Boomerang for Gmail
“You’ve got mail.” – America Online Those used to be such exciting words. The news of having email was exhilarating. Nowadays, it’s nonstop. It’s a constant battle to keep-up and it takes tons of...
View ArticleEasy Citations in Google Docs
Digital citizens are constantly sharing other people’s content. We are all cultivators of stuff. Images, quotes, GIFs, artwork, you name it – we share it. It is very important that we teach kids to...
View ArticleCaptain Doofus & the Traffic Circle
We all have our irrational pet peeves. Our things that are “small potatoes” but make us want to gouge someone’s eyeballs out. One of mine is people who don’t know how to drive in a traffic circle....
View Article“New” Google Sites
With as fast as technology moves nowadays, you can’t really call the “New” Google Sites new – I mean, it’s been more than a year since the upgrade was announced. But still, you have to manually select...
View ArticleRepresenting the Writing Process with the Version History
Note: I’ve heard this mentioned elsewhere, so I’m not claiming to be the originator of the idea. One place I heard it mentioned was in Episode 21 of the Google Teacher Tribe Podcast. Another is in...
View ArticleUpdate the Master Slide in Google Slides
One function in Google Slides that most people don’t notice is there is “Edit Master.” This option is great for adding branding to your slides and much more. Here are some of the things that you can...
View ArticlePrivate Google Docs in New Google Sites
Google Sites are an awesome tool for teachers to make sites, for students to make digital portfolios, for students to create projects and more! One of the best features is the ease of embedding Google...
View ArticleAutoPlay & Loop in Google Slides
Need slides running on loop during an Open House or other event? Here’s how to do it! It’s super simple! File > Publish to the Web Link (not embed) Select the amount of time between slides...
View ArticleComparing GIF Creation Options
In February of 2017, I found my niche in the online #edtech world – and a new passion – creating #eduGIF’s. In the time since then, I’ve been asked dozens, if not hundreds, of times how I create them....
View ArticleTips for Creating Stop-Motion Slides
I’ve posted about #StopMotionSlides before and there are others out there (I think that Eric Curts’ and Matt Miller’s are both pretty definitive), but as usual – I like to encapsulate all good Googley...
View ArticleTop 5 Posts of 2017
Happy New Year! Before we look forward to all of the awesome learning that 2018 holds for us, I’m going to get all nostalgic for a quick sec…. here are my 5 most viewed posts from 2017: Adding Captions...
View Article5 Ways to Link to Parts of Google Docs
There are a lot of reasons that you may want to put links into a doc that allow you (or the reader) to jump to certain parts of a Google Doc. Here are a few possible reasons: You’re creating a...
View ArticlePaint Roller Tool in Google Slides
One of the more underutilized tools within Google Docs, Slides, Drawings & Sheets is the Paint Roller (Paint Format) Tool. It’s purpose is simple – when you want some text or an object to be...
View ArticlePadlet Embed on New Google Sites
With it’s recent addition of different wall formats, Padlet has become one of my favorite edtech tools – there’s just so many possibilities for its uses! And embedding it in a Google Site opens up so...
View ArticleFlipGrid One vs. Recap
(Note: This is as of 2/12/18 – I fully expect this to change in the future, as these 2 companies will likely continue adding features) “I want my students to record their opinion and then respond to...
View ArticleEnhanced Sharing Settings on New Google Sites
As soon as it came out, I thought the New Google Sites made a pretty awesome Digital Portfolio tool. However, there was one important feature missing – sharing settings that allow you to choose to not...
View ArticleSign up for My Newsletter!
Hello! This post is geared towards those of you who have signed up for automatic notifications when I make new posts to my site, JakeMiller.net. Well, I’ve got good (and bad and more good) news for...
View ArticleNupedia
Nupedia was a revolutionary idea. Ever heard of it? I didn’t think so; because I had never heard of it either. It was started by Jimmy Wales, who later started . . . Wikipedia. I bet you’ve heard of...
View ArticleCustomize the Numbers or Letters in a List in Google Docs
Educators use bulleted and numbered lists all of the time. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to customize those lists? Maybe instead of 1, 2, 3… you’d like Step 1, Step 2, Step 3… Well, you’re in luck....
View ArticleSAMR ain’t *That* Simple
I’ve developed a new pet peeve recently. It’s handy-dandy graphics that tell you exactly which educational technologies match up with the different levels of the SAMR model (or Bloom’s or DoK, etc.)....
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