Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Keep your Personal and School Accounts Separate!
A lot of people simply click "Add Account" and move on when they want to switch between their personal and school accounts, DON'T DO IT!!! Adding an account allows for switching between accounts quickly...but, it is not a great practice as your Google Drive, Gmail, and other Google services may become intertwined. Your personalized settings are also not separated in this instance, meaning that themes, bookmarks, passwords, and history will only be tied to the first account listed. In order to avoid this confusion, people should set up two separate Chrome profiles.
1. Click the rectangle with your name on it in the upper right corner; click your name to open a drop-down menu.
2. Select “Switch person” and then select “Add Person” from the bottom of the window.
3. When this is selected, a new Chrome window will open, and a new Chrome sign-in page will be displayed. Log in with your second Google account, and all of your data will be synced to that profile.
In the future to switch accounts, click on the same rectangle and select “Switch Person,” choose your picture or the name of the account that you would like to access. This way you keep your personal web history, bookmarks, and passwords separated from the ones you use at school!
Source credit: Ben Sondgeroth @Mr_Sondgeroth
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week 2016
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week
Here are some great freebies to celebrate all that you do...ENJOY!
Click on any blue link for the coupon or info.
FOOD:
- Chipotle: is offering a buy-one-get-one promotion on May 3 for teachers, faculty and school staff from preschool through the university level who show valid school identification.
- HoneyBaked Ham: Save $7 off a bone-in half ham or a whole boneless ham with this coupon until May 22.
- Land’s End: Buy two or more regular-priced men’s dress shorts or buy three or more select women’s knit tops and save $5 each and get free shipping on orders over $50 with these promo codes until Dec. 16.
- Seasons 52: Save $10 off your $30 purchase with this printable coupon until May 4.
CLOTHING:
- Aerosoles: Save 15 percent off footwear $39.99 and up when you shop in-store or order over the phone. Teacher ID or paystub is required for in-store purchases.
- Banana Republic: Enjoy a 15 percent discount off regular-priced, in-store purchases any time when you present a valid teacher ID. This offer ends Jan. 1, 2020 and isn’t valid at Banana Republic Factory Stores.
- Barnes & Noble: Save 20 percent off the publisher’s list price for all purchases for classroom use. Save 25 percent on educator appreciation days. You must complete an educator form from Barnes & Noble to enroll and receive your educator card.
- J. Crew: Save 15 percent when you shop in-store at J. Crew and J. Crew Factory with a valid school ID.
- The Limited: Shop in-store and show your teacher ID for a 15 percent discount on your purchases.
- LOFT: Save 15 percent off regular priced purchases every day when you sign up for the LOFT Loves Teachers program.
MISC:
- Hertz: Save 25 percent off every rental if you’re a member of the National Education Association. And you can use this deal with other offers for additional savings. You must log in to the NEA site to take advantage of this offer.
- JoAnn Fabrics: Sign up for a Teacher Rewards Card and save 15 percent on every purchase. You must present a current teacher ID and a state-issued photo ID.
- Michael’s: Save 15 percent off items designed for the classroom. Some exclusions apply and the offer is only available for in-store purchases.
- New York Times: Get a four-week trial subscription for only $0.99, then save 50 percent off the normal subscription rate. You must have a school email
address to qualify.
Mind Mapping in Google Sheets
We all know how useful organization charts can be in a classroom...
mind mapping, to organizing thoughts, to charting out ideas for writing...
the list goes on and on.
Using Google Sheets you can create a quick organization chart for any ideas!
Watch the short video below to find out how.
Hope this is a helpful new tool in your classroom!
Top 10 of 2015
Here, in no particular order whatsoever, are the
Top 10 Technology Apps and Websites for 2015.
If you haven’t used them yet, try them in 2016!
Have a Happy & Healthy New Year!
1. Nearpod allows you to control the flow of the lesson as a whole class and get awesome feedback data on the students’ learning OR let them learn asynchronously by logging into “Homework” mode.
2. EDpuzzle allows you to pick an online video and add questions, a voiceover, or music to the video. Teachers can use it for lessons and students can use it to create presentations.
3. Google Hangouts is a great resource to connect with other classes within the district, with other schools throughout the world, experts in the field and SO MUCH MORE! Globalize your curriculum with a Hangout!
5. Storybird is a completely free site for students to create their own digital storybooks using beautiful illustrations.
6. Bookshelf allows students to read a multitude of eBooks on their IRLA reading level, asynchronously, just by downloading the app and logging in. Available on the Nexus tablets.
7. MobyMax has a games and resources for reading, writing, math, and science. Embrace asynchronous learning with this great website.
8. duolingo is a free site for learning languages. The site makes asynchronous learning into a game with daily goals kids can meet, and the cute graphics make it fun. Teachers can monitor individual progress.
9. Send out assignments, make announcements, and allow
Google Classroom to be your one stop shop for all your classroom needs. Asynchronous learning with a digital and creative spin.
10. VoiceThread is an interactive collaboration tool that enables users to add images, documents, and videos. Other users can add voice, text, audio files, or video comments. Post your VoiceThread on your website or save it to as an MP3. Digital and creation at its finest.
BONUS PICK!!!
- Focused browsing - restrict a student to specific websites for a set period of time.
- Multiple tab opening - open up to 5 tabs at a time for your students.
- Activity Viewer - see a summary of your entire class activity at a glance.
- Snaps - capture student browsing activity (meta data and screenshot) at any point in time to explore/investigate it at a later stage.
Have a WONDERFUL break!
Nearpod to the Rescue!
Differentiate Student Learning with...
Nearpod!
Use Nearpod for Formative Assessment...
Use Nearpod for Summative Assessment...
Use Nearpod as a whole class...
Use Nearpod independently...
Use Nearpod asynchronously...
Use Nearpod as a review...
Use Nearpod for answers in the form of:
* Multiple Choice
* Open-ended Questions
* Drawings
* Fill-in-the-Blanks
* Polls
BOTTOM LINE BEING: USE NEARPOD!
Graphite for ALL the best Apps, Games, Websites, and Digital Curricula You Need!
Graphite is an awesome resource to find new apps, websites, and games...AS WELL AS...lesson plans that can be used with them!
Simply go to graphite.org, sign up for a FREE account and start exploring all the awesome resources!
Graphite categorizes by subject area, student population, grade level, and skills. WOW!
Tabs for a Cause - Donate Money Just by Using Chrome!
Just visit the Google Chrome Store and add Tabs for a Cause.
Each time you open a new tab, this screen will appear…then just navigate as you normally would.
OneTab Makes Tabbing Easy!
TOO MANY TABS OPEN...ZAP...ONE TAB OPEN!
Whenever you find you have too many tabs opened, click the OneTab icon to convert all of your tabs into a list.
Once it's added to your Chrome account, you will be able to access all of your tabs on one page.
Click to restore one at a time or restore all. It's as easy as that!
Google Fluency Tutor
helping busy teachers help struggling readers and ell students
Google Fluency Tutor allows students to record themselves reading and then share that content with their teacher away from the pressures of reading aloud in the classroom environment.
Click here for detailed step-by-step directions of how to proceed and use this awesome new tool!
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