As a power-user and administrator of Google Apps for Education, the availability of extracting my work stored in various Google products is an important option. Although the school owns access to the account, all content, notes and hard work over the years is the end-users. Google has addressed a growing concern of many schools and made it quite easy to download a copy of your work using a simple tool. Users often transition either by graduating or leaving school and as the administrator of the Google Apps for Education program, rather than delete accounts and associated data, it is important that I offer every user the ability to save their content. Read more…
Advanced Google Apps Workshop
For my final project in Technology and Infrastructure Management at Framingham State University, I wanted to create a professional development workshop applying the knowledge and materials covered in class. In order to consistently push forward and dive deeper into integrating technology into the curriculum, well-timed professional development is of extreme importance. For this workshop, an often misunderstood product, Google Apps for Education, will be discussed as well as touching on a few other smaller technology related topics. Read more…
Sight Word Safari with iPads
After ten years of working with teachers, of varying levels of “tech savvy”, I’ve come to an important conclusion…a technology infused lesson requiring the fewest moving parts, typically works best. The lesson below, Sight Word Safari, has a flavor of old school methods and new, that blurs the line for those on the cusp of taking the next steps with technology. I wanted to share something basic enough for those who might be overwhelmed by new technology. As you will see, there are no external apps or links to follow, no need to set up an account or enter user names for students.
There might be some that say the lesson includes to many dated methods, but I feel this type of lesson will bridge the “technology infused lesson gap” affecting many districts. It only takes a spark, to get a fire going… Read more…