Notes from the Tech Coach, September 2022

 

Contact Lancy All contact info is always listed on my email signature!	Phone:  cell (607) 662-3430 or office (607) 749-7246 ext. 5015
	Website:  www.tinyurl.com/inTECHgration Badges:  https://bit.ly/HomerBadges	Twitter:  @FancyLancy Professional Pinterest:  @lcollins4777
	Current list of approved apps (always available on my email signature, as well!)

Tech Tip  of the Month!	Tip:  Digitally Declutter from DAY 1! Start your year with an organizational process in place for digital files. In Google Drive: Make and use folders to organize Add shortcuts from “Shared with Me” to your Drive for easy access Change the view from List View < > Tile View depending on what you need In Gmail: Use the Archive function to hide emails you don’t need to see in your inbox (they are still searchable) Use Labels and Filters to organize your incoming emails
PLEASE:  Make sure to archive your Google Classrooms from last year! Not only does this clean up your Google Classroom page, but it also makes those classrooms “disappear” for the kids.  This is especially important when kids have so many classes at higher levels! You can always make a copy of your Google Classroom to act as a template You can use the “reuse post” feature from classes that are archived!

Lancy’s website, InTECHgration has had a facelift!  

Check it out!

Blog of the month Things Lancy reads for fun!	Fun Pre-Made Activities Grouped by building, but many of these can be used across grade levels!
Looking for some inspiration?  Check out what I’m reading this month!   🧻I got TP’ed  last weekend! 🧻 From Matt Miller  @ Ditch that Textbook This blog post came to me as an email but I felt the need to share it with everyone.   It’s important to remember that we cannot control what happens to us- we CAN control how we react!	Elementary - Intermediate
	*🍎 September Theme Rooms The Art of Learning to use a Chromebook	*Back to School Reading Room *About.Me.Tic.Tac.Toe Using Flip
	Junior High - High School
	*8 Minute Writing Prompts (over 275 pre-made activities!) *Custom Wordle  *Caption the MEME *1000s of gifs-Dowell Collection *Motivational Poster Template - Vertical *Motivational Poster Template - Horizontal  *How do I give feedback to 100+ students? - Ditch That Textbook
Templates — Where THERE'S A WILLS, there's a way premade templates for everything	All levels Open Middle Virtual Activities FREE Math activities on Google Slides for grades K - High School	Copy of 22/23 Morning Meeting Slides 187(!!) Premade Morning Meeting Slides that are ready to use!
Adobe Spark is no more… Welcome Adobe Express! You may see the Adobe Express button when you are posting on Google Classroom.  Adobe has removed “Spark” from its lineup of tools and added “Express.”  This is the rebranded version of Spark that we (even students) have access to!  Make presentations, posters, slideshows, infographics, and more!  If you’re interested in playing with Express, you can log in here at express.adobe.com with your Google credentials.  Feel free to play around and learn what there is to do!  If you want more instruction, Adobe offers tutorials here:  https://www.adobe.com/express/learn/tutorials

Throwback to 2020!