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Google’s State & Community Impact Project

By Jessica Powell-Allbright / August 29, 2021

friEdTech is proud to be a part of the Google State & Community Impact Project, serving educators from all around the country to participate in no-cost professional development designed to help them build their digital toolkits as they work to effectively integrate technology into their K-12 classrooms. The project involves synchronous and asynchronous learning opportunities…

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Diving Into Distance Learning: Google Attendance Form

By Shantel Lott / July 20, 2020

As we potentially dive back into distance learning, you may be trying to figure out how to manage your virtual classroom attendance. How can you keep track of who shows up? Well, we’ve got a free and easy solution for you! Google Forms is an excellent tool to use to take attendance. Here are some…

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Jefferson Parish’s Online Transition Plan with Google Tools

By Amy Mayer / April 2, 2020

Our company has worked alongside Jefferson Parish Public Schools, the largest school district in Louisiana, located in New Orleans and surrounding areas, with approximately 50,000 students, for over a year now, and we were proud they thought of us when they wondered how to get teachers working online quickly during the crisis. Kamala Baker, Director…

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Embrace the Suck of NEW

By Brooke Lowery / March 29, 2020

As an educator, I have been asked numerous times to accept NEW. Not just one or two NEW things, but sometimes ALL THINGS, and embracing the new can suck. Right now across the world teachers are being asked to embrace the NEW again. This time we are all in it together. Currently, I am an…

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