Google will be eliminating the "old" Drive user interface and officially dropping support for older browsers next week. This means the version of Internet Explorer installed on the district image will no longer work with Google Drive. The district installs this older version for compatibility with some older systems still in use. Instructional Technology highly recommends using Google Chrome for Google Drive. For users with a strong preference for Safari or Firefox, verify the most recent version is installed.
From Google Apps Update:
"(T)he new Google
Drive UI will be fully launching to Apps customers on the Rapid release
track next week. The ability to revert to the old Drive UI will be
removed with this launch.
The full launch to Scheduled release customers will follow on July 7.
Please note that the new Drive UI does not work with older unsupported browsers
prior to and including Chrome 23, Firefox 23, IE9 and Safari 6, so it’s
important to upgrade to a supported browser to ensure continued access
to Drive."
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Anchors of Support for Afternoon Tech Snacks June 15-18
The learning continues this week at the 2015 Curriculum Writers Cadre.
Anchors of Support are available for this week's afternoon tech snack topics.
Monday, June 15, 2015
Anchors of Support for June 15-19 Morning Tech Snacks
It's a new week for the 2015 Curriculum Writers Cadre and with it comes new morning tech snacks.
Anchors of Support are available for this week's morning tech snack topics.
AISD Anchors of Support
Teachers can search their Google Drive for "Anchor of Support" or just go straight to them at bit.ly/aisdanchors . This link takes you to a growing collection of support documents that will continue to be updated and added to throughout the year. We will be highlighting some of these on this blog, so come back and search the site or look for the "Anchor of Support" in the right margin.
Discovery Education- SOS Activities
Discovery Education not only provides quality media for teachers and students to use in class, but they provide Board Builders and a great new resource, the SOS Activities. These activities provide highly effective instructional strategies that can increase student engagement and deeper content discussions. This anchor, bit.ly/aisddiscoverysos , provides support for getting started.
One SOS Activity that students enjoy is The Snowball Fight. (This link explains this strategy in a video, or search 'Snowball Fight' in Discovery Education to get the video and PDF resources.) After watching a video or reading a passage, students write one thing that they learned on a clean piece of paper. The teacher announces "Snowball Fight" and everybody throws their page into the middle of the room. They retrieve a new page, read it, and then add one new idea to that page. After repeating this a few times, the students have at least several ideas to bring into final discussion about the video or passage.
Kahoot
Teachers are using Kahoot with students as a easy Formative Assessment tool. Our Anchor (http://bit.ly/1efDsXF) provides information for getting started using this tool on desktops, laptops and mobile devices. Students do not need an account and can easily use their personal mobile devices without installing any software.
Want An Anchor?
For what classroom instruction would you like to see an Anchor of Support? Share a comment below so we can make sure you get what you need for your instructional time.
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