Free Technology Posters - Just in time for back to school

Just like any teacher, I love a good freebie!  What's more, freebies that I can hang in my classroom are even better.  That's what this post is all about....free technology posters.

The first website is full of information and printable posters.  For elementary/middle school folks, this set may be what you're looking for. Navigate to the website  WE are TEACHERS and click DOWNLOAD to gain access to eight "tech etiquette" posters like these:

Next up is a group of posters that help remind us "how to" in Google.  This set of eight posters can be found here:

Technology Rocks, Seriously is a great little blog.  She has some terrific freebies located on her "school posters" link.  You can find things like this:

And finally, you'll hit the freebie motherload when you visit Venspired.  She is truly talented and freely shares her creations with teachers.  By clicking on her Posterpalooza link at the top of her home page, you'll have access to posters like these:

Enjoy putting your rooms together!  Watch for "Google Forms Part 2" later this week.

Google Forms: The Coolest App in Google Drive That You May Not Be Using - Part 1

It’s the end of July, folks.  The cicadas are sounding, the aisles at your local Target and Walmart are filled with excited kids and exasperated parents looking for all the items on back to school lists, and teachers are slowly making their way back to their classrooms to prepare for a new year.  To that end, I want to share some tips and tricks that might make the new year run more smoothly for you.  

All district teachers have a Hutchdocs account.  For those of you who’ve been sleeping or simply not reading my blogs (SMH), Hutchdocs is just another name for Google Apps for Education but it’s tailored to our district.  I digress.  One of the coolest feature of Hutchdocs is the ability to create FORMS.  Sounds boring, I know, but it can really be life-changing. In Part 1 of this three part series we'll discuss data collection.

Data Collection

The sky’s the limit with data collection and Hutchdocs when using Forms.  Teachers can collect:

• IEP Goals
• Intervention Data
• RTI Data
• Classroom Data
• Online Reading Logs/Records
• Parent/Teachers Conference Data
• Incident Reports

Administrators can get in on this, too!  Click here to see examples of walk-through forms, custodial request forms, school hotline forms and more.

For those new to Google Forms

Eric Curts does a fantastic job of explaining Google Forms.  The screenshots below are courtesy of his website.

Creating Forms

Adding Questions

There are multiple question types from which to choose.  In addition, Forms has updated to let you add pictures and video links as well.  

Seeing Results

The great thing about Forms and results is that they automatically are compiled in SPREADSHEET, Google’s version of Excel.  You can view the results by looking at the sheet, or by graph (automatically created for you).  This is such a simple way to collect important data!

Want more on Google Form creation?  Click here to continue to Eric's full tutorial.  Next up in our "Google Forms" series:  Behavior Management.