Using Technology Better

Being in this frame of mind significantly increases your chance to make your vision a reality.

You'll find out what kinds of communications tools parents are using, what’s going on outside your school and inside the school community, and how the members are consuming the information.

Take a closer look into the educational process' inner workings.

Easily find the definition of terms using the Google Search Hack Define.

Find out how Google Docs is an effective tool for measuring user engagement.

Wouldn’t it be useful to know how many Google Docs you’ve made since you created your Google Apps account? You’ll see how Blake’s school is making use of such data in the video below. Video Highlights 0:01:00 Google Control Panel 0:01:15 What inside More Controls 0:01:21 Snapshot of our domain with its usage activity Transcript: How to Find Out…

Microsoft Power BI—Microsoft’s latest suite of online tools and services for visualizing data, sharing discoveries, and collaborating intuitively in several new, exciting ways—is the Holy Grail of educators seeking the best online experience. Watch this video to prove our claim for yourself. Video Highlights 0:00:05 New product release by Microsoft 0:00:33 Microsoft Power BI Preview 0:01:00 Data sources 0:01:28…

Discover the use of Convert to help you get the most out of your Google search.

In this video with transcript we will show you how you can do a mail merge using Google Docs.

We use the Add-on on in Google Sheets called Autocrat to perform the mail merge - here's how.

Google have a little known tool called Ngram viewer. Ngram viewer searches words in Google books and correlates their use over time.

Have a look at how to use this tool