May 2018 - Using Technology Better

Searching effectively in Gmail

by Samantha Vardanega | May 30, 2018 | Business, Education, Google

If there is one thing you can do to become more efficient in Gmail, it’s master Gmail search! Learning how to search effectively will allow you to narrow down your search results so that you can quickly pinpoint the exact email you are looking for. This is far more...

See the view history of Google Docs, Sheets & Slides

by Samantha Vardanega | May 30, 2018 | Business, Education, Google, Uncategorized

The Activity Dashboard feature in Google Docs, Sheets and Slides lets you see who has viewed a file, and when they last viewed it. It also shows the trend of views and comments and a sharing history. In this blog post, I’ll show you how the feature works and how you...

ClassroomScreen – A great, free tool for you and your students!

by Lara Kirk | May 29, 2018 | Education

If you’ve ever used a timer, random name generator, sound level symbols or shared a link with your students you are going to love ClassroomScreen. ClassroomScreen is a brilliant, FREE tool that allows you to customise a screen with widgets (tools) that will support...

Create animations and Pecha Kucha presentations in Google Slides

by Lara Kirk | May 25, 2018 | Education, Google

By publishing your Google Slides to the web you can control how viewers see your slides. Go a step further and customise the auto-advance speed to create fun animations and timed Pecha Kucha style presentations. What is ‘Publish to web’? It’s important to know about...

How to create a Hyperdoc to encourage independent learning in your classroom

by Donna Golightly | May 24, 2018 | Education, Google

How envious does it make you feel when you hear a colleague talk about the 23 students in their class when your class roll is sitting at 32? Catering for all of those students with just one teacher in the classroom can, quite often, be a tiring experience. Developing...