Be a better Google Searcher

That’s what you will be after you read Alice Keeler’s post.  She shares her top five favorites to help you be more productive.

Table Top Texting (and more!)

In this blog post from Discovery Education, see how Hugh McDonald uses this SOS strategie as well as some of his suggestions for classroom implementation.

All you need to know to code!

TeachersFirst has gather a wealth of resources all related to coding in the classroom.  While some might be familiar, it is worth a look.  Please click here to see their resources.

Play with your shapes in Google Slides

Now you can enhance your shapes with a drop shadow or a reflection.  I added the purple shadow behind this image.  You can change the color, transparency, and angle.  Please check out the slide presentation by Mrs. Drasby here for her complete directions.

Everything you need to know about YouTube Playlists

Need to save something to your playlist?  Need help finding your playlist?  Check out Alice Keeler’s post here for the answer to all your questions.

#CelebrateWithDE – Cyber Monday

 From the latest Discovery Education Blog:

Happy Cyber Monday! On November 17, 2017, people everywhere will celebrate the special deals you can find online. While so many people are going online in search of goodies, we want to encourage our students to go online in search of the good: safe, accurate, secure, and – yes – fun and fascinating things. Use the selected resources below or the CyberMonday Digital Integration Kit (US subscribers only) to highlight cyber safety and security on Cyber Monday. Share your student work with us at #CelebrateWithDE.

Finding student work in Google Slides

Alice Keeler is always a source of great information.  In this blog post, she shares how you she can quickly find student slides in a collaborative process.  While I use the Control F key to find data in spreadsheets all the time, I hadn’t thought how I could use it in this context.

Now the images are back in the sidebar

When Google was first rolled out in the district, some folks might remember there was a search option that added photos to the sidebar.  A few version later, this was gone.  But now it is back.  Click (in docs, drawings or slides) on Insert- Images- and a drop-down menu will appear.  Select search, and the search bar will appear and your images down the side (please see my screenshot below).

Too early for snow?

Not in Mrs. Swierczek’s class.  On Veterans Day, her students used this SOS strategy to share their knowledge about the history of the day.  Check out all the SOS options in your Discovery Education account (Select Professional Learning and then Strategies and Resources.)

Digital Worksheet?

When I hear this I cringe!  Alice Keeler has posted several suggestions to improve your activities.