Our district technology e-coach is counting down the days til her maternity leave (congrats Alisha!) and in the meantime, life must go on at the 22 schools she lovingly provides excellent tech support.  My building has received the account information for our students and we’re ready to help them set up their Google accounts!  One … Continue reading →

SCIENCE TEACHER ALERT!!!!! I am a big fan of adding video/audio media to lessons in the classroom.  This summer, I learned how to create learning stations that mix up the types of ways content on a particular topic could be presented and add things to learning in a way that is entertaining, thought provoking and … Continue reading →

I had a rather frustrating conversation with a friend this past week.  What was presented (after the fact) as a compliment on my skills and abilities as a teacher (I was sent a link about a science related event) was, according to this person, misinterpreted by me as an insult, as I responded to their … Continue reading →

This is the first post in what will organically grow into some sort of blogging monster, on my first year as a GClassroom user.  Enjoy the ride. I survived the first day with no visible bruises.   ___________________________________________ I decided back during the summer to use Classroom as my LMS this year after years of … Continue reading →

To refresh your memory:  Adventures in Google Classroom Land: The Beginning And now… 11:53am, 9.24.15 As I write this, I’m sitting in my 5th period class, frustrated.  Not because the assignment is falling apart, but because the students can’t get to the assignment so I can watch it fall apart. Week 2 of the great … Continue reading →

Our community of students (104 children) is reading The Giver together.  Twice a week, during advisory, each of the 5 teachers in the community read one chapter of the book and then discuss it with the class. Once every 2 weeks, the reading teacher reads an additional chapter in her class and discusses it.  She also … Continue reading →

Last time in Adventures: The First Assignment, Oh My! ~~~~~~~~ I had an epiphany over the weekend.  I figured out how to get my Versal lesson to open and play on the Chromebooks! I double checked the lesson settings, removing all privacy settings and made it completely public.  I then double checked everything on Classroom, … Continue reading →

Parent/Student conference season has arrived.  The one time of the year where teachers strive to empower students to see the big picture, students are empowered to work hard and learn and parents feel empowered to sabotage the whole experience. The biggest argument (excuse) for the lack of learning that parents like to use is not enough … Continue reading →

Last week in Adventures… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The most amazing thing happened this week.  Except for the minor inconvenience of having to log into Versal every single time someone wanted to work on the lesson, nothing went wrong.  Students came into the classroom, opened up Chromebooks, logged in and quietly got to work; all before the bell … Continue reading →

I don’t recall if I’ve reviewed this app before or not.  If so, this would be considered an update.  If not, I have no idea what I was waiting to tell you! So, as my Adventure in Google Classroomland continues, I became frustrated with my students’ lack of interest/desire/motivation to learn and practice using their … Continue reading →