May Tech Tips - The Home Stretch

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 The Home Stretch



Google Gal

One of the most powerful, yet often under utilized, features of Google is the ability for students to collaborate with each other on projects.  This is also one of the Communication & Collaboration Technology Standards for the State of California.   However, before we release our students to collaborate with others, we need to lay down the ground work for success.  Here are a couple of resources for you to use with your students before the start of a collaborative project.  You will be forced to make your own copy and then you can edit and adjust to suit your needs.


And here is a great collection of Collaborative Projects to get you started!

Amazing Aaron

GoGuardian has beefed up its connection to Google Classroom. Basically, you can now directly open any and all of the students in a GoGuardian session to any specific assignment posted in one of your Google Classrooms. It's pretty cool!

Check out my how-to video Here

And if you want to read GoGuardian's long drawn out informational page on this new integration you can find the link Here


Cheerful Cheryl

Progress View is the newest update in Seesaw. What is Progress? Use progress to efficiently view and better understand student progress in Seesaw. Progress simplifies your workflow with two views. Activities View helps you get insight into student engagement by viewing activity completion and identifying trends. Skills View helps you hone in on student mastery of key skills or standards they're working towards. Click on the link to find the Google Slide deck that covers all the details of the update. Or watch the quick YouTube video included in this blog.



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