On Friday, May 23rd join us for the 13th episode of Help Desk Live! We’ll discuss Google Classroom with members of the Clarkstown Central School District. After viewing and summarizing the recent Hangout about Classroom facilitated by members of the New York Edtech Team, I decided to reach out to Toni Ann Piscitelli, Paul Lepore and Heidi…
Classroom is Google’s latest student-centered education product and is scheduled to be released this coming fall. After watching the Classroom promotional video and reading about its features and capabilities, I immediately requested an invite to try it out. Millions of other instructional technology specialists, educators, and GAFE school administrators likely did the same. To say…
With this intuitive and easy to use productivity tool, organizing your schedule is a breeze no matter how convoluted it is. inClass will let you organize all of your courses, to do lists, work, and extracurricular activities. It can even give you a notification reminder when something is due. The best part is, with this…
Google Forms in Classroom One of the most powerful and versatile applications in the Google Drive suite is Google Forms. Forms is the ideal way to create surveys and is perfect for submitting assignments to teachers. Forms can also be used by coaches and club advisors to organize and manage information about their players or…
Join us tomorrow for Help Desk Live Episode 12. Help Desk junior Mira Mehdi will be hosting the show and discussing student-run tech teams with Geoff St. Cyr and Jonathan Werner. Geoff oversees a k-5 student-run tech team in Belfast, Maine and starting in the fall of 2014, Jonathan will be running a high-school level…
Touchcast is an exciting, free iPad app that allows students to create interactive videos. Described as a “TV studio in a box,” Touchcast is an app that will challenge students to think critically and creatively, work collaboratively, and develop their communication skills. Since the fall, many teachers throughout Burlington High School have been allowing students…
We were thrilled to have Richard Byrne joining us for our 11th episode of Help Desk Live. Richard Byrne is the author of the award-winning blog Free Technology Tools for Teachers. In this episode, Richard shares his perspective about the importance of student blogging. He believes that blogging is much more than a writing exercise. Instead, he…
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