Email from a Calendar Event

It was a subtle change, so you may not have even noticed it, but now you can send an email from a calendar event. When you click on a calendar event on your Google Calendar, along the top you will see an envelope for email. Once you click on that icon, you will get an email window like the second image. It will automatically add anyone who is invited to that event to the email and you can write up to 2400 characters. It is a great way to ask a quick question or share some brief information with all those who are coming to the event. I've been using it to ask teachers where they would like to meet for appointments

or to remind them about things they will need for our meeting.

Learning in the Zone: Yearly Plan SY2017-18

Ready for year number two at CDS. After looking back over our faculty needs and using what I learned from last year, I came up with this tentative list of topics for presentations.

Session 1: August 28-September 1 -- Google Classroom

Session 2: September 4-8 -- Google Sites

Session 3: September 11-15 -- QR Codes, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality

Session 4: September 18-22 -- Google Tasks & Keep

Session 5: September 25-29 -- Virtual Field Trips (w/ Google Cardboard & Maps)

Session 6: October 23-27 -- Organizing Group Work -- Best Practices

Session 7: October 30-November 3 -- Intro to Design Thinking

Session 8: November 6-10 -- Advanced Search w/ Google & Google Scholar

Session 9: November 13-17 -- Google Hangouts & Google+

Session 10: November 27-December 1 -- Personal Learning Networks (PLN)

Session 11: January 15-19 -- Working with Video (WeVideo, Youtube, and Screencastify)

Session 12: January 22-26 -- Working with Audio

Session 13: January 29-February 2 -- Nearpod

Session 14: March 5-9 -- Newsela

Session 15: March 12-16 -- Blogger

Session 16: March 19-23 -- Google Forms & Google Sheets

Session 17: April 2-5 (6 is an in-service day) -- Gmail, Chat, & Google Calendar

Session 18: April 16-20 -- Google Docs, Doctopus, and Goobric

Session 19: April 23-27 -- Mobile Devices in Action

Session 20: May 21-25 or May 28-June 1 -- Backing Your Digital Suitcase (special session for departing teachers)