Lemon Tech Tidbits

Free Technology Curriculum from Google! Earlier this year, I spent countless hours creating lessons and guides for a high school tech essentials class. At the time I was creating them, I was wondering why Google didn’t have an online curriculum site for students like they do for teachers (i.e., the education training sessions for getting your certifications). Well....now they do! And the best part? It is FREE! Google has created a site that contains video-based lessons for grades 7-12 over different G Suite applications. As a teacher, you can sign up to create an account by simply using your google login. Students can join your class using a special code just like with Google Classroom. Each unit is over one theme but as students work through the lessons, they will learn how to use the different applications such as slides, sheets, docs, and more. Check it out:  https://goo.gl/wucZH1  

Practical Ed Tech Tips Facebook Page  Richard Byrne, the writer of the blog titled  Free Technology for Teachers , has recently created a Facebook page where he and others share practical educational technology tips with each other. The new Facebook page is: https://goo.gl/UHEUPR Today, there is a podcast between Richard, Dr. Wesley Fryer and Larry Ferlazzo. In addition, there is an interesting article about not clicking on a link that looks like this:  ɢ oogle.com  as it is a fake site. The real site is  Google.com.  Here is part of the article: “When you point your browser to  ɢ oogle.com, it’s actually leading you to xn— oogle-wmc.com ... Yeah, that sounds fishy enough, and I don’t recommend visiting it. It’s definitely not the same as google.com, and looks spammy enough to potentially do harm to your computer.”  ... .sneaky ... very sneaky. And that is not all ... ..I could spend all day on this Facebook page. I am s...

TesTeach with Blendspace: Create digital lessons in five minutes. Tes Teach has interactive lessons and projects already built in ready to use in less than five minutes. Or you can create your own custom lesson plan by simply selecting and dropping in the digital materials you need. TesTeach works seamlessly with Google Classroom as well as all of your other Google Apps. For more information on how it works, watch this short introduction video:  https://youtu.be/iTqantAbjlk There are many different video’s created by the company to help get started. Let’s take a look at one titled Primary Sources:  https://goo.gl/7i9Kq6 To access TesTeach to try it out for yourself, go to:  https://goo.gl/5b7nUA