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Melissa Schonig is a fifth-grade English and Language Arts (ELA) teacher at Lynhaven Elementary School where 40-50 percent of students are Latino, and many don’t have access to computers at home. She didn’t know much about computer science, but wanted her students to get familiar with coding because it can help with other skills, such…
Today I learned that you can make the formula bar bigger in Google Sheets
Formulas can get pretty complex in Google Sheets (or any spreadsheet for that matter), and the one line formula bar raises the annoyance bar. Being able to extend the formula bar is a godsend! Excel already has the ability, and apparently Google added the ability back in 2016. I just found out about it last…
Google Apps script to create random assignments
Create Random Assignments is a Google Apps script that takes a spreadsheet of questions and student names and creates random assignments. Once added to Google Chrome and you’ve authorized the script, your ready to get started! The author has a complete help sheet available to get you started with using the script.
Transcribe your Google Meets with Otter
Source: Otter Voice Meeting Notes – Otter.ai Otter Voice Meeting Notes is an online service that will transcribe recordings. Along with this capability is a Google Chrome extension that facilitates the recording of Google Meets. The free version allows you to record meetings up to 40 minutes long and 600 minutes total a month. There…
The joylessness of Google Classroom
When I saw Google Classroom for the first time, my immediate thought was, “This is clearly an under-funded product that ranks fairly low on the list of Google’s priorities.” Our kids use the iPad version and, setting aside the inconvenient fact that it’s at least a few steps behind Google Classroom in the browser, the…
Blur your background in Google Meet
Source: Background blur for Google Meet – Chrome Web Store I looked at several different Chrome extensions that students could use to cover up or blur their backgrounds, and Background blur for Google Meet was the one I liked the best. It’s simple, doesn’t distract, and does exactly what it says it does. Once installed,…