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Instructional Technology, as opposed to information technology. A.K.A. EdTech, or all the ways teachers harness technology to make their classes more engaging and effective for students.

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Microsoft Teams for Remote Learning

2020-03-28
By: dadxeight
On: March 28, 2020
In: 365 Ideas for Office 365, Microsoft Tools, Remote Learning, Teams
With: 3 Comments

I’m breaking from my typical tutorial style posts to talk about Remote Learning with Microsoft Teams, something I’ve created a lot of training materials for recently.  So Day 100 of 365 Ideas for Office 365 is a persuasive essay about using Microsoft Teams for Remote Learning!  Well, not really, because I don’t have the proper introduction, conclusion, one paragraph about each point, counterargument, rebuttal, and all that. Teams vs Slack & Zoom & Google Classroom & Evernote You can read about Teams vs. Slack in the business world, Teams vs. Zoom for videoconferencing, and Teams vs. Google Classroom in education, but right there is theRead More →

Google Drive in Microsoft Teams

2020-03-18
By: dadxeight
On: March 18, 2020
In: 365 Ideas for Office 365, Microsoft Tools, Remote Learning, Teams
With: 0 Comments

In the last article I showed you simply where to find Teams in Office365 and how to create one.  That did not include adding any students, or files, or your Google Drive (no, that’s not a typo) , so we will do that today, on Day 99 of 365 Ideas for Office 365. Adding Students One of the last steps in creating a team lets you add a co-teacher and students.  You can add students manually by looking them up by last name or student ID number, or skip this for now and let them join by giving them a code.  If you choose toRead More →

Microsoft Teams

2020-03-18
By: dadxeight
On: March 18, 2020
In: 365 Ideas for Office 365, Microsoft Tools, Remote Learning, Teams
With: 0 Comments

I’ve been putting off writing about Microsoft Teams partly because there’s so much there, I didn’t know where to start.  (I’ve decided to start at the beginning!)  I also wanted to build up to it.  Essentially, everything else I’ve written about in Office 365 is in Teams, so technically I’ve always been writing about Teams.  But today, it’s official.  I wish I could have held out two posts longer, but #RemoteLearning can’t wait any longer, thanks to #Covid-19.  So, welcome to Day 98 of 365 Ideas for Office 365– Introduction to Microsoft Teams, on a Chromebook. Microsoft Teams is pretty much the same in theRead More →

File Upload in Forms

2020-03-06
By: dadxeight
On: March 6, 2020
In: 365 Ideas for Office 365, Differentiation/UDL, Forms, Microsoft Tools, Remote Learning
With: 0 Comments

A few months ago, Microsoft added a new question type in Microsoft Forms.  It is the File Upload.  This enables you to ask respondents to upload files like screenshots, PowerPoints, Word documents or even audio or video recordings as their response.  Welcome to Day 97 of 365 Ideas for Office 365– file upload in Forms. Google, I mean Microsoft Forms I’ll go ahead and start with “It’s about time”.  Google Forms had this feature a couple years before Microsoft figured this one out.  It used to be when I’d have a conversation about the two platforms, we’d all agree Google Forms had so many moreRead More →

Alt key for the Accessibility win in Microsoft Office

2020-03-04
By: dadxeight
On: March 4, 2020
In: 365 Ideas for Office 365, Differentiation/UDL, Microsoft Tools, OneNote, PowerPoint, PowerPoint, Word
With: 0 Comments

Unmatched commitment to accessibility is what sets Microsoft Office and their other educational programs and apps apart. Today’s obscure topic is how the Alt key unlocks accessibility features across the Microsoft Office apps. Day 96 of 365 Ideas for Office 365 is the Alt key. Universal Design for Learning Accessibility is an interesting thing.  The idea of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is to provide helps for everybody (make them universally available), not just for individuals with more apparent disabilities.  Sometimes our needs are related to a permanent or temporary disability, but some idea that are created for a specific group of people helps theRead More →

NPC in Minecraft Education Edition

2020-03-03
By: dadxeight
On: March 3, 2020
In: 365 Ideas for Office 365, Microsoft Tools, Minecraft
With: 1 Comment

One of the most useful elements in Minecraft is the NPC, or non-player character.  They’re very resourceful for characters that can’t move and only do what you tell them.  (No jokes about husbands, wives, children or dogs here, please.)  Welcome to Day 95 of 365 Ideas for Office 365– NPC’s. NPC vs mob In video games, the term NPC can refer more generally to any entities that are not controlled by a player.  In Minecraft, the word for that is mobs, not to be confused with mods, which is short for modifications.  NPCs in Minecraft Education Edition are specific mobs you can place and programRead More →

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