Soft Technology

Stephanie Filardo: Photo credit Valerie Callan Photography Guest Blog Post by Stephanie Filardo, follow Stephanie's blog here and find her on Twitter here .  Stephanie is currently a teacher in St. Louis, Missouri I remember getting papers back with stickers and stamps as a kid.  While I may not remember the specific assignments and what I learned from them, but I remember how it made me  feel  when I saw a sticker or stamp on them.  While my teachers were just taking stickers from a page and adhering them to all of the student papers, it meant something because they took them time to do it.  They didn't have to do it, they  cared  enough to do it.  It meant something to read "Excellent!" "Great job!" "A+!" and even better when it was the coveted scratch-n-sniff sticker! This idea is brought to you by the wonderful integration of Google Docs and Google Keep.  Enjoy! Today, I'm excited to tell you about DocStickers! If you can give me 90...

While just about EVERYBODY’S using Google Docs these days, there may be some important features you’re missing out on, so if you’re having GDocs FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out), read on... 1. Suggesting Mode This relatively new feature allows you to highlight a mistake in a document, type a suggestion on top, then lets other document editors choose whether or not to accept your suggestion. Writing teachers and peer editors: Don’t miss this feature! Read the rest at t he Synergyse Blog ---A GREAT RESOURCE, plus, the rest of this article is really awesome, and I don't want you to MISS OUT. Check out Suggesting Mode Below:

Doctopus lets teachers automatically create copies of shared documents and distribute them to students in Google Docs. If you are struggling with managing Google Docs in your classes, here you go! I always thought Doctopus was sorta technical and nerdy, but guys, it's NOT, it's awesome! It's as easy as Flubaroo. Check out Katie Grassel 's great tutorial below and see for yourself. Thanks so much Katie! Also, check out these Doctopus Updates  and learn about other helpful scripts (like Goobric--distributes copies of your rubric) from youpd.