G Suite Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/category/g-suite/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Tue, 27 Jun 2023 04:18:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 New Google Docs features you NEED to know https://ditchthattextbook.com/google-docs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-docs https://ditchthattextbook.com/google-docs/#comments Fri, 07 Apr 2023 14:05:51 +0000 https://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=24840 Google Docs is getting some updates! Keep up to date with this core tool in the Google Workspace productivity suite. Here are some new Google Docs features we're excited about. For many of us Google Docs provided us with our first user experience with Google's productivity suite -- Google Apps, then G Suite, now Google […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/google-docs/feed/ 2 15 Google Forms templates you can use in class tomorrow https://ditchthattextbook.com/google-forms-templates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-forms-templates https://ditchthattextbook.com/google-forms-templates/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2023 13:04:00 +0000 https://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=24426 If you have been reading the Ditch That Textbook blog for awhile now you know that we love to use familiar tools in new and exciting ways. Google Forms is no exception. Forms are used in the classroom as an effective way to gather information and assess student learning and they can be used for […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/google-forms-templates/feed/ 16 Google’s buried treasure: 20 hidden tricks and tools https://ditchthattextbook.com/googles-buried-treasure-18-hidden-tricks-and-tools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=googles-buried-treasure-18-hidden-tricks-and-tools https://ditchthattextbook.com/googles-buried-treasure-18-hidden-tricks-and-tools/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:45:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=5342 Google is a behemoth. With all of its tools and apps and programs and initiatives, there’s no way to keep tabs on everything. As such, it’s easy for newer Google tools — and even some that have been around for a while — to slip through the cracks. The problem with that: there are some really powerful, […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/googles-buried-treasure-18-hidden-tricks-and-tools/feed/ 9 The Google Classroom Quick-Start Guide + resources, tips and tricks! https://ditchthattextbook.com/the-google-classroom-quick-start-guide-tips-and-tricks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-google-classroom-quick-start-guide-tips-and-tricks https://ditchthattextbook.com/the-google-classroom-quick-start-guide-tips-and-tricks/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:45:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=2423 Google Classroom makes organizing and managing all of your Google Apps activities streamlined and easy. Set it up in minutes.Google Classroom was created to focus less time on tech and more time on teaching. And it certainly has lived up to its billing.Classroom has streamlined the classroom workflow and makes communication easier between teaches and […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/the-google-classroom-quick-start-guide-tips-and-tricks/feed/ 60 20 tips to use Google Classroom effectively and efficiently https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-tips-to-use-google-classroom-effectively-and-efficiently/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-tips-to-use-google-classroom-effectively-and-efficiently https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-tips-to-use-google-classroom-effectively-and-efficiently/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:29:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=4004 Google Classroom can be even more powerful with a few tips and strategies to make it efficient and effective.Google Classroom streamlines the management of student work — announcing, assigning, collecting, grading, giving feedback and returning. It has certainly saved many teachers hours of work. Without a solid workflow and some strategy, grading digital work can be cumbersome. […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-tips-to-use-google-classroom-effectively-and-efficiently/feed/ 28 5 Google Jamboard features you (probably) don’t know https://ditchthattextbook.com/jamboard-features/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jamboard-features https://ditchthattextbook.com/jamboard-features/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:33:13 +0000 https://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=19406 Jamboard is Google's digital white board tool. Educators have flocked to it because it's very visual, it's easy to use, and it's highly collaborative. Teachers are using it in so many ways ...as a digital white board for face-to-face and remote instructionas hands-on, interactive digital activities with drag-and-drop componentsas collaborative thinking spaces for small groupsOne of […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/jamboard-features/feed/ 9 Google Applied Digital Skills: 5 reasons why you should try this FREE curriculum https://ditchthattextbook.com/google-applied-digital-skills/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-applied-digital-skills https://ditchthattextbook.com/google-applied-digital-skills/#respond Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:43:25 +0000 https://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=18970 Google’s Applied Digital Skills Curriculum can be the refreshing resource you never knew you needed. Best of all, it’s easy to use and 100% free for everyone! This post is guest written by Sue Tranchina. Sue is a high school business-technology and video production teacher at Shore Regional High School in West Long Branch, NJ. […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/google-applied-digital-skills/feed/ 0 100 remote learning activities, templates and tutorials https://ditchthattextbook.com/elearning-activities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elearning-activities https://ditchthattextbook.com/elearning-activities/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2021 06:14:25 +0000 https://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=13965 Remote learning activities can be fun AND promote quality learning. Here are lots of examples and templates to use! It's easy to feel anxious, overwhelmed and frustrated if you're asked to create elearning activities and teach remotely because of a school closure. You might be asking ...What are my students going to do?How can they continue […]

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