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Students of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades… Now that you have blogs you can add not only new and original writng, but you can also add Google Drive files to your blog as well. The best part about adding a Google file is that you can add the file to a blog post, publish…
Yesterday Google updated Chrome. One of the best features of Chrome is the ability to multiple Google accounts logged in simultaneously (previous tutorial post here) The feature is still there, Google just tweaked the visual… You no longer see the icons like this: It now looks like this:
That is a questions I get a lot. Students will do the homework assignment, maybe even re-post a comment multiple times, and never see it published. Before I get into why a comment isn’t published let me remind students of the only appropriate way to sign a comment:
There are often assignments for students that require them to comment on a blog post. All blogs at Heathcote (be it this one or a teacher blog), and the comment form, can be accessed from any internet-enabled device; smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop, Android, iOS, Mac, PC, etc. With the assignments being given over extended periods…
As the year gets underway one of the things everyone has heard me say a lot is “Google.” I am a huge fan of Google Apps as a platform. It does wonders for collaboration, communication, and efficiency. One of the biggest perks is that with our 4th and 5th grades on Chromebooks we can all…