Is there such a thing as adult-onset ADD? If so, I really think I have it. Working on the computer most of the day, I find that I have an extremely hard time focusing on a task because of all of the information coming into my inbox, across my Twitter…
Tools and Tips to Help Your Classroom Go Green & Paperless
We received an email last week from our principal that the copy paper was about out, and no more would be ordered for the rest of the year. As you can imagine, it’s been mass hysteria around here since. I’ve been a little confused as to how we’ve run out…
Email Filters in a 1:1 and/or Paperless Classroom
My past few posts have focused on the “HOW” of setting up filters in Gmail and a neat Google Gmail trick for creating student logins on websites that have an age restriction. Now, I’d like to focus on the “WHY”. If you are lucky enough to have a 1:1 classroom,…
Celebrating Pi Day 2013 with Technology
Tomorrow, March 14, 2013 is Pi Day. This day is in honor of that amazing irrational number 3.14yadayadayada. Pi represents the circumference of a circle divided by it’s diameter. What makes Pi such a cool number is the fact that it is an infinite number with no pattern of repeating…
Setting Up Filters in Gmail to Streamline Incoming Emails in a 1:1 or Paperless Classroom
In the last post, I shared with you a neat little trick for creating student accounts for websites that have an age-restriction. At the end of that post, I mentioned how you can keep your Gmail Inbox organized, neat, and clean by setting up filters to catch all those email confirmations and other…