Richard Allaway 
Chromebook users – it’s time to have another look at Cursive Those teachers who are luckily enough to have a C13 Chromebook should take a moment to explore Cursive again. To launch Cursive go to → https://cursive.apps.chrome The initial pen input lag issues that we present at launch seem to have been fixed. Read more … Read more
Google A – Z – Tools, Extensions, Programs and Courses from Google for Education This super informative document, produced by Google for Education, outlines useful tools from Google and other trusted sources. Some you might have forgotten about, such as A Google a Day, and others you may be complete new to you, such as … Read more
New Year Resolution – Get Organised with Google Tasks The capabilities of Google Tasks are ever growing and worth a look for anybody thinking about using a digital ‘to do list manager’. There is a useful guide to Google Tasks, by Jeremy Badiner, here. Useful tip → Link directly to text and quotes Rather than … Read more
Google – Year In Search 2021 Google produces one of these videos every year. You can explore more trends from the year at https://yearinsearch.google. Copy a single page or subset of pages in Google Sites Google have added the ability for editors to copy a single page or subset of pages into a new site. … Read more
The launch of ‘Essential PD bytes’ What is a ‘Essential PD byte‘? A 20 minute long digital skill focused professional development session. The aim of ‘Essential PD bytes‘ is to offer a range of ‘byte’ size professional development opportunities for staff at the International School of Geneva – Campus des Nations. Each ‘byte’ should last … Read more
Google has been busy with a a slew of updates to Google Documents therefore I felt it important to highlight them here – plus the fact that Google Docs in 15 years old! Google Docs has been around for 15 years Starting as a service called Writely in 2005, Google Docs was officially launched a … Read more
Making more use of Google Tasks Google Tasks is Google’s basic (yet very capable) to-do list manager. The easiest way to find it is to go to your Gmail, Google Calendar, Docs, Sheets or Slides. You should see the icon on the right hand side of the screen. If you can’t see Tasks app, click … Read more
Add a co-host to a Google Meet You can now assign co-hosts in a Google Meet. Why would you want to do that? Maybe you are presenting to parents or a large group of students and you want somebody else to take the lead in admitting participants, muting etc. so that you can focus on … Read more
This is the 38th ‘weekly post’ that I have added to digitaltechnologies.education. The 37 other posts where primarily aimed at educators. From now on I am going to try and add a monthly post focused upon digital citizenship considerations that both educators and families may find engaging. Is it possible to make the internet safe … Read more
Google makes some age related changes Google recently launched a new age-based access setting to make it easier for domain admins to tailor experiences for their students and educators based on age when using Google services like YouTube, Photos and Maps. Since September 1, 2021, students who are under 18 are seeing changes in their … Read more