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Google Drive empowers teachers as they use Google Docs to provide real time feedback. It also helps students engage in discourse via Google Moderator, and provides project participants a platform for brainstorming remotely on Google Hangouts. But Google Drive’s power doesn’t lie solely in its own features. In fact, it is Drive’s integration with third […]
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Many teachers are making the foray into using social media with their students. I am at the point of ‘dipping’ my toe in. There’s a number of things I’ve learned, and found out, as I have started tweeting to students and wanted to collect my thoughts on keys in beginning this path. Set up a […]
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Frequent users of Google Sheets (spreadsheets) may be happy to note that Google has updated Sheets to add an improved spell check option. The spell check option is found under the “tools” drop-down menu. Like the spell check tool in Google Documents and Slides, the Sheets spell check is checked against the web in order to stay updated. Just as you can do in any good spell check tool, you can add your own words and abbreviations to the Sheets spell check dictionary.
Applications for Education
The Sheets spell check isn’t going to revolutionize the way that you use spreadsheets, but it could be helpful if your students are submitting quiz answers through Google Forms and you want to quickly check for spelling errors. The spell check may also be helpful to folks who are running scripts in which a misspelled column title could cause the script to fail.
A drug addict has had his recovery charted by an independent documentary film maker.University of Leicester graduate Jon Roberts’ problems with addiction premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival, and has now gone onto screenings in New York and Cape Town, throwing the spotlight on drug and alcohol addiction.Jon teamed up with filmmaker Nick Hamer to capture his life and work to become a recovery consultant, using his own experiences to change the lives of others.The film,…
A DEAF teenager carer will miss out on a life-changing skiing trip because his family can’t afford the hundreds of pounds for an interpreter.Chris Martin will be forced to miss the trip – but his family believe the £2,500 should be paid by Derby City Council.Anne said £950 is for Chris’s travel and accommodation on the trip. Another £950 is for the interpreter to go and £750 is for the interpreter’s wages.The 15-year-old cares for his dad and will be left…
