There are some good maintenance tips this week, such as routinely deleting emails, checking quality of your Meet connection before a meeting, and separating out your personal and professional lives in Google Calendar. With winter fully kicking in this week, it's a good time for some tech maintenance. Maybe it will give you something to do while you're waiting for those funny Super Bowl commercials. The winter doldrums are also a good time to perk up your classroom routine with virtual museum trips or fun Valentine videos. Stay warm and safe this weekend, and hopefully your Super Bowl team wins!
- Why You Should Delete Emails Instead of Archiving Them
- Google Workspace Updates: Check your Meet Quality Before Joining a Call
- Share Your Personal Google Calendar With Your Work Calendar Privately
- Saving Google Meet Chat and Captions Transcript
- 20 Tips for Using Canvas LMS
- Tour the World with 12 Months of Virtual Museum Trips
- Book Creator Now Offers More Templates and Themes
- 15 Sweet Educational Valentine's Day Videos That Kids Will Love
Why You Should Delete Emails Instead of Archiving Them
Why You Should Delete Emails Instead of Archiving Them, from How-To Geek by Chris Hoffman
Most emails only need to be saved for a short time. Make it a priority to weed those out at the end of each week so you don't have a huge job later.
Google Workspace Updates:
Check your Meet Quality Before Joining a Call
You are now able to check your audio and video quality before you join that Meet call. Before you click Join, there will be a button to check your audio and video. Click on it, and you can select which microphone, speaker and camera to use (if you have more than one connected or installed). Next, you'll be prompted to record and play a short video sample of you talking to see what you look and sound like. If the sound and video quality aren't what you would prefer, there is a link to troubleshooting tips so you can improve the quality.
Share Your Personal Google Calendar With Your Work Calendar Privately
Why not just have one calendar for both your personal and professional Life? It's helpful to share your work calendar with co-workers, and you may not want them to see every doctor appointment or date with friends you add to your personal calendar. Not to mention what happens when you put all your personal appointments in your work calendar, and then leave your job (hopefully because you've won the lottery). Google Calender makes it so easy for you to see all your calendars at one time, there's no need to put everything in one calendar.
Saving Google Meet Chat and Captions Transcript
Saving Google Meet Chat and Captions Transcript, from Control Alt Achieve by Eric Curts
If you need to save a full transcript of your Google Meet, including Chat and captions, here's a tutorial.
20 Tips for Using Canvas LMS
20 Tips for Using Canvas LMS, from Ditch that Textbook by Matt Miller
These tips come from teachers who use Canvas, and include tutorials for each tip.
Tour the World with 12 Months of Virtual Museum Trips
Tour the World with 12 Months of Virtual Museum Trips, from Lifesavvy by Amanda Prahl
Virtually visit famous world museums and explore major works of art and artifacts.
Book Creator Now Offers More Templates and Themes
Book Creator Now Offers More Templates and Themes, from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
There are many more options for creating books or magazines with your students. A free book creator account allows you one library with 40 books.
15 Sweet Educational Valentine's Day Videos That Kids Will Love
15 Sweet Educational Valentine's Day Videos That Kids Will Love, from We Are Teachers by Jill Staake
Have you ever wondered how Valentine's Day got started, or how candy hearts are made? Maybe you need a Valentine song or lesson? Check these out.
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