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Google Spreadsheet Magic Part 1: Super Grouper

Google is amazing. I started using google drive this school year. I quickly fell in love with shared google docs, and knew students’ lives would be changed forever. It didn’t take long before I asked...

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Google Spreadsheet Magic Part 2: Big Brother

Welcome to the second part of my Google spreadsheet series. This spreadsheet is designed to kick butt. It is a quick written response system. Many LMS, learning management systems, allow for students...

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Google Spreadsheet Magic Part 3: Fast Formative

Fast Formative: Fast Formative is a powerful tool that allows you to assess students quickly and easily. Simply setup the tool once and you are good to go for the year. Share the link to the Google...

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ISTE2014 Building your Network.

ISTE 2014 was an amazing conference and one I will not soon forget. It was my first time to ISTE. It is the worlds largest educational conference with tens of thousands of people in attendance. I was...

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Trading on the Silk Road

  As a passionate teacher of World History I find simulations to be one of the most powerful teaching tools. We all have heard the old saying about teaching a man to fish. Shaping an experience in...

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Beyond The Bubble… Alternative Test Ideas.

A few years back at the National Council for Social Studies, or NCSS, I heard a session from these guys at Standford University. Their presentation topic was about redesigning our tests. It was aptly...

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#GAFE Magic Part 5: Postmaster Plus Mail Merge for All

Postmaster Plus: This is one of the coolest spreadsheet tools to help streamline your efficiency. For this tool you to work you will need to install Yet Another Mail Merge Add-on into your Google...

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The Great (Live) Debate – Athens vs Sparta

As a teacher of middle school students, one thing I have noticed is that they love to engage in arguments. As a history teacher, I offer the standard assessments for the students such as papers, and...

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Super Grouper 3.0

The super grouper is another spreadsheet project completed in collaboration with my good teaching partner and friend Jason Strains, @jsteach84. Together we come up with all sorts of cool spreadsheet...

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SBG Spreadsheet Collaboration! Gamified!

Ok, so over the years I have had tons of conversations with educators about the topic of Standard Based Grading or SBG. The topic intrigues me and something I decided I would forge ahead with this...

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