Google: Doc Stickers

https://youtu.be/4n5TjoW0vww

It may seem elementary but even high school students miss getting stickers on their papers. Use Doc Stickers (through Google Keep) to add stickers to their Google based assignments. See Penney Matos for help!

Google Drive: Team Drives

Several of you have noticed Google's new addition, Team Drives. 
This is great for sharing documents with a team of teachers or other staff. You can control of the level of rights for individuals added to your Team Drive. You cannot change the overall rights to a folder in a Team Drive or to the Drive itself (ex: "Anyone in FISD can view"). You can, however, still make those overall rights changes to individual files within a Team Drive. Read more here. 

Article: New Research Shows Students are Largely Unaware of News Personalization

Mediashift recently posted this article titled "New Research Shows Students are Largely Unaware of News Personalization". I have found that adults are largely unaware too, or if they're aware they may not understand how it actually works. I recommend you take a minute to read the article and include it in class discussion, if possible. 

Tally.ly: Simple polls

tally.tl is a new-to-me website for conducting simple, quick polls with your students. Type in your question and possible answers then give the short URL to your students. Using BYOD they select the option they want and you get instant feedback!
Here's an example: tally.tl/Q45lj

eSchool: Attendance Bulletin

The spring is a very busy time for field trips, competitions, and other various reasons for students to miss your class. To help you keep up with it all, check out eSchool's Attendance Bulletin. You can view students who will be out today as well as who has been out during the past week.

If you have any questions, please let Penney Matos know!