Twice this week readers emailed me to ask if I had any tutorials about how students join Google Classroom. I didn't have a current one so I made one. In my new video that is embedded below I demonstrate three ways to invite students to join...
In case you haven't heard, AI is the buzzword of the year in education and technology. If you haven't tried any AI tools yet, Google Slides has one that it's easy to use and that you might actually want to use on a regular basis. The...
Last year I wrote about the qualities of a good school district website. Unfortunately, the school district in which my kids go to school didn't read that blog post or didn't take any action based on it. That was driven home this week as we...
Earlier this week I shared directions for creating appointment slots in Google Calendar. After doing that it occurred to me that I've made a lot of Google Calendar tutorials over the years. And while I have a big playlist of more than 700 Google Workspace...
Over the last sixteen years I've used Google Docs and had students use Google Docs for lots of activities besides just writing essays. I've used Google Documents to facilitate analysis of primary sources, to create charts and diagrams, to facilitate group note-taking, to publish simple...
In one of yesterday's posts I shared directions on how to create an online reservation system by using Google Calendar's appointment slots feature. If you don't have a Google Workspace account or you simply want an option for creating an online reservation system that doesn't...
Unsure about whether or not your students should use AI? This guide from AI for Education can serve as a useful conversation starter with students. Unsure about whether or not your students should use AI? This guide from AI for Education can serve as a useful...
Book Creator is a tool that I've been using and recommending for many years. It provides a great way for you and your students to create all kinds of multimedia books. In the pages of Book Creator books you can include text, comics, pictures, audio,...
This morning I answered an email from a reader who was looking for a suggestion for an alternative to using Google Forms for letting students book time in the library during the school day. Since the school was already using Google Workspace, my first suggestion...
One class that I always thought would be meaningful, impactful, and highly visible to the community would be a Social Impact elective course. This would basically be a student-driven genius hour but focused heavily on the Contribution item in Section B of the 4 Shifts...
