Nathan Nagele

Screencastify Part 1

I’ve been doing screen recordings for over a decade now as a daily part of my instruction. In that time, I’ve been amazed by how easy it has become and the drop in overall costs associated with screen recording. If you aren’t sure, screen recording or screen capture can be defined by recording your computer… Continue reading Screencastify Part 1

8 Suggestions for New Online Educators

Introduction As I sit here in the middle of March 2020, I am faced with not being able to go back to my school tomorrow. In fact, I will not be able to go back to my building, students, and co-workers for the next two weeks at a minimum. We are dealing with something that… Continue reading 8 Suggestions for New Online Educators

Searching for the best Canvas homepage design

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… Continue reading Searching for the best Canvas homepage design

Summer Goal Tracking

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… Continue reading Summer Goal Tracking

Wanted Google Classroom Grading Enhancements

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.… Continue reading Wanted Google Classroom Grading Enhancements

Read Text from an Image with Google Keep

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… Continue reading Read Text from an Image with Google Keep

Google Classroom Grade(book) Beta is here!

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… Continue reading Google Classroom Grade(book) Beta is here!

Screencastify: A software-free screen recording option

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… Continue reading Screencastify: A software-free screen recording option

Reducing video file size

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.… Continue reading Reducing video file size

Expanding the Classroom

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… Continue reading Expanding the Classroom