Ideas, Activities and Resources for Bend-La Pine Schools
Google Docs is a great place to collaborate with others. Wouldn’t it be nice if you didn’t have to go check to see if the doc has been updated? Or wouldn’t it be nice if you didn’t have to email Continue reading Get Notifications in Google Docs
How would you like to begin a lesson with the perfect movie clip to hook your students? I just read about Class Hook, a great, free website that has a growing collection of short TV and movie clips categorized by subjects. Continue reading Class Hook
I have to admit that I love shortcuts. I mean who doesn’t? The only time I don’t use a shortcut is when I’m trying to get more steps on my Fitbit – especially when I’m competing with my sister-in-law. Well, I Continue reading Google Drive Shortcuts
Some of you might have noticed that there is a new icon on the dock when students log on to school computers. There is an application folder marked CLEVER. Clever allows students to automatically log into several tools using Continue reading CLEVER is so very smart!
Google Forms has a great feature that allows for file uploads. This is a fantastic tool for you teachers that don’t use Google Classroom, Canary, Edmodo, etc. For the most part, you are not worried about collecting assignments or projects Continue reading File Upload in Google Forms
For you Chrome users, here is a great extension tool that will allow you to quickly take a screenshot, mark it up and share it in an email, document, Google form, or even through social media. Here’s how you get Continue reading Use Lightshot to Markup a Screenshot
QR Codes are so handy when working with any mobile device, especially student iPads. Did you know that you can have a QR extension on the browser of your choice (Chrome, Safari, Firefox) that will make it super easy to Continue reading Easy-Peasy QR Code Extensions
I used to struggle to write my thoughts and stay organized while working on my iPad. That ended the very first day I saw you sitting on the dock at the bottom of my screen. Now, you save all of Continue reading Dear iPad, I love your “Notes” app