Collaborate on WordPress posts with the new WordPress add-on for Google Docs

Collaborate on WordPress posts with the new WordPress add-on for Google Docs

WordPress.com has released an add-on for Google Docs that allows saving a Google Doc as a draft. To get started, you will need to install add-on for Google Docs. For self-hosted WordPress sites, you will also need a WordPress.com username and have the WordPress Jetpack plugin installed. WordPress.com users already have this set up. After…

Team Drives is coming to G Suite for Education and G Suite for Business customers

Team Drives is coming to G Suite for Education and G Suite for Business customers

Announced last November, Team Drives adds a new way to collaborate in Google Drive. Instead of sharing folders and files from your My Drive, a Team Drive is separate from your My Drive and has some capabilities that simply sharing a folder does not have. The big change with Team Drive is the addition of…

G Suite students now have the ability to transfer content to personal Google accounts

G Suite students now have the ability to transfer content to personal Google accounts

Graduating students can now use Google Takeout and copy their content to a personal Google account. File sharing outside of the domain must be turned on, and the tool respects permissions set on the original files. So if a file is set to not allow downloading or the creation of copies, then that file will…

Use Write About for digital publishing, writing prompts, and more

Use Write About for digital publishing, writing prompts, and more

Write About is an online writing tool offering digital publishing and sharing, writing prompts, and writing collaboration. Write About – Digital Writing for Classrooms is a comprehensive writing platform for schools. There is a free version for teachers to use with up to 40 students, but there are also several payment options that offer more features….

Renderforest is another option for online video and animation creation

Renderforest is another option for online video and animation creation

Renderforest is another option to create online videos and animation. Want another option to create videos and animations online? Check out Renderforest. After a quick sign-up, you can get started creating your video. There are several templates to use to get started. Each scene in the template has areas for you to drop pictures or add text….

Spiral offers teachers a quick way to do formative assessments

Spiral offers teachers a quick way to do formative assessments

Spiral offers teachers a quick and easy way to engage their classroom and measure understanding. Teachers can create and log into Spiral using a Google, Facebook, Twitter, Clever, or Edmodo account. They can also create an email log in if they don’t have access to those services. Once logged in, you can use one of the four apps…