TwosDays - Sean - New Gmail Features

Do you want to check if you have the new gmail features? Here’s a video to help you get those features set up. If they are not displayed in your gmail you can click the little arrow at the bottom right to see the options.

TwosDay - Mandie - Gmail And Tasks

There’s no better feeling than crossing off something on your to-do list. Take it digital by using tasks that are built into Gmail. You can drag and drop an email directly into Tasks, set a reminder to follow-up and add a note with just a few clicks.

TwosDay - Bob - Google Canvas

Sometimes we need students to make drawings, flow charts, or other images to illustrate concepts. Two of the tools that Google currently offers to accomplish this task are Google Drawings and the Google Canvas Chrome App. In this video, we’ll take a look at the basic tools of Google Canvas.

TwosDay - Sean - Easy Drawing With AutoDraw

Illustrating is such a great way to demonstrate a concept. Sometimes I want to draw and show something, & sometimes I want my kiddos to draw a concept to show how they are picturing it. However, I draw pictures as well as United Airlines draws passenger names “randomly.” Luckily, our friends at Google have tapped into some awesome artists to make a super simple, magical drawing tool that can make anyone look like DaVinci. Just go to autodraw.com and start drawing. Your task options are in the bottom right corner, color options are located in the bottom left, and the smart images from which you can choose are located in a row along the top. Once you’re done with your masterpiece, just click the 3 hot dogs in the upper right to get action options where you can download it or share it through a variety of ways, including the simple “copy / paste” move. Enjoy!

HOTSpot - Cory - Hapara: Guided Browsing

There are definitely times when there are a few students in the class I would like to keep tabs on, but I do not have the time to sit there and watch their browsers for fifty minutes.  Hapara Highlights does not have to be a time thief for you if you can master the Activity Viewer and Focused Browsing.  Discover a few ways that you can have a digital presence for your students in our Chromebook age of (un)accountability.

TwosDay - Brandon - Hapara Highlights

Manage your classroom without interrupting student discussion and learning.  Hapara Highlights allows you to see and document student productivity without hovering over their shoulder.  Use these tools to gain more control over your students digital devices and help refocus their efforts in class.

TwosDays - Cory - Google Classroom Rubrics

Google has recently pushed out the new feature of being able to attach a rubric to an assignment.  Thankfully, you can reuse rubrics and change them as needed.  If you are already doing a little grading on Google Classroom, then you likely will want to take the next step and see if using the rubric feature would streamline the process for you and your students.