Clik here to view.
This is a Test... this is only a test...
This post wouldn't have been possible without Eric in our IT Dept -- he fixed a network setting that prevented us from using TakeATest last year... so a huge shout-out to him (he's likely relieved...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Universe decides...
For a number of years now, instead of a fixed (or no) seating plan for my classroom, I've been using visibly random grouping (PDF). I have an Excel spreadsheet (link) that takes my class list and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Choose your own... PD.
When we return from March Break, we tend to have a teacher-only day of PD and meetings. The admin had broken the faculty into 3 groups for two sessions and hadn't planned anything for the third so I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visibly Random Grouping in Excel
So I was in the Lounge the other day and one of the teachers mentioned that she heard I used Excel for Visibly Random Grouping and asked me to explain it (previous blog post). Well, I use Excel just...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Observations & Conversations : Part 1 of many?
I kinda run on some basic principles when using IT -- it's gotta be free, increase teacher efficacy (modulo some smal learning curve), reduce time spent, it's got to digitize content and I have to be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The structure of the Interstitial App, or, Observations & Conversations - Part 2
This builds on my earlier post (link here).After my session at the OAME Conference (link to Presentation), a few folks asked me how I had put this together, so I'm going to give a brief run-down here....
View ArticleClik here to view.
File Upload in Microsoft Forms
A nice feature now in Microsoft Forms : File Upload!(Remember that all of Office365 -- including Forms and OneNote-- are free to teachers & students)This is a great option for both Forms and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sync your Teams Folder to your Hard Drive
My poor colleague. She's an organizing freak and spent way too many hours clicking away inside the Teams app rearranging all the files into folders. Then I showed her that she can Sync the Teams...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Improve your presentations with a little AI
One of the neatest things to come along in a long while has been Presenter Coach, an AI app inside of PowerPoint. It tries to give you helpful feedback on your presenting skills based on your own...
View ArticleClik here to view.
You're not allowed to do that (in Word)
One of the things I haven't seen mentioned in Word (in Office365) is "Restrict Editing". As you likely know, when you share a document with someone, you can either give them Read Only (they can't make...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I've seen this before -- Previous Versions in Word (& Excel & PowerPoint)
One of the handy things about having infinite storage in Office365 is that there are versions of every bit of your work stored continually. So, when I worked on the Word document in my previous blog...
View ArticleClean those boards
A little low-tech ...I use whiteboards a lot in class - fortunately all of my walls save the windows are covered in whiteboards. Typically all of my students (~20) are up at the boards for at least...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Equation Editor comes to OneNote (Win10)
Folks have been waiting a while to get Equation Editor into OneNote (Win10 version... it's been in 2016/Desktop for forever). Now, the funny thing is this won't make a huge deal for me. I tend to just...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Read this email
My school has an unproductive relationship with email; it's woefully abused and so no one really reads email since they're overwhelmed with it. If you didn't ruthlessly triage you'd never get through...
View ArticleMoved to OneNoteSchool.com
Hi folks!Blogger got to be a bit confining so I've moved to Wordpress at http://onenoteschool.com ... you'll be able to find new posts and this archive there. I'll keep this archived here as long as...
View Article