Tech-Tip Tuesday

Make Your Google Life Pretty!

Make Gmail Pretty

Open gmail
Click on the settings gear
Click Themes
Pick a theme or an image from the gallery
Press Save

Make Your Google Home Page Pretty

Open a new tab or window
Click the Customize button (pencil) in the bottom right corner
Select an image
Click Done

Make Your Gmail Signature Pretty

Image Signature Template: bit.ly/emailsig19

Follow instructions below:

Text with Image Signature Template to Copy and Paste: bit.ly/emailsig20

Follow instructions below:

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Typing Contest

Our district-wide typing contest is April 22 - May 24. Teachers have a chance to win a $25 Visa gift card and $20 Erin Condren gift card.

Click here for more details.

Some questions have come up about the apostrophe key not working while completing the typing lessons on Learning.com. The video below shows how to fix this problem. :)

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STEM Nation

Stem Nation Imagine the Future Hutto 2030 is scheduled for May 16, 2019. Make plans to showcase your students' STEM projects and/or attend to explore STEM activities and eat delicious, free food!

Full Details on STEM Nation can be found here.

Participants must submit this form by May 3, 2019.

Sticky Notes on the Go

Have you ever needed info you written down on a sticky note that's nowhere to be found or in your classroom while you are at home?

Try virtual sticky notes with Google Keep! You can take notes on your Chromebook and then pull them up later on your phone, and vise versa.

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Mrs. Darr

Mrs. Darr does a wonderful job implementing blended learning in her classroom. During part of her math block on Wednesday, she had a small math group pulled while other students were working on assigned math practice or solving addition and subtraction facts on XtraMath.

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Ms. Ebbighausen

Ms. Ebbighausen's students are having fun with their animal PBL project. Each student was proud of their role in their group, and were all eager to share the work they have accomplished so far. Students are using various research resources Ms. Ebbighausen has linked and/or pushed to students using Google Classroom.

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Mrs. Eden

Mrs. Eden always finds ways for technology tools to make her work easier! For one of her review stations this week, she had multiple choice questions printed and bound into a book, so she can use them over and over. The students imputed their answers into a simple Google Form Mrs. Eden created, and the Google Form quiz feature atomically grades multiple choice questions allowing Mrs. Eden and her students to get instant feedback.