Posts in Technology
Favorite Feature Friday: Google Doc Checklists

You know it is the “back to school” season when my Favorite Feature Friday blog is posted on a Saturday 🤣. Oh well! This week I am highlighting a really cool… but oh so easy…trick in Google Docs. If you create assignments in Google Docs that you share with your students, then check this out! Often I will have a list of things for students to accomplish in the instructions OR a list of assignment requirements for them to go through. This feature makes it super easy for students to check things off of a list, and then I can see it when they turn it in or submit it to me in Google Classroom. Check out these instructions!

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Favorite Feature Friday: Make a Copy for Each Student in Google Classroom

This seems like such a small and simple thing, yet I truly don’t know if I could teach without the “make a copy for each student” feature. It is the main reason that I use Google Classroom even though my school has another LMS system that they pay for.

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Top 5 Technology Tools I Will Use This Year, Even If I Don't Have To!

During the pandemic, we have all embraced new technology out of necessity…even when we didn’t want to. So, I completely understand the desire to toss your computer, iPad, camera, headset, etc. out the window and to erase all evidence of virtual and remote learning. However, when you think about this upcoming school year, is there anything that you plan on keeping even if you return to fully in-person instruction? What improved teaching and learning in your classroom and is now a “go-to” technology resource? What ed tech tools and platforms will I use in my classroom this year, even if I don’t have to? Here are my top 5!

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