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…
Gmail Trick for Elementary Teachers Setting Up Student Accounts on Websites
I have been learning and sharing at NCTIES this week. NCTIES is North Carolina’s Technology in Education Society’s yearly conference, and it has been awesome! One of the neatest tricks I’ve learned this week is how to use your Gmail account to get around that typical age restriction for many…
Going 1:1, Part 2: Teacher Challenges
The biggest challenge that I have heard teachers talk about is not having the time to not only learn the new technology, but to plan and implement it as well. As educators, we all know that “teacher” is only one of many roles we play each day. Besides the actual…