Digital Learning Spotlight
Congratulations! You have almost survived the first six weeks. And that is a major accomplishment in itself. As teachers, we most clearly remember the end of the year, and that first six weeks is always a shocker no matter how many years we've been teaching. But give yourselves a double high five because you not only have been molding young minds and hearts, you've been harnessing your Googleness to impact student learning. There is so much going on out there. Here are just a few highlights.Teachers are providing their students access to 24/7/365 learning with Math Flipped Lessons
They're welcoming their families to their websites with grade level pictures.
They're providing students (and parents!) pages of study materials and...
... study tips to help students succeed in class.
They're co-teaching in Google Classrooms to encourage school-wide discussion of books, and...
If this much awesomeness is going on in the first six weeks, I am excited to see how you will be impacting your students through digital learning in May. You are amazing!
Canned Responses in Gmail
If you need to send the same email content over and over again, the Canned Response option in Gmail is a true time-saver. The video below will give you an overview of what Canned Responses does. The screenshots show the old Gmail. If you are using the new Gmail, you will go to your settings and click ADVANCED instead of LABS, and you will click on the three dots next to the trashcan in your COMPOSE window instead of the arrow. Pair a canned response with a Gmail Contact Group and the time saving grows exponentially.
Need help creating groups?
Old Google Contacts
- Click on the app launcher a.k.a. the nine boxes or the waffle
- Scroll down and click on the blue circle for Contacts
- In the left column, click on New Group
- Name the group
- The group will appear in the column under My Contacts
- Click on the
- In the box that populates, type your email contacts.
- Next time you need to email the group, just start typing the group name into the TO: line
Limiting Comments On Social Media
If you find a need to limit comments on a social media account, here are some tips from Tiffany Pierce at AES.
For a Facebook personal account, find instructions here.
For administrators of a Facebook Page, find instructions here.
On Twitter: After you tweet, click on your post to open it and click on the small arrow in the top right corner. Choose "Turn off Commenting" or "Mute this conversation."
