Ed Techno Bytes

Today I was putting something on my Google Calendar when I saw something I haven't noticed before. On the left side, next to the calendar in week view, were two time zones. So I opened the calendar settings [hover the cursor next to the calendar name to reveal the  three dots ] and looked at my settings. Here is what my settings looked like. Right away I saw that there were two time zones (in the  Time zone  section). My first thought was to change the second one. But instead of having an option located inside the menu to not include it, that just allowed me to change it to a second time zone. Instead, Google has added a  tick box  at the top of the section.   A little further down, Google has added a  world clock  function. More really nice changes to Google Calendar. This post first appeared on my blog, Mr Hammerlund .

This Week's Tool Mystery Science  Mysteryscience.com is a very interesting website. It looks like they offer teachers guided inquiry lessons tied to the NGSS Science Standards. Every year they give away 200 free accounts to teachers. This usually happens in March/April. Have a look. Or, if you work with me and want to check it out, stop by my classroom. This Week's Three Want to share a form with others? Use the forced copy method. See gif. #gsuiteedu #lovesdschools #edtechteam (Also, I forgot to turn off my Checkmark extension, so you see it on the doc.) pic.twitter.com/0KLIHa6Zfh — 𝘑𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 (@JenRoberts1) April 2, 2018 from Twitter https://twitter.com/JenRoberts1 The first Tweet is a way to share a Google Form with a collaborator or someone that wants to copy your form. It forces them to copy your document, but you don't have a chance to see what you are copying first. Tony Vincent has loads of other options in this blog post .

Geoboard was one of my favorite apps for the iPad, and I just found out it is also available as a Chrome App. (It is also in the Windows Store.) Geoboard is very slick, easy to use, and fun for students. Geoboard is a virtual geoboard, so no more rubber band accidents or clean up. It is a great hands-on activity and is really good for inquiry-based learning and asking open-ended questions. The help section (the i  symbol in the bottom right) is awesome, containing lessons and links to other useful apps . Some questions I might ask when using this with students might be ... Using one rubber band, what 3D shape(s) can you make? Can you make a rhombus with an area of x? (With a given shape) Can you translate this x spaces? Can you rotate it x degrees? What would it look like flipped? What do you need to know to determine the area of the above rectangle? Note: This was originally posted on my blog .