Encouraging our students to work independently can be a challenge at the best of times. By introducing hyperdocs into our class programmes we can begin to move our students towards working more self sufficiently. Here’s a beginners guide to creating effective hyperdocs to use in your classroom.
How cool is it to be able to make your writing invisible? What an air of mystery you can create when you’re able to ‘hide’ your messages or provide an opportunity for your student to ‘discover’ hidden text. This blog will share some fun ways you can do this with your students.
We all love having beautiful images to enhance our documents. But how often do your students (or you) just jump into Google and grab the prettiest image they see in a search? This blog will show you five easy ways you can share with your students to make sure they are getting gorgeous images that they can feel confident they are using legally.
Do you find it a bit frustrating trying to type maths equations in a Google Doc? Do your fractions not quite line up? Let me show you two very simple ways to solve this.
In a recent post, we shared the top five add-ons you can use to perform a mail merge in Google Drive. In this post, we’ll show you how to use one of those tools, autoCrat, to perform a mail merge in Google Docs that creates and emails personalised letters. This same technique can also be used to personalise any other type of document that is based in Google Docs.
The Explore tool lets students search for websites, images and Google Drive files without leaving Google Docs. They can also cite the web sources they find with just one click. This makes it very easy for students to quickly gather a range of web sources they might find useful, without having to move in and out of the document.
Mail merge is one of those great time-saving features that people love. That’s probably why we get heaps of questions about the best way to do it in Gmail and Google Drive. In this blog post we’ll share the top five mail merge add-ons available in G Suite and help you choose the best one for your situation.
By introducing hyperdocs into our class programmes we can begin to move our students towards working more self sufficiently. Read more about this topic in this blog.
A great way to make the most out of the G Suite apps is to combine them together in a simple learning flow. By embedding Google Drawings into a Doc you’re able to launch students into pre-selected websites and resources, as well as provide a scaffolded tool to record their thinking and learning.
A great 21st Century Learning Skill (I would ague the century is irrelevant), is to be able to cite other sources correctly. In Australia, the ACARA ICT General Capabilities (Australian National Curriculum for our overseas readers) suggest that a student should credit other peoples images by the end of year 4 and cite all sources including
There are some great plagiarism tools for teachers, some paid and some free. Below are the best free and paid plagiarism tools for teachers (plus a bonus Google Add-on). Free image on flickr.com The ability to find, assimilate and produce your own work is becoming increasingly hard for students and the temptation to plagiarise is
