We first got word of a planned update to the views in Gmail in December of last year. This week, it has begun showing up in Google accounts including our NWOCA email system.
I am calling this a facelift rather than an update since really they have mostly only made some cosmetic changes which appear to make perfect sense.
Here’s a side-by-side comparison of the two views:
New interface on the left, old on the right.
Really the major difference is on the left hand side you now have a small sidebar with 5 icons. The hamburger menu is separated from the Gmail logo and below it the 4 main sections of the new Gmail interface are listed.read more
With spring almost upon us I wanted to give a few tips to you for clearing up your Google Drive. It is pretty normal for most of us to find that our Google Drive has become a hot mess of files and folders and these can make finding and editing your documents more difficult.
Remove Untitled Documents/Sheets/Slides
If you do a search of your google drive you will probably find a lot of documents called “Untitled”
I just checked my drive and I have 12 “untitled documents”. How do I know which of these can be deleted (removed from drive)? If you click the Grid View Icon you will see that list as a bunch of thumbnails. Pick the ones that are blank or you know you can delete and remove them.read more
Now I have your attention! Have you heard of Classhook? It’s a tool I came across last year and I found it again and wanted to share it with the Tech Tips Community.
Classhook.com is a simple concept, search and find short pieces of video from popular movies and TV and use them to help demonstrate a concept or idea to your students.
To get started head on over to classhook.com and sign in with your school google account. The free account lets you show 20 videos per month which is a good way to get started and lets you try it with your students. read more
We are excited to announce the newest addition to our Northwest Ohio Steam Lab! Meet Indi the latest robot from Sphero. indi joins our lineup as a programmable robot that is so easy to use that a preschooler can use it!
The indi lab made its first visit to one of our schools in early November. Our first school to borrow the lab was North Central Local Elementary school in Williams County.
I had been in contact with Pre-school & Pre-Kindergarten teacher Amanda Fellers who requested some team taught STEAM for her younger students. Originally we were going to take the Lego WeDo kits to her classroom. Thanks to Northern Buckeye and Northwest Ohio Educational Service Center, we were able to order the indi kits which had just become available. read more
Professional Development, two words that often have negative connotations amongst fellow educators. If you attend any PD sessions put on by your school district, there are generally two options; the PD you have to attend and the PD you actually want to attend.
At Northern Buckeye we have always tried to be innovative in our approach to the training we offer to our membership. We want to be remembered by teachers as having provided them with training that was both useful and good enough that they would want to recommend it to their colleagues.read more
you will see that list as a bunch of thumbnails. Pick the ones that are blank or you know you can delete and remove them.