New Comment-only Option Available for Google Sheets

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMRE0ElBYY8YQ-t6gXGXHGBSTJ5I3rdPUA7Hb2Eglds2ihuBtCOJgZjr2f9F-ywXMzTt3n0EWXuhPFCw_m_K3yANbWakMOfivhFrDJixU7szxoaksBiDcjp-TVUcjlcMk-3vBH4jQxh4/s1600/Google_Drive_Logo_lrg-580x461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMRE0ElBYY8YQ-t6gXGXHGBSTJ5I3rdPUA7Hb2Eglds2ihuBtCOJgZjr2f9F-ywXMzTt3n0EWXuhPFCw_m_K3yANbWakMOfivhFrDJixU7szxoaksBiDcjp-TVUcjlcMk-3vBH4jQxh4/s200/Google_Drive_Logo_lrg-580x461.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br/>I shared this news earlier on <a href="https://plus.google.com/108609517416878916397/posts" target="_blank">Google+</a> but I think it's worth sharing here as well. Beginning today Google Sheets (spreadsheets in Google Drive) will have a comment-only sharing option. Just like Google Documents and Google Presentations the comment-only setting will allow people to view and comment on spreadsheet without actually changing anything in the spreadsheet itself. Learn how to use comments in spreadsheets in the <a href="http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=65129" target="_blank">new documentation available here from Google</a>.<br/><br/><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Applications for Education</b></span><br/>The comment-only option in Google Sheets could be a great instructional tool. You could share data sets with students and ask them to interpret the data, answer questions about the data, and ask questions about the data through the commenting tool. You can reply to students comments. And all of this happens without changing the original data. This is similar to the way that <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/02/using-google-drive-for-online.html" target="_blank">I use the comment-only option in Google Documents for group discussions of primary source documents</a>. <div class="blogger-post-footer"><i>This post originally appeared on <a href="http://freetech4teachers.com/">Free Technology for Teachers</a><br/></i>.<br/><br/>Come learn with me at the <a href="http://practicaledtech.com/2013/04/08/come-to-the-practical-ed-tech-summer-camp/">Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp</a>.<br/><br /></div><div class="feedflare"><br/><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=N3hHPtdJV2k:8SoJOCcxYjU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=N3hHPtdJV2k:8SoJOCcxYjU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=N3hHPtdJV2k:8SoJOCcxYjU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=N3hHPtdJV2k:8SoJOCcxYjU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=N3hHPtdJV2k:8SoJOCcxYjU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=N3hHPtdJV2k:8SoJOCcxYjU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=N3hHPtdJV2k:8SoJOCcxYjU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=N3hHPtdJV2k:8SoJOCcxYjU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=N3hHPtdJV2k:8SoJOCcxYjU:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=N3hHPtdJV2k:8SoJOCcxYjU:I9og5sOYxJI"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=I9og5sOYxJI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=N3hHPtdJV2k:8SoJOCcxYjU:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo"></img></a><br/></div><img height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~4/N3hHPtdJV2k" width="1"/><br/><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~3/N3hHPtdJV2k/new-comment-only-option-available-for.html" rel="nofollow">Free Technology for Teachers</a>

New Comment-only Option Available for Google Sheets

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Nearpod Homework - A New Option for Sharing Lessons Over iPads

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-RB5gkXPPIP2UXLFwmv6KNBOOQuTTEFMCGS5T7rIAR_UBmQGQibP5NhxndyPYbHxcoTNol4Wy71XLgvwzd771A0zduKBY1tTu63o1bZFx3EkKCMl-x3dc73oH8S_cTSZxGl-qGLKSVGg/s200/Screen+Shot+2012-10-11+at+12.38.21+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-RB5gkXPPIP2UXLFwmv6KNBOOQuTTEFMCGS5T7rIAR_UBmQGQibP5NhxndyPYbHxcoTNol4Wy71XLgvwzd771A0zduKBY1tTu63o1bZFx3EkKCMl-x3dc73oH8S_cTSZxGl-qGLKSVGg/s200/Screen+Shot+2012-10-11+at+12.38.21+PM.png" /></a></div><br/><a href="http://www.nearpod.com/" target="_blank">Nearpod</a> is a nice service for delivering lessons, quizzes, and polls to students through iPads. Nearpod recently introduced a new option called <a href="http://www.nearpod.com/homework/#" target="_blank">Nearpod Homework</a>. Like the original Nearpod, Nearpod Homework allows you to distribute presentations and quizzes to your students' iPads. The neat feature of Nearpod Homework is that it allows students to work through presentations and quizzes at their own pace in your classroom or at home.<br/><br/><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="312" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/63756060?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="555"></iframe> <br/><a href="http://vimeo.com/63756060">Nearpod Homework</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/nearpod">Nearpod</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br/><br/><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Applications for Education</b></span><br/>On <a href="http://www.nearpod.com/homework/#" target="_blank">Nearpod Homework</a> your students can answer questions about the presentations that you share with them. Nearpod Homework furnishes you with a report of your students' responses to your questions. This gives you the opportunity to review your students' progress whenever they complete a set of questions. <div class="blogger-post-footer"><i>This post originally appeared on <a href="http://freetech4teachers.com/">Free Technology for Teachers</a><br/></i>.<br/><br/>Come learn with me at the <a href="http://practicaledtech.com/2013/04/08/come-to-the-practical-ed-tech-summer-camp/">Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp</a>.<br/><br /></div><div class="feedflare"><br/><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=W7uqkMvCZbg:zid4J6hn5Q8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=W7uqkMvCZbg:zid4J6hn5Q8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=W7uqkMvCZbg:zid4J6hn5Q8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=W7uqkMvCZbg:zid4J6hn5Q8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=W7uqkMvCZbg:zid4J6hn5Q8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=W7uqkMvCZbg:zid4J6hn5Q8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=W7uqkMvCZbg:zid4J6hn5Q8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=W7uqkMvCZbg:zid4J6hn5Q8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=W7uqkMvCZbg:zid4J6hn5Q8:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=W7uqkMvCZbg:zid4J6hn5Q8:I9og5sOYxJI"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=I9og5sOYxJI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=W7uqkMvCZbg:zid4J6hn5Q8:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo"></img></a><br/></div><img height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~4/W7uqkMvCZbg" width="1"/><br/><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~3/W7uqkMvCZbg/nearpod-homework-new-option-for-sharing.html" rel="nofollow">Free Technology for Teachers</a>

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