Google Drive Shared Folder For Housing Classroom Resources

Our eighth grade communication arts teachers needed a place to house multiple resources that each of them are creating.  As of now, they were emailing the resources to each other which was causing email overload!  The Google Drive will be used as a cloud storage opportunity with the ability to download the documents that are created.  The documents can be any digital documents including SMART notebook files.  The great thing about this process is that digital tools created on a computer/laptop/chromebook or on an iOS device can be shared with all teachers!

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Todaysmeet.com For Classroom Questions, Answers, and Collaboration

Todaysmeet.com has been used in many different classroom content areas at our high school.  Ms. Koch implemented it for the first time in Music Tech class this morning.  She created a chat room for her class which allowed her to ask questions and receive answers from students.  It was a great way to engage students who may not otherwise discuss questions.  Ms. Koch used the initial typing dialogue to fuel verbal classroom discussion.

Here it in her words and reactions from a student:

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Revert To Draft Classroom Blog Posts From Year To Year

Several teachers use a blog to update their classroom content.  It is year two for some of them, and they wanted to know how to remove blog posts from last year.  This would enable teachers to use the same blog posts from year to year or modify them as needed.

Process For Removing Posts:

• Blogger Dashboard
• Click Posts
• Click Individual Posts or Box above all posts
• Click Revert To Draft

Process For Updating Posts:

• Edit Posts
• Right Hand Side Post Settings
• Published On
• Change Date
• Click Update

See the video tutorials for how to do this below.

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Importing Google Map KMZ File Into iPad Year 2

Last year, the U.S. History teachers created a Google Map kmz file to import into Google Earth on the iPad.    In year two of integrating technology, we will do the same process, but students will need to get the file from a teacher's website.

View the process below.
Step 1


Step 2



Want to embed the tutorials into your websites?  Simply get the orginial and embed into your site.
U.S. History Civil War Battles Google Maps & iPads
Google Maps KMZ File To iPad

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Adding PCMS Breakfast Bytes Calendar

>Get Link To Calendar (Only Pulaski Community School Employees will have access)
>Paste Into URL (website on Chrome)
>Lower Right Corner Find (Google Calendar Button)
>Click on the Button

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First Day Technology Facilitates Classroom Discussion

Mrs. McCumber decided to incorporate Poll Everywhere to facilitate first day discussions.  Instead of looking for hands to be raised and having only a few people discuss their summers, she decided to have students use their cell phones to start the discussion.  Hear how she believed the technology broke the ice and facilitated classroom discussion.  The responses from students tailored her questions to the students which facilitated even more discussion.

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Toggling Through Running Windows Programs...In 20 Seconds

We truly have amazing, innovative teachers at Pulaski High School.  One of those teachers, Mr. Gosse, found a great way to toggle through all of the programs that are open on our Windows 7 machines.  Thank you, Mr. Gosse, for sharing this great technology tip that can make teachers more efficient!



No time to read?  Like written directions?

Alt + Tab = rectangular boxes for all open windows programs

Windows + Tab = scrollable windows

The Windows button is below...

Try It!




Photo Credits

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