Category: Being Googley
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Mystery Location Calls, Hangouts and Skypes
So this morning I led the above Hangout and I promised a list of the links I mentioned… so here they are: What Mystery Location Calls are: Cybrary Man’s Mystery Location Call – http://cybraryman.com/mysterylocationcall.html Mystery Hangouts for Foreign Language Teachers – http://mysteryhangouts.blogspot.jp/ Infographic – http://www.slideshare.net/dambrosio7/mystery-hangout Breaking Down Classroom Walls with Google Hangouts: One Classroom’s Mystery Hangout Journey…
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Teaching Newbies GAFE – How to teach the basic menus and operations in Google Slides
For my dissertation I will be giving several classes on different Google Apps for Education (GAFE) Apps and uses for them in your classroom. I thought it might be useful for other teachers and PD Developers to know how you can teach newbies the basics of programs like Google Slides without stressing them out. I…
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Basics of Google Apps for Education
For my dissertation I will be giving several classes on different Google Apps for Education (GAFE) Apps and uses for them in your classroom. But the first class will be on what exactly GAFE is and why you might use it. I will be streaming it as a live hangout tonight, but it will be…
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Maps for Mystery Hangouts
If you don’t know what a Mystery Hangout/Mystery Skype/Mystery Location Call is and you are a teacher… especially a geography, language, or world cultures teacher… then you are missing out. Essentially it is a real-time 20 questions game between students in two different classrooms. You can only ask Yes/No questions and each side takes turns.…
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Help #edtech and #ict friends! I have to meet tomorrow to justify use of edtech and #GoogleDrive use at school again!
I want to have as many points as possible! I am again facing critics who just want to keep to the blackboard and chalk standard and I need to explain not only “Why Ed Tech?” but also “Why Google Drive?” If you have a moment and you can go to this Google Doc: http://goo.gl/oAzF1q Please…
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Making a #GTA Google Teacher Academy Video
I put a lot of thought into making my Google Teacher Academy video. I watched a variety of other videos from previous attendees to try to get an idea of what to put in mine. Many recommended to make sure to show yourself. Apparently a lot of people show their class and/or a lot of…
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On my way to the Google Teacher Academy… #GTASEA #edtech
I haven’t posted here in ages, and I wanted to post today on my way to the Google Teacher Academy in Manila, the Philippines. My life has been so busy recently, I actually haven’t had the time to get excited about. However, on this bus, looking out over beautiful Osaka, I realize that I can…