David Lee EdTech

Here are some teacher tricks & tips I think you might find useful when using Gmail in your Google Apps school. You can find more information at the  Google Apps Education Training Center . Some of these features must be enabled by your Google Apps administrator at your school.  1. Signature with Social Media Icons You can automatically place a signature at the end of every email you send. I have included my name, teacer position (linked to my website), and social media icons that link you to the education SM sites. Settings > General > Signature Insert Images of  social media icons using these URLs Link your personal social media URLs on the icons 2. Vacation Responder This allows you to automatically reply to school emails when you are away a computer, especially when you are on vacation. You can set the specific time period you want the vacation responder to function. Settings > General > Vacation Responder ...

Day One On day one of Minecraft Club, I had my students  research civic concepts : culture adaptation to environments social interactions of groups governing powers interdependence of communities citizenship Day Two On day two, students were divided into two "communities." Each community had a team captain. Their goal was to create the ideal community. Here is what I observed on the first day:   Contact Between Communities Team leaders communicated with one another which areas they claimed so that the other team could not develop any structures in their area.  The team leaders met to negotiate trades. They were more willing to trade off resources they did not need or value; usually if they have a large supply of a specific resource.  Team One Designated Specific Roles: The roles of each group member was distributed by their specific abilities and skills. Hunters were required to find animals for food. The food was distri...

"I got such a lovely letter from ??? today - it really made my day..... I can't tell you how happy it's made me!" This is the email I got from a teacher who received a friendly letter from one of my students. We have been learning how to created digital letters with Google docs based on the 2nd grade  writing content standard : 2.2 "Write a friendly letter complete with the date, salutation, body, closing, and signature." A great feature Google documents has now is the ability to create an image using Google Drawing.  It was so easy for my students to share their friendly letters with their teacher.  Resources You Can Use for the Friendly Letter Unit 1. This is my  Google Presentation  I showed my students. This slide was empty at first. I asked the students what was the purpose of sending a friendly letters, and typed their ideas onto the slide.  2. Letter Generator by ReadWriteThink 3. Type a Friendly Lett...