Fiona Beal
After looking through all the Google posts that were shared to my various subscriptions recently, these are the ones that have caught my eye so far
Did you ever click the bright red 'New' button inside your Google Drive? Google Drawings isn't at the forefront of tools. The limelight is reserved for Docs, Sheets, and Slides. But let's do a reawakening of sorts and click on More to go to the 'neglected' siblings. We have seen the usefulness of Google Forms. It's time…
Get the most out of your Chromebook! This session will harness your collaboration and super creation power by building strong foundational skills. Learn how th…
Using a cloud service like Google Drive, Dropbox, or iCloud Drive is a great way to back up your books, or collaborate across iPads and bring them together into one book.
You can always open a nat...
Educationa Technology and Mobile Learning says, "Google Sites is one of the best website creation software I have been recommending for teachers. There are a wide variety of reasons why Google Sites is an ideal platform to host your class website and here are some of them:"
Dash to the finish line with Google Drawing. Google Drawing can help you and your students create graphic organizers that organize information and illustrate k…
Richard Byrne says, "On Sunday afternoon I had one of the "rabbit holes of the Internet" adventures that has me jumping from one link to another. It started by reading about these Google Classroom Hacks that Peter Vogel shared and ended with watching two videos about using Doctopus and Goobric to grade Google Classroom assignments. Doctopus and Goobric are Google Sheets Add-ons. In the videos embedded below Justin Brink demonstrates how to use Doctopus and Goobric with Google Classroom."
Richard Byrne says, "Last week I presented three webinars on behalf of Simple K12. If you couldn't attend the live sessions, you can now access the recordings through Simple K12."
Richard Byrne says, "Last week I updated my free guide to using Blogger in school to include directions for using the Blogger iPad app. This afternoon I updated it again. The latest update includes directions for using the Blogger Android app. You can download the complete guide here or download just the Android section here."
We may use it everyday, but how much do we really know about the biggest search engine on earth? Watch the clip to discover 10 of the...
Despite having used Firefox in the past, having dipped my toes in the water with Safari and Opera, and even going totally crazy after using Internet Explorer for 10 minutes, somehow I always seem to come back to Chrome. And it's easy to see why. The number of Chrome plugins is huge, and when a developer makes…
Richard Byrne says, "Last week I presented three webinars on behalf of Simple K12 (the recordings will be available later this week). The third of those webinars was all about Google Drive Add-ons and Chrome extensions for teachers. If you couldn't attend the live webinar, you can still grab the handout here or view it as embedded below."
Google has launched a new experimental Chrome extension that lets you transmit the URL of a website to other nearby computers using nothing but sound.
he little search bar in your Google Drive can be pretty awesome when you know how to harness its power. You can just type in a word and hit search, and most times you will find what you are looking for, but I want to share some tips to help you search more effectively.
Technology integration consultant working mainly with Schoolnet South Africa. Also a part-time technology teacher for Grades 1-8 and a curriculum writer. Love networking and all things technology! ...
