Screenshot on a Chromebook
In addition to the keyboard shortcuts below you can use Awesome Screenshot Extension for Chrome- This is exactly what it says-awesome. It allows you to annotate images and add boxes. Sometimes when I...
View ArticleFive Activities to Challenge Students Beyond Yes and No
A few weeks ago while running through my Twitter feed I came across this tweet from Stephen Krashen: We acquire language by comprehension. Speaking in full sentences is result not cause @ChildDefender...
View ArticleConversations with Colleagues: Flubaroo
These are the questions I get asked most frequently about Flubaroo- a Google Sheets Add-On that grades tests. I’ve used Flubaroo as my only (automated) test grading option for more than a year. If...
View ArticleBingo Google Slides
My favorite feature of Google Slides is that you can use them for everything else besides delivering content. I’ve made a Google Slide deck for Bingo. Share it with students as “make a copy for each...
View ArticleGoogle Forms for Quizzes
With the new changes in Google Forms, making quizzes is now even easier. I’ve been using Google Forms exclusively for quizzes in my paperless classroom. Here are some tips for making your Google...
View ArticlePrepositions Slide deck
I love Google Slides because you can use it as a whiteboard and the whole class can participate. (Read: never again spend hours copying, cutting and sorting only to have someone lose one card and not...
View ArticleGoogle Forms Quiz for Exit Tickets
I’m so excited to use the new Google Forms quiz feature, but I doubt that I will use it much for quizzes. I can see using this feature as a quick exit ticket. I’m going to ask my students five to...
View ArticleReflection, tweak, repeat.
I’ve been taking advantage of our “no school because of smoke” days to re-do my college syllabus for French 101. I’ve had a few ideas in my head since the end of last semester that I’m finally...
View ArticleWhy I’m not ready to ditch my textbook, yet.
This summer at ISTE I won a free copy of “Ditch that Textbook” by Matt Miller. I’d heard about this movement of course, so I was interested in reading the book. After much reflection I’ve decided...
View ArticleReset student response in quizzes in Google Forms
If you are using the new Google Forms for quizzes and have it set to allow only response, but then find yourself needing to let a student take the quiz again you can work some form magic to do it. It...
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