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Canvaholic

Hi, my name is Kelly Kenny, and I am a Canvaholic. Truly. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s website, “-aholic” means one who likes (something) to excess. There are chocoholics, workaholics, shopaholics, bookaholics, and the list goes on. While all of…

Financial Literacy for Students

There is no disputing that being financially literate is an empowering life skill. Students who are provided with this knowledge and skills are much more effective at managing their financial resources for a lifetime of financial well-being. With that in…

Canva for Education

With Canva for Education, you can create education presentations, lesson plans, worksheets, reports, posters, and more. You can empower your students through authentic assessments and tasks, enabling them to create beautiful, real-world deliverables quickly and easily. You can use Canva…

Digital Flashcards in GoodNotes

Named the Apple iPad App of the year, GoodNotes is a great tool to engage your students in limitless digital note-taking. This App is equipped with a variety of digital papers, handwriting recognition, drawing tools, and easy organization via folders.…

Grammarly for Education

Westside students (Grades 5-12) and all staff have access to Grammarly for Education! If you aren’t familiar with Grammarly, it’s a tool to help improve your writing by checking for spelling, grammar, word choice, sentence structure, tone, and more! Great…

Writing an Email Collaboratively

Google now allows you to collaboratively craft email messages. Are you on a grade level team and need to write an email to advertise a family night? An administrator that has to carefully craft a parent communication? With Google Docs,…

Undo Send with Gmail

Have you ever accidentally hit send before you were ready? With Gmail on the Web, and in the Gmail app on iPad, you have the ability to quickly un-send a message that you accidentally hit send. Be quick though –…

Send it Later with Google Gmail

Working late but don’t want an email to go out until morning? Planning ahead and need to compose a reminder email that needs to go out next week? Google has you covered! With the ‘Schedule send’ feature, you can send…

Conducting an Audio-only Webex

Are you looking to hold a meeting with someone that doesn’t have internet access, or doesn’t have access to a device capable of video conferencing? You may want to take advantage of the capabilities of Webex to allow phone users…

3D Models in Explain Everything

Explain Everything Whiteboard has now partnered with the market leading 3D platform, Sketchfab, making it possible to utilize 3D models on the digital whiteboard. Having the ability to use 3D models in a digital whiteboard environment provides a way to…