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Almost 20 years ago, when Paul Curtis was a social studies teacher at the just-opened New Technology High School in Napa, Calif., there wasn’t much “tech” to support project-based learning. “We didn’t even give the kids email addresses back then,” he chuckles. Even now, Curtis, Director of Curriculum for the New Tech Network, is confident…
Updated Sept. 2020 – Google accounts are not required for guardians, how to remove guardians Google Classroom added the ability to invite guardians over the past year, but there are some questions on how the process works. This Google Classroom How to invite parents article will hopefully help with that. I’ve also created a video to…
Quickly create Google documents in a specific folder through these special links A simple bookmark can create a Google document in specific folder. Alice Keeler’s Chrome Extension – AnyoneCanView A great extension that takes the guesswork out of sharing documents in Google Drive. Quickly create Google documents in a specific folder with a specific account…
Learning a few keyboard shortcuts and navigation tricks is one of the best ways to improve your productivity. Used effectively, they are a lot faster than reaching for the mouse every couple of seconds. Shortcuts are especially useful when you’re surfing the web. Traditionally, browsing web pages and navigating through tabs is very mouse-intensive….
When Google announced that Android apps were coming to Chromebooks I decided to bite the bullet and buy an Asus Flip Chromebook($). The Flip is one of the first Chromebooks to be receiving the ability to run Android apps, the other two are the Google Pixel 2 and the Acer Convertible Chromebook R11($). The Pixel 2…
I wouldn’t be able to survive without Pocket. It allows me to quickly save links to resources, while also giving me an interface to read longer length articles. Most Twitter clients allow you to set up Pocket as a sharing resource, and Pocket also includes extensions to use with your favorite browser. When you pocket…