Pronouns in Office365
calarmstrong*Okay, I think they call it Microsoft365 now. Plus ça change. One of the things that Microsoft does well, and earnestly tries to do well, is accessibility. In a similar…
Nothing more than feelings
As with most schools, mine has invested (considerably) in SEL approaches. They haven't, though, leveraged the opportunities in Microsoft Teams very much, which is rather disappointing given that I, as…
Hey, you just bought donuts!
So as a fund-raiser, my extracurricular sold Krispy Kreme donuts. To make things easier for me, I created a Microsoft Form that would track each sale -- I didn't want…
Dominos – a self-checking activity
Cal ArmstrongSo 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…
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…
You don’t know what you don’t know. Part 2
So this is the end of a very busy four day week; next week I'll get back to the fun IT stuff! I had a meeting last night where one…
Microsoft Teams –> Your Files jump-off point
I used to suggest using Microsoft Delve as a jumping off point for your files -- it was a smart system that highlighted what files you had been recently using…
Your Team’s Files, where you want them
Even though everything is in the cloud, we really like to have a copy on our computers (we work on public transit, in places with no or poor wifi, and…