Weekly e-learning Update - Handy Handouts, Google Docs, Google Forms, Blogger and more



Welcoming laptops into the classroom
Check out the link above for strategies for 'Welcoming Laptops into the Classroom'.

Learning Over Lunch
This week’s Learning Over Lunch session will take place on Thursday Topic: 'Setting up a Group on Facebook' aka How to use Facebook without being "friends" with your students (postponed date from last week)

Top Tech Tips - a review of resources available on Teaching and e-learning!

Handy Handout for Google forms
Click the link above to access a handy one page handout for staff and students about creating and sharing a document on Google forms

Introduction to Google forms
Click the link above to access an introductory presentation on how to create, share and view the resoults of a Google form

Handy Handout for Google Docs
Click the link above to access a handy one page handout for staff and students about creating and sharing a document on Google Docs

Introduction to Google Docs
Click the link above to access an introductory presentation on how to create, upload and share a Google document

Introduction to Blogger (using blogs for student writing)
An introduction to Blogger (how to create one) and some ideas and research looking at how you could use blogging to support student writing.

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