Goo.gl is being retired
See Brenham ISD's post or Free Technology for Teachers post for several good alternatives.
Insert Diagrams Into Drawings
Looking for a quick and easy way for your students to take notes, show understanding, or process learning? Consider using Google Drawings.Last week during one of the BHS PLC meetings, I learned that diagrams can be inserted into Google Drawings. Just open the drawing tool, click Insert, and select Diagram. There are a variety of diagrams including grids, hierarchies, timelines, processes, relationships, and cycles. The Drawings can be shared just like any other G-Suite document or they can be downloaded as a .pdf or .jpg.
With social media in the news this week, now is a great time to review privacy settings on devices with your students or children. The topic became personal this weekend when I received a Snap from my teenage niece. Her location was tagged. Needless to say, this aunt's alarm bells sounded. It was a great reminder that we need to help our kids navigate privacy settings on their devices and apps.
What's a parent/teacher to do? Common Sense Media, a national nonprofit that aims to provide trustworthy information to help families navigate 21st century tools, offers some great suggestions for adjusting location and other settings. This link addresses the safety of teens using location apps, and this link offers suggestions for privacy settings for computers and smartphones. My top two suggestions to my niece? Turn off geotagging on photos and restrict location settings on apps.
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Turn off geotagging of photos on devices |
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Restrict location settings on apps |
