Ed Tech'Niques Archive

September 2022: A new feature in Google Docs, announce that Read & Write is now available to all APS students, and introduce ourselves with a shameless plug.

October 2022:  Announcing Newsela for everyone, Support for using Google Classroom Add-Ons, How to Use Rubrics in Google Classroom to save time and give meaningful feedback, and a chance to see Read&Write in action when you watch Carrie Giltner of Gateway High School discuss how she leverages this great tool!

Nov - Dec 2022: In this month's newsletter, we share a quick tip on stripping ads out of youtube quickly and easily, encourage everyone to take part in the upcoming Hour of Code, explain how the new Practice Sets feature in Google Classroom can transform existing content into engaging and interactive assignments, and look in on the classrooms of Cara MacCarthy and Rachael Ribota from Vaughn Elementary as they harness the power of Pear Deck with their students.

Early Spring 2023: In this month's newsletter, we share a quick tip on using your Priority Drive to organize files, share a tool that we love for writing: Book Creator, encourage APS educators to explore the catalog of asynchronous courses that we teach, and listen in as Alison Ledema from Harmony Ridge P-8 shares how she harnesses the Immersive Reader tool in Pear Deck to improve comprehension and build confidence with her students.

August 2021: Chromebook Quick Tips, Digital Citizenship, Resetting Chromebook Settings, Traci Thielen and her Google Site for parents and students

September 2021: Keystroke Time-Savers, Screencastify Updates, Sharing Google Files Efficiently, Jennifer Olsen discusses using Choice Boards with students

October 2021: Hidden Chrome Tools, Using Mote for Voice Feedback, Organizing Your Digital Life, Lisa Beach discusses how she uses Mote with her ELD students

November-December 2021: Improving Font Readability, Get Google Certified, Hour of Code, Bryan Westman on student-produced newscasts

January-February 2022: Quick Fix for Dead Chromebooks, GoGuardian Updates, Pear Deck in In-Person Classrooms, Derrick Parker using Adobe Spark with his 4th graders

March 2022: Tab Grouping, Asynchronous Courses, Originality Reports in Google Classroom, and Megan Bishop discusses using Pear Deck in Social Studies with her freshmen students

Apr-May 2022: Preview Anything Without Another Tab, Pear Deck & Flipgrid Join Forces, EOY Google Classroom Cleanup, Elisa Price shows her students from Vaughn Elementary using coding to have a three-point shooting contest with robots

End-of-Year Annual: All of our posters from the 21-22 school year in one place.