I shall find a way…
We are now forced to use Canvas (a web based LMS) for our courses. I won’t list the reasons why I dislike Canvas and think it’s a terrible thing for education generally but suffice it to say, it’s better for…
Cal Armstrong
Respectful emails
Too often, I get emails in the evening and on weekends when I’m relaxing, working on a project or even doing school work but in a focused way. Now, if it’s a student question, well, I’m okay with that (to…
Extra Help w/ Bookings
Given remote learning right now and students all around the world, I’m using Microsoft Bookings App to schedule student (online) math extra help. It’s an add-on that’s included with paid Office365, although you may have to convince your IT department…
That which doesn’t kill you…
And 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 year in my 25+ year career. People would ask “How…
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 almost any subject area’s content knowledge (although in this case,…
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 over that scenario here. I have two grade 10 math…
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 total of 30 students in one “class” -= our sections…
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 Clue (or Cluedo if you’re British) for our last unit…
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. Each breakout room is a mini-Team with a shared chat…
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 on it. In the drop-down menu next to Open, you…