Understanding Different Schoology Features
I’ve been working with a few districts over the past few months to roll out Schoology to additional buildings in their district. As more teachers begin to use the platform, I’ve gotten a lot of […]
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The Schoology and Google Drive Integration You’ve Been Waiting For!
Schoology and Google Drive have finally come together in an [almost] perfect marriage. You can now make copies of Google Drive documents for students from within a Schoology assignment (all sharing permissions between you and […]
New ISTE Standards for Educators
The new ISTE Standards for Educators (formerly ISTE Standards for Teachers) have been released! They call for some pretty big changes and require teachers to be pretty literate with technology and comfortable with technology integration beyond […]
Meet My Google Innovator Mentee from #LON17!
Introducing: Alicia Vilas from the Google Innovator #LON17 Cohort! Alicia is a 2nd & 3rd grades math, science and social studies teacher in New Jersey. I am honored to have been chosen as her mentor […]
A #GoogleEI Project Update on Classroom Bridges
Classroom Bridges, a website for teachers to find other classrooms all over the world with whom to connect their students, was my Google Innovator vision idea. It has been amazing to watch that vision come […]
Creating a District Culture of “Yes And…” With Schoology – NEXT 2017 Presentation
I’m really excited that I will be able to go to the Schoology NEXT conference in Chicago this year. I work with a few districts that use Schoology (and I personally am a big proponent of […]
Copy Your GAFE Drive Files to a Personal Google Account
You’ve just taken a job in another district. You’re wondering if there is a way to copy or transfer ownership of Google Drive files from your GAFE/ GSuite for EDU account (@yourschool.org) to your personal Google […]
Preparing Your Digital Life for Summer Break
It’s almost that time… The last school bell is about to ring, the last bus is about to pull away from the lot for the next few months, and you’re about to enjoy some much […]
Google Earth for the Web (and on Chromebooks!)
So you’ve probably heard about the new Google Earth for the web and Chromebooks that Google launched in April?! If not, you can read about it here. It is AH-mazing! Prior to this new launch, […]
3 Tools to Take YouTube and Multimedia Literacy to the Next Level
In 2017, literacy is no longer considered being able to just read and write text. The Media Literacy Project describes media literacy as, “the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media. Media literate youth […]