I came across the Google for Education YouTube Channel today. A couple of things that stood out: A short video series called EDU90 covers educational resources three times per month Tutorials from Google’s “First Day of…” initiative in the Teacher Center. Right now, they have videos for Forms and Classroom. I’m hoping they will continue […]

Snow… That’s become a dirty word in a lot of school systems. Granted, we all love a random day off, but after too many, you suddenly realize that the school year will continue well into that period of time when students (and staff) shift into “summer vacation brain”, making instruction not so effective. Many districts […]

At a PLC meeting this winter, group members were talking about not reinventing the wheel with Socrative quizzes that they had created in math. In Socrative, there is the ability to share a quiz to an email address; therefore, the team was beginning the process of sending each other these quiz links. While I love […]

A popular topic this month at faculty meetings (I’m sure everywhere in the U.S.) is state testing. And especially online testing! One observation from our fourth grade team that completed the MCAS online last year was the brevity of student responses. It was speculated that the size of text boxes for typing responses may have […]

Did you know that you can quickly turn that Google Form into a quiz that gives students immediate feedback with a grade and lets you view the results individually or collectively and even graphically? I needed to update a Responsible Use Policy quiz for this school year that I had made years ago with another […]