instructional Technology Site as well.

Cool Online Tools for the Classroom

Are you looking for ways to use more technology in your classroom? Try out some of these online tools. Trading Cards:  Use this free program to upload photos and create a trading card about fictional characters, historical figures, events, or many other possibilities. http://bighugelabs.com/deck.php Digital Timeline:    Create a class and provide a code to allow students to join.  Students create timelines and can turn them in to you.  Teachers can assign timelines to students.  Timelines can include quiz questions, videos, images, text, and more.   http://www.hstry.co/ Mindmapping:   These two tools can be used to record ideas of the class or students can create their own.   Both of these are web based and require Google Account logins. Coggle - https://coggle.it/ Connected Mind (Chrome App) - http://goo.gl/K2hpq Jeopardy, Flashcards, and Quizzes:   Use this site to help you do more with Google Sheets in the classroom.  Create flashcards, quizzes, and a j

Search, Don't Sort

Now that we all have Google Drive on our computers, and it comes with unlimited storage , chances are that you're finding it increasingly difficult to actually find what you're looking for. Sure, you can use the Windows search feature to find all your files with the word "test" in them, but if you have 5+ years' worth of tests on your computer, how handy is that really? By visiting Google Drive on the web , you can use their search bar to find files more accurately by using the following search operators: title: – search by the file’s title (group phrases in quotation marks) owner: – search according to who owns the item (works best with owner:email address) type: – search by the file type (this covers: document, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, image, video, image_or_video, pdf, and textdoc) is:starred – search items that you’ve marked with a star For example, if I wanted to find a Google Doc that was called "test" that a colleague h

Lessons Plans by Google Certified Teachers

    Whether you are new to GAFE or an expert, you may find these lessons useful.  Some can be used as is or may need tweaked in order to fit your specific curriculum.  Either way, these lesson ideas can help inspire ideas for using GAFE.   Many students are likely to go see the movie, Interstellar .  Some Google Educators spent time creating lesson plans that were inspired by the content covered in the film, but these some of these lessons can easily be used without actually seeing the film.   As a former Social Studies teacher, my favorites were the “Message in a Bottle”, “Video Time Capsule”, and “Dust Bowl Planet.”  Check them out! VISIT THE SITE HERE https://interstellar.withgoogle.com/for-educators