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Weekly Tech Tips 28 February 2021

 Dear Friends,


I hope you are well.

Weekly Shortcut


If you use Google Classroom to grade and comment on students’ papers then I have a little shortcut for you that saves me a lot of time. Instead of highlighting a word or passage, then right clicking and selecting Add Comment, you see now that Docs now automatically brings up Add comment and Suggest edits.

But EVEN faster is to use Control Shift arrow keys to highlight the word or words, then Control Alt (Control Option on a Mac) M to open the comment box and then don’t hit Enter, but Control Enter to save the comment. If you just hit Enter you just get a new line in the comment box. This way you can leave a comment without ever taking your fingers off the keyboard! I use it all the time


Some EdTech Resources    


Teaching Digitally Resource Guide from Nadine Gilkinson (https://www.fttechtips.com/). Lots of really great stuff here

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fFl9nq896ScyG_sUHaZ2OiKB0HUZLVlEGY8Z9Y3afcY/edit?usp=sharing


No luck getting teachers to try out Parlay (thanks for at least logging in Minhee!), but my students didn't have a choice ;). Here are the results of a discussion about who should get the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine:

https://go.parlayideas.com/chord-diagram/b8649d10-d8b6-4bad-8574-d3cd049545a4

They engaged and I was able to make sure they did. They seemed to like it. I got some pretty good discussions going on here between 22 9th Graders.


Quote of the Week 


“Teachers are professionals, and they’re experts in their content and their grade level. They’re going to be the ones to tell us if it works or not. They need to see the need, the value, and feel like they get to make choices.”

Danielle Kelsick, Chief Academic Officer for the Environmental Charter Schools in Redondo Beach, Calif.

This spoke to me this week. I hope that you find some of the things in this newsletter helpful and that it provides you with more choices. 






 

Google for Education Teacher Certification Training

STARTED LAST WEEK. 

FINALLY


If you didn’t fill in the survey last year and didn’t get an invitation you can still join us here on Google Classroom.

https://classroom.google.com/c/MTQ5Mjg3ODQ1MjZa?cjc=hm4w4iw


I have decided to run it as a blended self-paced course. I think it is the best way and maybe the only way considering everyone’s needs.  Again, we can discuss meeting in person once we are going. I have added the WELCOME section to get you oriented and started and I will be filling in the topic content as we go.  After a couple of weeks I will add the information required for the test.


Have a great 100% week!

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