How will I ever remember that in September?

So many good ideas. How will I remember them?

Here is the dilemma many of us face. You take this really great summer class (like Google Classroom) and you are super pumped up. After a few weeks of sitting by the pool the amazingness of the class starts to fad away. Here is a surefire way from preventing that from happening.

Open Google Calendar.

Go to some date in the future. Maybe a month after school starts.

Create an event.

Click Edit event.

1. Create a catchy title.

2. Put the web links to the resources, docs, etc. in the description box.

Time warp to a few months from now and school has been in session for a while.

This pops up on your Google Calendar.

You click on the words Mystery Skype.

The event details open up.

You can see inside the description box everything you will to get ready for Mystery Skype.

This might be a good idea to teacher your students. What about adding that writing rubric to the calendar? Maybe an important video or website they need to reference later on? Maybe adding a permission slip link for that upcoming field trip? Possibilities are endless.

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Like your ELMO but with an iPad (elementary classroom teachers)

I used AirServer to create the infinity mirror effect. We were in a meeting today and Dominic told us about this fantastic idea. As we discussed all things technology he explained one method of using the iPad as a portable ELMO. It was too cool not to share. Step 1 Make sure you have AirServer running on your laptop. 1. Click the Windows key on your keyboard or click the icon in the lower left of your screen. 2. Just start typing AirServer. 3. Click AirServer. Don't see it? Contact technology or your building tech person. Step 2 Connect your teacher iPad to your laptop. 1. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen. Start by swiping in the bezel, the black plastic part surrounding the screen. 2. Click AirPlay Mirroring. 3. Click your name. Step 3 Open the camera app and instant portable ELMO! Anything you see in the camera's len will be broadcast to the big screen. I just used this method to take a picture of my notebook as a demonstration of how co

Who is emailing me? The Blue Man Group??? (Add an image to your Google account.)

WHY It is always nice to put a face with a name. Sometimes we need a tiny little reminder of what someone looks like because we don't see them very often. Follow these steps to add/change the image associated with your Google account. HOW Open your email. Click your image. It might just be a blue circle if you have not added something already. Click Change . Find an image you like. Your amazing new image will appear. From now on everyone can put a name to a face!

Annotate PDF? How might I do that?

So I have a PDF and I need to edit it. Here is one method that works pretty well for me. Open Word. Click File . 1. Click Open . 2. Click Browse . 3. Find the PDF you want to annotate. 4. Click Open . Click OK when you see this box. Bam! Your PDF now opens in Word. Note: you maybe have to click Enable Editing at the top of the screen. Finished editing and want to turn it back into a PDF? Click File . 1. Click Save As . 2. Click This PC . 3. Pick a location. I usually save things to my desktop. 4. Click Save as type - and choose PDF. 5. Click Save .

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