Edmonds Digital Learning

Today’s Meet (a very cool back channel for Q&As in the classroom) is shutting down June 16, 2018. If this is a tool you’ve used in your classroom or presentations, I’d like to recommend using the Q&A session feature in Google Slides as an alternative. This will allow your audience to ask questions and even vote on the questions they would most like answered. Another one of my favorite tools for getting audience feedback is Answer Garden . This easy-to-use tool allows your audience to brainstorm and give feedback online. If you’re interested in using either one of these tools, please contact your Instructional Technology Coach for a side-by-side learning session. If you have another favorite tool you use for audience questions and/or feedback, please share it in the comments!

When adults or students are working collaboratively on a Google Doc, there’s a quick way to notify people about any comments or tasks you want to assign in the shared document. In the doc, highlight the task you want the person to do something about. Find the point in the document for the comment by hovering on the right edge of the doc and looking for the comment icon or choose Insert > Comment from the tabs. In the comment box, type an @ or + sign, then start typing the last name of the person you want to notify and the directory will come up (you can do this for multiple people). Google Docs will automatically find the name(s) from your Gmail contact list. In the comment box , you can also add what you want the collaborator to do. An email will be sent to the recipient(s) automatically.  If the person you’re tagging doesn’t have access to the doc, you will need to set the permission level for the user using the Share button. As always, if you have any questions ab...

Using Hapara to View Student Work Are you tired of getting shared document emails from students? Do you want to know an easier way to access student work without having your students share it with you? Well, I have some good news for you! There are a couple ways for teachers to see the work a student has done on their Chromebooks using G Suite tools (Docs, Sheets, Forms, and Slides). In the next two posts I’ll explain how you can view student work to edit or comment on it without getting 30+ daily sharing emails from students. As a classroom teacher you have access to student files through Hapara in grades 2-8, or Google Classroom which is recommended for use in grades K-6, without any extra sharing. Accessing Hapara All student documents are available for teachers to view through Hapara. This means students never have to share a document, slide, form, or spreadsheet with a classroom teacher to give access. To view student work in Hapara follow these steps: Navigate to www...

Using Google Classroom View Student Work In part 1  of this post I explained how to access all student work through Hapara. If you would like a more direct way to see work that you assign to students, using Google Classroom to view student assignments might work well for you. You can see any assignment that your students create to turn in to you. The disadvantage compared to access through Hapara in part 1  is that you can’t necessarily see all of the other documents your students are creating, only the ones shared via Google Classroom. Access to Student Documents Through Google Classroom  Google Classroom allows you to access student work that you have assigned in that class.  To get to Google Classroom, you can use the Edmonds Bookmarks on your bookmarks bar, or go to classroom.google.com . Then select the class you want to view. After you navigate to the class you can choose a previously assigned assignment to view. If you have selected the option ...

If you've cleared the cache  and your computer is still running slow, you may want to check that Google Chrome is up to date.  Watch the quick video below to find out how!

Is your computer running more like a tortoise than a hare?  You may need to clear the cache in your Chrome browser! Did you know that each time you visit a website, your browser stores information to help load that site more quickly the next time you visit it?  That sounds great, right?! Only for a while… When web developers update their sites, your browser still uses the stored information, instead of the updates, to run sites you’ve visited before, causing issues with certain displays or processing speed.  Clearing the cache every once in a while will make sure that saved information is up to date. Watch the quick video, or follow the steps below to find out how to clear the cache. On your computer, open Chrome. At the top right, click the three dots . Click More tools Clear browsing data. At the top, choose a time range. To delete everything, select All time . Next to "Cached images and files," check the box. Click Clear data .

Provide a digital writing support that students can't accidentally loose! Beginning writers and students needing extra support in the writing process can use the features in Seesaw to quickly create a visual and audio rough draft.  Using the Draw tool, they can post a rough draft slide that contains a quick drawing and a short audio recording of ideas relating to this drawing. To do this, you will need a classroom set up in Seesaw.  (Check out the Seesaw Getting Started Guide or contact your instructional technology coach for help with setting up your class, walking students through posting for the first time, and inviting families to view their student's work.) Once a student is logged into Seesaw, they can click on the green add button in the top right corner to choose the type of posting they would like to make to their journal. Students should select the drawing tool icon. Students can then use their finger on the Chromebook screen or use the touchpa...