Getting Started with Google Drive Folders 

Google Drive is one of the most valuable tools in Google’s G Suite for Education, and one of the features that makes it so useful is the way that it handles folders. Google Drive Folders allow you to easily organize and share collections of many different file types, including documents, images, videos, PDFs, and more. In this post, EdTechTeacher Instructor Avra Robinson will walk you through some of the most common things you’ll need to know to get started with Google Drive Folders. Click on a link to jump to the tutorial: How to Create a Folder in Google Drive How to…

How to Create Interactive Google Drawings 

Google Drawings, available in G Suite for Education, offers a wide range of possibilities for student creation.  Though often overlooked in favor of the core G Suite apps like Docs, Slides and Sheets, Google Drawings offers a wide range of opportunities for all curricula.  From Kindergarten through high school, endless possibilities exist, limited only by the imagination of teachers and students.  It is with that in mind that we will explore one of those potentials — creating interactive Google Drawings.   Interactive images allow students to incorporate many different media into one static image.  The secret to creating these interactive…

Hacking G Suite – 4 Creative uses of Google Sheets in the Classroom 

Google’s G Suite is a proven platform that allows schools, teachers and students to maximize the potential of a 1:1 classroom environment.  Sheets, one of the tools on the G Suite platform, is traditionally viewed as a data collection and organization tool.  From teacher-created gradebooks, to data collection in a science classroom, to resource management and inventory, using Google Sheets is an exceptionally flexible and powerful tool.  With a bit of creative perspective, using Google Sheets in the classroom can benefit both teachers and students in a 1:1 environment. Google Sheets in the Classroom Scenario 1: Digital Portfolios with Google…

WriteWell for Google Docs: Google Add-Ons and Chrome Extensions for Research, Writing, and Feedback (Part 1) 

Google Add-Ons and Extensions provide an excellent array of research, writing and feedback tools perfect for laptop, desktop, and Chromebook users. In this multi-part series, you’ll learn some of the best Google Drive Add-Ons and Chrome Extensions for use in middle school and high school English & Language Arts, History & Social Studies, World Languages, and Science classrooms.  You’ll also learn strategies that promote more effective student ownership of the writing process and effective teacher feedback. In this first post, we’ll be focusing on WriteWell for Google docs. What is WriteWell for Google Docs? WriteWell for Google Docs is a…

#ETTchat: The Chromebook Creation Studio – an Interview with Greg Kulowiec & James Daley 

This fall, as part of our #ETTchat series, Communications Editor James Daley will be chatting with our EdTechTeacher instructors about some of their favorite tools, apps, and strategies for the classroom. In this post, he interviews Greg Kulowiec, about How to Harness the Creative Potential of Chromebooks in the Classroom. Greg Kulowiec of EdTechTeacher is a Google Education Trainer who has spent years helping teachers across the country find ways to incorporate Chromebooks and Google Apps into their daily teaching practices. I recently had the opportunity to speak with Greg about the challenges teachers face with Chromebook integration, and why he believes…

How to Live Stream from YouTube’s Creator Studio – from Ben Sondgeroth 

This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. You may have noticed that Google+ no longer supports Google Hangouts On Air (GHOA) – a great tool that allowed users to record a Google Hangout and stream it live for outside viewing on YouTube. While the service is no longer housed on Google+, it has been moved over to YouTube. To access the new streaming system, users will need to first navigate to the YouTube Creator Studio. Inside the Creator Studio, you will notice a new tab on the left menu that says “Live Streaming.” Once you do that, you…