More catch-up

Here's a Thinglink I prepared to use with my CAE students as a trigger for arguments they will need for writing an essay on the impact of communication technologies on our lives.

Catching up on the class I missed!

Using Movenote

Here's my first Movenote presentation. I'm planning to use it with my Teens 1 students for revising the language of physical descriptions. After watching the presentation, the students will be encouraged to produce their own descriptions to be shared on Padlet.

July 4th: More GOOGLE Apps: DRIVE

• Enabled Labs in Gmail

• July 4th
• "Unsend an email"
• Very user friendly
• Very useful function
• I'd recommend it to all those who, like me, are always in a hurry and have to send emails frequently
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• "Canned Responses"
• Very user friendly
• Very useful function
• I'd recommend it especially to those who need to save time when sending  business emails providing information, and to teachers providing feedback on students' homework (You can customize the canned message, of course)
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Review: GMAIL Are these statements TRUE or FALSE? Write your answers in your blog. You can view recipients' contact information from the message you are writing. T You can choose to give priority to some messages T You cannot embed emoticons but you can embed pictures F You need to save your "drafts" by clicking on "send later" F Docs from your Drive can be attached directly T Web addresses and email addresses can be inserted by clicking on the same icon T You can add "labels" to your messages to organize them T You can customize your Gmail from any browser T Theres's a "priority box" to help you find most important messages T Previous emails can be sent as attachments T You can send photos taken by any device via Gmail T

13 Hacks to Improve Your Google 

I found these especially useful:

• Wild Card
  Sometimes a memory lapse leaves you searching for the right word. Instead of guessing, put an asterisk in the vacant spot and have the search engine figure it out for you. (Great for lyrics, idioms)

• Search a Website

  For a search you want specifically from a certain site, just type your term and then “site:” with the desired outlet.

• Similar To
  To encompass a wider definition than you’re currently searching for, add a “~” in front of the word, and Google will pull up results from similar terms as well.

Google Docs Story Builder

Today I learned to use Google Docs Story Builder.

Here's the story I created. It's called "Nick and Sarah's Date"