Fostering Literacy Skills: Five Amazing Technology Solutions for Teachers
Literacy skills are the first set of abilities a new learner picks up when they first step into a classroom and having had little to no previous teaching sessions, acquiring them is arguably one of the most challenging experiences of a student’s academic life. Without the right approach, however, teaching how to read and write […]
Admin Settings to Open Classroom to Outside your Domain
Google announced a while back that Classroom is now open to ‘anyone’. This is a GREAT feature but can be a stumbling block if you have prepared to invite people to your Classroom from their domain and the Admin Settings are not set up to allow that. In this video, Allison Mollica shows us how […]
Gmail shortcuts to save you 20 hours a year!
By +James Sayer I am a huge user of Gmail (of course!) and find the keyboard shortcuts to be a massive time saver. Watching people spend their time in Gmail dragging, pointing, clicking and finding the right button using the mouse/touchpad just makes me want to give them a quick tutorial on shortcuts. Assuming you […]
How to make a Google Form into an interactive learning experience
Google Forms are a great tool for learning. A lot of educators are using them to create online quizzes and in collecting data. Another great way to use Forms is to create interactive learning experiences. In this video, AppsEvents extended team member Sarah Woods, will show us how to use Forms as a choose your […]
Puppets on a string
CC0 License: https://www.pexels.com/photo/bag-electronics-girl-hands-359757/ The post is inspired by a L2talk I did at the Learning2 Europe conference in Warsaw. “Every storyteller has a bias – and so does every platform”- Andrew Postman “My Dad Predicted Trump in 1985 – It’s Not Orwell, He Warned, It’s Brave New World.” The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 02 Feb. […]
Sneak Preview: Four things we learned from our survey of Google use in schools worldwide
By +Dan Taylor Each year AppsEvents produces our survey of Google use in schools worldwide and it’s the most extensive survey tracking the trends and statistics for how schools are using Google, and how it fits into their overall IT infrastructure and strategies for teaching and learning (note if you didn’t complete the survey yet you […]
Taking a Chromebook for a Spin
by +James Sayer Earlier this year Acer announced its latest Chromebook designed for education, the Chromebook Spin 11 (with stylus). I have been lucky enough to have received a pre-release device to check it out. For anyone new to Chromebooks, Chrome OS powers these devices and is essentially the Chrome browser hardwired as an operating system. […]
Reflections on the first annual NexTech Summit Singapore
AppsEvents was privileged to partner with Lee Wilson and the team at Nexus International School in Singapore in February for NexTech, a new kind of event for International School Educators. Long time AppsEvents team member +Sarah Woods was the day 1 keynote and shares her thoughts below. For a long time, just getting teachers to a […]
Take part in our 2017 survey of ‘Google use in schools’ and get special early access to the results
After the huge success of our 2016 survey we are delighted to be be compiling our 2017 survey, the most comprehensive survey of Google use in schools worldwide. Click here to complete the survey it takes about 5 – 10 minutes As a thank you for completing the survey we will share early access of […]
How to work as a Google trainer
I’m often asked by aspiring Google EDU trainers “How can I work as a Google trainer?” Typically it is educators looking to go beyond just helping their colleagues and to start training externally and to charge for their services. I love welcoming new trainers to the community so am glad to help and I always […]
