World History
- Google Classroom
Until recently I was not convinced that Google Classroom was any better than Google Drive. But Google recently announced that you can now add apps on it and one might assume that it is going to get better. The best part is that the students...
- Scripts For Google Drive
Unlike apps that are added to something like Google Drive, scripts just help Google Drive further an application it already has. For example, WeVideo is an app that one can use to collaboratively make videos in Google Drive. But we have already...
- Doctopus To Manage Student Work Flow In Google Drive
One of the problem with Google Drive is that while you may want to keep all of your students' work, it becomes almost unmanageable in the shared column. BUT Doctopus is a script that will allow you to create folders to put your students'...
- Using Google Drive In Your Classroom
One of my former teacher-students, Amanda Lombardi has been proving for a long time that special education students are great for using technology in the classroom (and this year I am going to prove that with ESOL kids). Tomorrow she is doing an...
- Cheating Using Technology
Normally I like to assume the best from my students, but I know they are not perfect. Some would say that is reason enough to not use anything other than paper, but I see enough kids in the halls copying each other's paper assignments or using...
World History
Catching Cheating Using Google Drive
Now that Google Classroom is finally getting better than using Google Drive, I will tell you how to catch cheating in Google Classroom later in the fall, but for now if your students turn in assignments using Google Drive below is a very quick video showing how to catch copying in your class and between sections of different teachers. Of course, most just copy from the internet which means you only have to copy a short questionable portion and put it in a Google search which is almost as effective and a lot cheaper than things like Turnitin.com. If you are in Fairfax County, I am doing two technology in-services at our social studies in-service gathering on Wednesday September 2nd in room 447 at West Potomac H.S. during sesions A and B.
- Google Classroom
Until recently I was not convinced that Google Classroom was any better than Google Drive. But Google recently announced that you can now add apps on it and one might assume that it is going to get better. The best part is that the students...
- Scripts For Google Drive
Unlike apps that are added to something like Google Drive, scripts just help Google Drive further an application it already has. For example, WeVideo is an app that one can use to collaboratively make videos in Google Drive. But we have already...
- Doctopus To Manage Student Work Flow In Google Drive
One of the problem with Google Drive is that while you may want to keep all of your students' work, it becomes almost unmanageable in the shared column. BUT Doctopus is a script that will allow you to create folders to put your students'...
- Using Google Drive In Your Classroom
One of my former teacher-students, Amanda Lombardi has been proving for a long time that special education students are great for using technology in the classroom (and this year I am going to prove that with ESOL kids). Tomorrow she is doing an...
- Cheating Using Technology
Normally I like to assume the best from my students, but I know they are not perfect. Some would say that is reason enough to not use anything other than paper, but I see enough kids in the halls copying each other's paper assignments or using...