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Maintaining Student Work Portfolios with Google Drive

I distinctly remember being told to maintain student writing portfolios when I first started teaching. I did not like doing it. When I say student writing portfolio, I mean a few milk crates with hanging folders stuffed sporadically with student work. It was a clumsy process and I often put student work in the portfolios…

Highlighting Tool: A Great Google Add-On Resource

Add-ons are a great resource to use in Google Drive. They open a host of options when using Google Apps. There are add-ons available for several of the different available apps. These include self grading add-ons for Google Forms like Flubaroo and Easy Bib for easing the task of citing your sources when writing a research…

5 Great Uses for Google Forms in the Classroom

I often use Microsoft Office as a point of reference when introducing people to Google Drive and its related apps. I point out that each component of Office has a comparable program in Google Apps. Then I discuss the positives and negatives of each Google App as compared to the equivalent Office program. One common Google…

Presentation Resources and Options for the Classroom

The school year is approaching, and we will be back in the classroom soon. I have added a few links to the Resources Page so I wanted to mention them. In this post, I write about the links for presentation resources. I will also refer to some better-known presentation tools that are still worth mentioning….

Using Google Forms for Assessment and Data Gathering

I teach Advanced Placement Psychology at the high school where I work. There is some pressure associated with this because I am the only one teaching AP Psychology and poor student performance would be completely on me. More importantly, the student put their faith in me to prepare them adequately for the exam. The good…