That which doesn’t kill you…
Cal ArmstrongAnd it's done. I wanted to make sure I wrote this as soon as I could, because as time passes, things will look differently. This has been the worst academic…
Dominos – a self-checking activity
So if I were a trendy "influencer" I'd call this app-smashing -- but instead I'll just say here's a cool way to use PowerPoint to make a self-checking activity for…
PowerAutomate, Forms->Excel Part 2
So last post I went over how I used PowerAutomate (Flow) to push stuff form Forms to Excel. But a colleague had a different question so I thought I'd go…
PowerAutomate, Forms->Excel
So during RemoteLearning in order to be able to manage things, we combine our Grade 9 classes across three teachers into one class. Now, before everyone panics, that meant a…
Card Sorts in Microsoft Whiteboard
So in this time of remote learning, I like to do activities in small groups that are self-checking so that I don't have to rely on automation. We did a…
Breakout Rooms in Microsoft Teams
So one of the challenges folks have is that there isn't yet an easy way to assign students to breakout rooms so that they can work on a problem together.…
Quick Poll in Microsoft Teams using the Forms Bot
In Teams, click on the APPS button in the lower left corner of the Teams App. In the Search Box, type form and a card will show up with FORMS…
Delay Post to Microsoft Teams
So one of the things I see requested is a delayed-post to Microsoft Teams (like, you want an announcement to go out on a Birthday, say... like April 23rd for…
#remotelearning bona fides
So, I'm a classroom teacher -- but I've also taught online each summer for the past six years, first in French (!) and then mathematics. Before that, I tutored students…
#remotelearning Introduction
You can't tell what's going to happen but it looks like many schools may experience some closures over the next few weeks or months, and so folks are considering how…