11 great Google posts this week #31
After looking through all the Google posts that were shared to my various subscriptions recently, these are the ten that have caught my eye so far.
1. Write Music in Google Documents
https://goo.gl/7ORvuD
Love this! Richard Byrne says, “VexTab Music Notation is a Google Documents Add-on that lets you write music notation in Google Documents. With the Add-on installed you can write standard music notation, drum notation, and guitar tablature in a Google Document. To do this simply open the Add-on from y...Read more
What is it?
A free online course helping educators integrate computational thinking into their curriculum
Who is it for?
Humanities, Math, Science, and Computing educators
When does it take place?
Now through December 20th
Where do I register?
https://computationalthinkingcourse.withgoogle.com/preview
About the Course
The goal of this course is to help educators learn about computational thinking (CT), how it differs from computer science, and how it can be integrated into a variety of ...
This is a great competition that you do not want to miss out on. Last year South Africa selected 16 Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts. Four of them were sent to the Global Forum in Dubai while another four were sent to the E2 Global Educator Exchange in Redmond, Washington.
You can read about these two events here:
A report back on the Microsoft In Education Global Forum Dubai by Karen Stadler, a MIEExpert15 in South Africa http://bit.ly/1hFZOSZ
‘My dream came true at E2...
In a blogpost in July () we mentioned that Microsoft had announced their Microsoft Virtual Academy online courses for teachers. In South Africa the Microsoft Virtual Academy has a branch called the Microsoft 4Africa Virtual Academy. Victor Ngobeni from Microsoft and Megan Rademeyer from SchoolNet have been holding webinars for teachers once a month on this platform. These webinars cover topics that teachers will love and the recordings can be listened to at any time:
Previous recordings
1) ...
A message from Microsoft:
Over the past several months we have been listening to our audiences, understanding what they needed from Microsoft to be successful, and driving a cross company effort to provide a one stop hub for Microsoft in Education. This new digital destination provides enhanced collaboration and community for educators, new content and resources for students and leaders, updated product and solutions pages and enhanced navigation that bring together the best of Microsoft in educa...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
One often hears the words 21st century teacher bandied about today. What exactly does this term mean? Is the 21st century teacher any different from the 20th century teacher or the 19th century teacher? A quick Google search doesn’t throw very much light on 18th, 19th, or 20th century teaching but changing the search criteria to ‘21st century’ reveals PLENTY of resources – 21st-century school, 21st-century education, 21st-century teacher, 21st-century skill...
The Microsoft in Education team has some exciting news. They have launched a new community home: the Microsoft Educator Community. This new site is a central destination where one will have access to over 1.5 million educators around the world, a fresh selection of professional development courses and resources, thousands of inspiring lesson plans, and access to live lessons and virtual field trips.
The new community site is a combined experience of the ...
Google Sites is a free website creation tool that connects really well with other GAFE tools if you are a GAFE school. It is very easy to use and students pick it up very quickly. You can select a template, embed different types of media and attach documents. You can connect to Google drive very easily. You can share the website with whoever you want to or make it public. If you don’t have GAFE at school you can make a Google site on your normal Gmail account by going to http;//sites.goog...
Creating a Google site is a simple affair but there is loads of help available from Google when you have a query. https://goo.gl/43eZvy
Here are some links to the various tips from Google Support:
Getting started
Creating a site
Site templates
Creating pages
Page templates
Different page types
See what admins can do with templates
Adding templates to the gallery
Page level permissions
Site permissions
Page hierarchy
Inserting media and other gadgets
Adding Images
Embedding calendars
Adding comments ...
