Everyday DigCit

 We want our students to be empathetic and socially responsible digital citizens. Check out Everyday DigCit app - it has questions and talking points to get you and your students thinking about digital citizenship!

Google Drive Storage Tip: Purge large, unnecessary files

Google announced that starting in July 2022, schools and universities, such as Parkway School District, will pay for storage. You can sort your files descending by size in the Drive Storage quota and delete your largest unnecessary files. In Google Drive, select Storage and reorder to find and delete your largest files. Purging unnecessary videos or large files can help free up storage space. You can also delete previously taught Schoology or Google Classroom shared course folders in your Google Drive.

For more Google Drive tips, check out the blog posts: Create an ARCHIVE folder in Google Drive and Google Drive folder tips.

Experience Edpuzzle

Videos are a powerful learning resource - more than 65% of students are visual learners1, and +95% of students watch YouTube regularly2.

Your child’s teacher may be using Edpuzzle to make videos interactive. With Edpuzzle, students can only watch the video lessons assigned by the teacher. Teachers can embed their own questions and notes in the video, and students will receive immediate feedback so they can see if they’ve understood the content or not.

Experience Edpuzzle as a student with these video assignments:

• Cornstarch Walk on Water (2:20)

• An Old Trick (1:08)

• My Dad’s a Space Alien (0:31)

1) Vakos, Patricia. "Why the blank stare? Strategies for visual learners." (2003). Prentice Hall eTeach.

2) Jarboe, Greg. "No Matter How You Define It, Generation Z Can't Live Without YouTube." (2017). Tubular Insights.