by Amy Gwizdz | Dec 4, 2018 | Tech Coach Tip
Students love to unleash their creativity by creating elaborate tri-fold boards or brochures. Can we give students another option? How about using Google Drawings to create interactive poster boards? By using Google Drawings, students can create colorful multi-media...
by Amy Gwizdz | Nov 27, 2018 | Tech Coach Tip
Chromebooks have many accessibility options, but the one most frequently seen is the onscreen keyboard. The onscreen keyboard may take the place of the physical keyboard, if necessary. To turn the onscreen keyboard on or off, click on the settings in the bottom...
by Amy Gwizdz | Nov 20, 2018 | Google Apps for Education (GAFE), Tech Coach Tip
Oftentimes, I will create, or begin to create, something for a teacher to use in the classroom. Yet, once I’ve created it, I have no use for the file any longer. If I delete it, the teacher and the class will no longer have access to the file. In this case,...
by Amy Gwizdz | Oct 30, 2018 | Tech Coach Tip
For those of you who use Google Classroom, you may have noticed that it looks a little bit different than it did last school year. Google is seemingly always changing it’s products for more of a user-friendly experience. Here’s a quick lowdown of some of...
by Amy Gwizdz | Oct 16, 2018 | Tech Coach Tip
For this week’s Tech Tip Tuesday, we are going to talk about some nifty uses for screencasting, specifically with Screencastify. What is screencasting? Screencasting is when you record what is happening on your whole computer screen, one tab, or just your...
by Bob Harrison | Oct 2, 2018 | Tech Coach Tip, Transforming Education
As any teacher knows, there’s often a direct correlation between the things we emphasize and the things students find significant. And we often show emphasis by the way we model behaviors. For instance, we speak in complete sentences, use proper punctuation and...