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Arkansas State football coach Blake Anderson called it one of the classiest moves he's ever seen. 92,746 people attended No. 3 Georgia's 55-0 home trouncing of ASU, but at least a third of that massive crowd wore pink in support of Anderson's wife Wendy, who died last month after a two-year fight with breast cancer.

Hsin Ya "Jessie" Huang is one of 15 members of the Youth Preparedness Council for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA. She's a junior at South Eugene High in Eugene, Oregon, and explains why she wants us all to be prepared for disaster. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]

Google Sheets often gets a reputation for the “difficult” or maybe the “least used" app in G-Suite waffle.  But that doesn’t need to be the case all the time! In today’s episode we will share ways students and teachers currently use Sheets in the classroom and then ways you can tech it up a notch when it comes to your knowledge and usage of Google Sheets. 

We are excited to have Emily McDonald as today's guest from Chattanooga, Tennessee! 

​Emily McDonald is a high school mathematics teacher at Red Bank High School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. RBHS is a Title 1 school that is 1:1 with Chromebooks. Emily currently teaches Algebra 2, Calculus, and Dual Enrollment Probability & Statistics. Emily enjoys incorporating technology to promote creativity and exploration in mathematics. Emily is a Level 1 and Level 2 Google Certified Educator and a Google Certified Trainer. Other certifications include EdPuzzle Coach, CK-12 Certified Educator, Screencastify Certified Genius, and EquatIO Level 1 Certified User. Emily has presented at several EdTechTeam Summits in the southern region as well as other regional and state professional development conferences.

Twitter: @EMcDonaldEDU 

Email (personal): [email protected]

Ways Educators Can Benefit from Google Sheets:

Tips from Emily  - New features in Sheets

Add a class roster, then use Check Marks to keep track of  beginning of year forms and other ungraded items.

Organize, sort, and filter test score data.

Create  charts and graphs with ease.

Freeze rows and columns to work with large data sets. 

Using Google Sheets with Students:

Self paced learning activity (could be used for PD with adults as well!)

Track scores over time  - students track their own keyboarding data - make a copy and edit to suit your content.

Manage a budget - a student activity facilitated by Emily - make a copy for your students. 

Create Pixal Art using Conditional Formatting

Tech it Up a Notch - Google Sheets Tips:

Use Scripts to send specific email to multiple recipients - Scripts Example

Explore the Add-ons Menu and use Sheets to automatically create flashcards, certificates of completion or PD attendance, send confirmation email, manage badging  and more!

Autocrat

Flippity

Form Mule

Magic Digital Badges

Share your Google Sheets ideas, successes,  and templates in the comments below.  Would you like to be a guest on our show?  Complete this Google Form and you might join us in a future episode of Somethin To Tech About!

More resources:

ISTE Standard(s) for Educators and Students

Newspapers In Education

Common Sense Media

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City holds groundbreaking on Friday for the new arena

Twenty years ago Saturday Savannah evacuated from Hurricane Floyd.

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Reporter Adam Orr joins digital editor Gabe Whisnant to discuss his story on the issue of affordable housing in the Upstate and across South Carolina.

Celeste Werth discusses her work and inspirations with Tony Simmons.

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On the Friday episode of The Commute, Beacon Project lead writer Amy Condon takes over for Editorial Page Editor Adam Van Brimmer and talks with Symbioscity principal Denise Grabowski on how urban planning affects the entire city of Savannah and more more!

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A longtime resident of Fox Point says the city needs to balance allowing an increasing number of concerts at India Point Park with protecting neighbors who have to endure for hours sound that often exceeds the city’s noise ordinance.

Lorene Scafaria's "Hustlers" does give you what you see in the trailers, but the entire movie is an epic crime saga in the vein of "Goodfellas" - without any male characters. In other words, a far cry from any stripper movie we've ever seen and quite revolutionary in its portrayal of female friendships and motherhood.

Chieftain sports reporters Austin White and Marcus Hill sit down and look at the week that was, point out some top performers and then look ahead to week 3 action in Steel City football.

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