RM Books
This post was originally written for the Google for Education Blog. As a teacher, I know what a gift reading can be — we all wish we had more time to tackle the books on our own lists — but Read More …
Category: Chromebooks
Meta – File Searching
If, like me you have multiple Google Accounts and other files elsewhere – Meta (still in Beta) – looks like a really useful tool – it links to multiple accounts (in my case a few different Google Accounts and Dropbox, Read More …
Google Case Study – The Streetly Academy
Our Google for Education Case Study:
RM Unify – Cutting out the passwords…
Update – There is now an RM Case Study on this – click here to view. Currently at School we use a lot of cloud based systems, Frog, Sleuth, Google, Go4Schools, SISRA, ClickView, RMBooks, The Suite, VMWare to name a Read More …
Chrome Extensions for Teachers
Chrome Extensions are small add on’s for the Chrome Browser that can provide shortcuts and additional functionality to Chrome. Here are some great extensions for teachers to use in Chrome: Snagit Snagit from Techsmith can be used to grab screenshots or Read More …
Chromebook Survey 2015
With over 800 Chromebooks now in the academy – here are the results of the Chromebook Survey for 2014: View the previous survey here.
Marking Work in Google Drive
Simple Marking The simplest marking involves using existing tools within Google Drive to leave a comment or make a suggestion. 1. Using Comment Comment enables you to leave a side comment on the work. Students receive an e-mail when comments Read More …
Momentum Dashboard
This is a nice add on to Google Chrome – which shows an image (usually something Geographical), the time and says good morning to me. There is also the option to store a To Do List and set some targets Read More …
PearDeck
So we currently have Pear Deck on Beta Test across the school – to go alongside our 1:1 Chromebook Rollout – which has now reached Year 10. Pear Deck is an “interactive lesson” system built in Google Drive. It enables Read More …
Chromebook 1:1 – Common Questions
We have had quite a few questions about our 1:1 Chromebook Rollout. We currently have Chromebooks in Year 10 and Year 12 and plan to issue to these two year groups again next September to give us total coverage of all Read More …
Chromebook Survey 2014
In September we started a 1:1 Rollout of Chromebooks, initially to Year 12. This survey looks at their use in the first term as we plan for a 1:1 rollout into Year 10 at Easter.