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About Nathan Nagele

I'm a husband, father, and technology education teacher. I have a passion for creating videos and instructional materials that help students highly achieve.

Searching for the best Canvas homepage design

Posted on September 18, 2019September 18, 2019Author Nathan NagelePosted in BlogLeave a Reply

My district started to move over the Canvas LMS last year and we are really embracing it this year. I really like the LMS overall, it has power, customization, and flexibility on how to do almost anything that you could want. As part of that flexibility and customization, you can set your course’s homepage to…

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Summer Goal Tracking

Posted on June 24, 2019June 24, 2019Author Nathan NagelePosted in BlogLeave a Reply

With the school year over, I now have a lot of additional time to work on some projects that I’ve been wanting to do for a while now. Over the past few months, I’ve felt a little out of control when it comes to getting things done. The end of the school year is particularly…

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Wanted Google Classroom Grading Enhancements

Posted on March 31, 2019March 31, 2019Author Nathan NagelePosted in Ed TechLeave a Reply

I previously talked about Google Classroom’s new gradebook and it got me to thinking about other things that I would like to see done with Google Classroom. By and large, it’s an outstanding tool, but there are a few tweaks that could really make it more usable and efficient for me on a daily basis.…

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Read Text from an Image with Google Keep

Posted on March 10, 2019March 10, 2019Author Nathan NagelePosted in Ed TechLeave a Reply

I’ve been trying to write down more things recently in an attempt to better keep track of things and to make sure that ideas that I have, don’t leave my head permanently. As part of that, I’ve been using Google Keep a great deal more in the past few weeks. One of the features buried…

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Google Classroom Grade(book) Beta is here!

Posted on March 2, 2019March 2, 2019Author Nathan NagelePosted in Ed TechLeave a Reply

Yesterday was interim day, so I opened up Google Classroom and went in to grade any assignments that I may have missed or that were recently submitted. To my surprise, there was a new tab at the top of my Google Classroom called “Grades.” Obviously, I stopped any thought of grading and went into the…

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Screencastify: A software-free screen recording option

Posted on February 17, 2019February 17, 2019Author Nathan NagelePosted in Ed TechLeave a Reply

Over the past few years I have really increased the amount of video content that I create for my students. Most of the videos that I make are done to re-teach a process that I covered in group instruction. Students find it easier to have me available on demand for help or they don’t miss…

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Reducing video file size

Posted on February 10, 2019February 10, 2019Author Nathan NagelePosted in Ed TechLeave a Reply

I have come to really value the use of video in the classroom. I started teaching nine years ago and I have always embraced video, but it’s so much easier now than what it was when I started. I hope to always make high quality content, and with that content comes some massive file sizes.…

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Expanding the Classroom

Posted on January 24, 2019January 24, 2019Author Nathan NagelePosted in BlogLeave a Reply

I am in my 9th year of teaching and I’ve had two very different teaching experiences that greatly influence the ways that I do things in my current classroom. My first teaching job was at an online charter school. I taught my students 100% through video, text, images, and live webcasts. From a creative point…

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Recording Your Screen In MacOS

Posted on January 19, 2019January 19, 2019Author Nathan NagelePosted in BlogLeave a Reply

I recently got around to updating my computer to the newest version of MacOS, Mojave. The feature that I was most looking forward to was dark mode and other than that, I didn’t really take note of anything important. That is until I miss clicked a keyboard shortcut and found a new way to record…

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Dremel 3D Idea Builder Stuck Filament Fix

Posted on January 11, 2019January 11, 2019Author Nathan NagelePosted in Tech EdLeave a Reply

I’ve been lucky enough to have a 3D printer in my classroom for the better part of the past five years. I’ve printed countless items that my students have created and my machine has been rock solid. When we originally purchased my printer, I wanted something different, but I’m very happy with the printer. Over…

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