Sharpen the Axe – BIST / GEG Sparkshop

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe” – Abraham Lincoln.

In this session you will have a chance to ‘sharpen your axe’ with a range of useful tips and tricks to not only make you more efficient in the use of your device, but also a focus on Web Apps, Chrome Extensions and Google App Add-ons. The session is presented in a gamified format with activities that you could use in your classroom tomorrow.

Session Resources:

1) Do now: Complete the quiz linked below to see how well your machine is set up for GSuite for Education

Google Quiz – Set your Machine up like a Mega star

Workshop Slidedeck:

Chrome shortcuts: Try ten your haven’t used before

Team Kahoot – Chrome Shortcuts

Web Apps, Add ons and Chrome Extensions

Install/try at least 1 new to you (share with group?). If you have used any of those add ons/extensions (or others) and you think it’s awesome – add a comment to the BIST Facebook group.

Individual Kahoot – Web apps, Extensions and Add-ons 

If time…Quizlet live team challenge

Other Resource:
Fiddling with Google Doc URLs

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