Yesterday, Google released another new feature for Classroom that many teachers have been requesting. Calendar integration with Google Classroom has finally arrived! This latest update automatically creates a Calendar for each Classroom which can then be made public and embedded into a website or blog. This answers the, “but parents can’t access Classroom” dilemma. Parents…
Burlington High School Social Studies teacher Mike Milton is bringing innovation, creativity, and elements of digital citizenship into his classroom this year with an original Social Studies Digital Remix Project. As a talented digital mashup artist himself, Mr. Milton has been experimenting with photo editing for quite some time and for the 15-16 school year,…
This week’s Chrome Extensions include: Evernote Web Clipper (4,318,225 users) Allows you to save anything from the web directly to your Evernote account. Check out this guide for using Evernote Web Clipper (includes video tutorial) Diigo Web Collector- Capture and Annotate (86,180 users) An excellent curation and research tool for teachers and students alike. Users can bookmark links…
Today is the first “Free App Friday” post where the Help Desk will highlight a new, free (and fun!) app that we feel is worth integrating into your 1:1 classroom. While Google Apps will continue to serve as our core group of applications for students and teachers, there are some powerful iPad apps which promote…
This past Monday, we featured five Chrome Extensions for teachers to try. Today we are highlighting one extension in particular and that is the Share to Classroom Chrome Extension. Because so many Burlington teachers are using Classroom for their digital workflow, we wanted to single out this extension because it makes sharing announcements, assignments, and…
Season Three of Help Desk Live premieres on Friday, September 18th at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Second year Help Desk staff member and TEDxYouth@BHS speaker Timmy Sullivan will facilitate a conversation about leading digital change in our schools with Dr. Marialice Curran, co-founder of the nation’s first Digital Citizenship Summit taking place on Saturday, October…
Chrome extensions are an excellent way to extend the functionality of your Chrome web browser. Extensions can be accessed and added to Chrome through the Chrome Web Store. Extensions are FREE and do not require IT support. They can be easily enabled and disabled through your Chrome settings. Every Monday, I will be recommending three…
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