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Aug 28 2014

Teacher Dashboard SY 2014-15

Teacher Dashboard is Here!

This year, we once again are offering the Teacher Dashboard product for managing docs, sheets, and slides with Google Drive with students!

If you need a refresher or want to know more, check out this post I made last year covering the integration of TD and Google Drive.

This tool is now available and can be accessed at: http://teacherdashboard.appspot.com/glnd.k12.va.us. Once authenticated with your Google Account, you should see a “dashboard” with your classes, and within, your students.

If you encounter any issues, please inquire with your technology coach (ITRT). TD is only for managing Google Accounts and affects students in grades 3-12.

Teacher Dashboard and Schoology

One barrier for getting kids into Schoology was the reset of Google passwords. Now that TD is online, we can reset student passwords if needed. That means Schoology is now open for business, too! Schoology can be accessed via their mobile app or through http://goochland.schoology.com. We only recommend using this new tool with students if you’re daring and bold. We will be advertising training sessions next week on this new tool.

Again, if you encounter any anomalies, please let your technology coach know!

By John Hendron • Learning for Teachers • • Tags: google, schoology, teacher dashboard

Jan 17 2014

Teacher Dashboard: Smart Copy

One of the best parts about Teacher Dashboard is its Smart Copy feature.

Hapara Teacher Dashboard – Smart Copy Wizard from Hapara Team on Vimeo.

In case you didn’t know, Teacher Dashboard is available for all teachers, grades 3-12, for managing Google Apps with your students. Support for Docs, Spreadsheets, Sites, and more. And at GHS, support for Student Blogs.

Let us know if we can help you get started!

By John Hendron • Learning for Teachers • • Tags: google, hapara

Dec 8 2013

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By John Hendron • Resource of Interest • • Tags: conference, google, hapara, VSTE

Nov 19 2013

Google Apps and Teacher Dashboard

This is a summary of the workshop I led on November 14 for teachers.

By John Hendron • Learning for Teachers • • Tags: google, hapara

Oct 31 2013

Teacher Dashboard is Here

This year we are introducing a new tool called Teacher Dashboard that will allow you to manage Google Apps for use with your students. This short 4-minute video gives you the best overview for how we plan to use TeacherDashboard.

Access our PD wiki sign up for a GoogleApps session to cover TeacherDashboard formally.

Access the TeacherDashboard here with your Google Account.

Google Apps is available this year with sites for students in grades 3-12. Blogger will be available to students at GHS. Student emails will be available soon, and from grades 3-8, student email will be limited to only other students and teachers here in the division.

By John Hendron • Learning for Teachers • • Tags: google, teacherdashboard

Oct 23 2013

New to Google Templates?

I’ve just created a short video detailing how to get started with Google Templates. They’re a way to create or find templates for use in Google as forms, spreadsheets, docs, and more. When you make your own, students can use them. Templates can be a digital worksheet, a research brief, or the start to a complex lesson using a spreadsheet. Just remember – each Google Doc experience doesn’t have to start with a blank page!

By John Hendron • Learning for Teachers • • Tags: google, pd

Oct 11 2013

A Guide for Parents

I’ve created a short introduction to some of the accounts available to students this year at the elementary and middle schools. It covers what we’re doing with Edmodo, Google Apps, and more.

By John Hendron • For Parents • • Tags: edmodo, google

Aug 19 2013

Towards Becoming a Gmail Ninja

This poster/cheat sheet is a great start towards becoming a Gmail ninja.

I plan to force myself to learn and use a new shortcut each week!

By John Hendron • Learning for Teachers • • Tags: gmail, google

Aug 19 2013

On Using Google Forms

One of the most useful of Google’s free “Apps” isĀ Google Forms. They’re a great way to collect information – from the public – but also students, staff, and any stakeholder in between. This past year, Google has changed the way Forms works and looks, and this guide is an excellent resource if you’ve been intimidated by creating forms, or want good instructions on how to create forms using the new interface.

By John Hendron • Learning for Teachers • • Tags: google

Jul 31 2013

Leading Through Example

I’ve always believed that we can each lead through the choices we make. And those in leadership positions, whether they like it or not, are viewed especially by the choices they make. This came to light yesterday during a conversation during the audit of our Google Apps for Education Audit (GAFE).

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The audit told us a lot about how we use Google Apps in our division. We learned who the biggest Google Docs user is (ahem, it was me), and who used up the most storage (hmm, Peter!). But that was really just trivia. We saw interesting things when you looked at things a different way. As it turns out, and our consultants echoed this for us, when building administrators embrace the tool and use it, teachers tend to follow.

It takes bravery to try and adopt a new tool. At first, I myself had a hard time launching a browser instead of a Word or Pages icon in the dock. But I’ve now been living so much in the “Google ecosystem” with cloud-based doc creation, that it simply has become habit. I know if I’m going to share something with someone, I now start “in the cloud.” And the think is, I like it now. I’ve always been in love with desktop applications — but I’ve come to realize the trade-offs are worth it, when you have the power of collaboration as the biggest feature. Part of this has been shown to me working through my doctoral program with colleagues from Henrico. Just last night we edited over 50 pages together in a Google Hangout using Google Drive. At one point I had to sit back and take stock, I could see and hear my colleagues in real time, and we were all editing the same documents simultaneously.

Our teachers in grades 3-5 at GES this year will be adopting new tools and pedagogies. I’m their biggest fans right now, and think they’re going to accomplish great things with our iPad initiative. I know Google Apps will be one of the tools they’ll come to rely upon. They’ll be leading with the choice of tools they adopt with kids.

I’d like to remind my colleagues wide, near, and far, that the simple choices you make can have an effect on what happens in a classroom. Things as simple as the choices of tools we use can inspire a teacher to use the same ones. And the effect can be a profound difference when it comes to the impact on instruction. Writing in Word and writing collaboratively in a Google Doc aren’t the same thing. It takes courage to make the change I am optimistic we can do it together.

By John Hendron • General News • • Tags: change, drive, google, leadership, values

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This is the blog of John Hendron, Ed.D., director of innovation & strategy for Goochland County Public Schools. Through this blog I share information for teachers, administrators and families dealing with learning and teaching with technology.

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