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2020 Summer Conference WAFACSE Board Meeting Minutes

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2020 Summer Conference WA-FACSE Business Meeting Minutes

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LynAnn DeJarnett

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It seems like I rely more and more on my Google Drive each year of my teaching. I upload my favorite resources to folders, create docs for my students to use in Google Classroom, store maps for Social Studies, upload photos of our Science experiments...there is just so much you can do with the drive. And I really love how easy it is to organize your files.

But, truth be told, I was never a big fan of the layout and colors.

A sea of gray folders is never really helpful when you are a busy teacher trying to find docs on the fly. And, while you can colorize the folders, there is only so much control over the order they can be displayed.

I've had my folders colorized for a few years, but I learned something new. It actually turns out you can number your folders to keep them in the order you would like them to appear (this is a little tip I learned from my sister over at Fashion Craze Learning Days). After doing a little research, I learned you can also include some fun numbers, to make those folders really stand out:

And it gets better.

You can even include some basic symbols to organize those folders even further:

Would you like to try? It's very easy to do...simply follow the steps below:

1. First you will need to open a tab for this fantastic site: Copy Paste Character. There is a drop down menu at the top. We'll be using the numbers first, so select Numerals from the list.

2. Open another tab to access your Google Drive. You can either make adjustments to the folders you already have, or start from scratch. If you are creating a new folder, right-click and choose New Folder and name it:

3. Your new folder will show as the default gray color. There are two ways to change the color. You can right-click for a popup menu, or double click the folder and choose from the drop down menu. Select Change Color:

4. Once you have chosen the colors for your folders, choose the order in which you would like them to be displayed. This is where the numbers will come into play. Since the default sorts are alphabetical (ascending and descending) or last modified or opened, the numbers give you a bit more control over your display.

Navigate to the Copy Paste Character site and choose the number style you would like (I went with the larger numbers in black):

Clicking on the number should automatically copy it to your clipboard. Head back to your Google folder. Right-click or use the drop down menu to choose Rename:

Go to the beginning of your folder name and paste the number:

Continue until you have numbered all of your folders. Please note: this will only work for numbers up to 9...once you choose 10 and above it will start to display out of order, 1, then 10, then 2, etc. I like to use subfolders, so I kept my major subjects to nine folders:

You can display these as thumbnails (shown above) or as a list:

5. Now to add subfolders and symbols! For my subfolders, I kept the same color as the subject and chose some basic icons to go with units/topics. We have three major writing units (Opinion, Narrative, and Informational) and I started setting up folders for other resources:

In my Math folder, I created subfolders for our Math Rotation materials, as well as numbered folders for our math units (I used the smaller black numbers for these units, so they would stand out from the large numbers used in the subject area folders):

To do this, click on a subject area folder you have created. Right-click or choose the red New button to set up a new folder. Follow the same steps as we did for the numbers, but this time choosing symbols to match your folders from the Copy Paste Character website:

And that's it! There is a nice selection of symbols from the website to choose from...though you may have to get creative with some of your folder symbols (I so desperately wanted a book symbol, but could not find one!). There is a chance other symbol sites may work as well, but many times the symbols do not show up in different browsers. I did a lot of testing and found these symbols to work best for my folders.

I hope this is of some help to those of you looking to color code and organize your Google Drive!

Would you like to try some more colorful organization for your Google Drive? Keeping a grade book in Google Sheets has made record keeping MUCH easier for me this school year. With color-coded tabs and icons, I can quickly find the exact grading page I need. And the best part? These templates automatically average grades as they are entered...it's been such a time-saver! Please click the image below to learn more:

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Color Code and Organize Your Google Drive | Ladybug's Teacher Files

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It seems like I rely more and more on my Google Drive each year of my teaching. I upload my favorite resources to folders, create docs for my students to use in Google Classroom, store maps for Social Studies, upload photos of our Science experiments...there is just so much you can do with the drive.

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LynAnn DeJarnett

https://emojipedia.org/
https://www.copypastecharacter.com/

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Make your Google Drive a little more interesting with Emojis. Color coding can work out great when organizing folders in your Google Drive; but does nothing to help differentiate individual files in Drive. Emojis can also be inserted into titles and text lines where other image file types cannot.

Make Google Drive More Interesting

Visually differentiating files with emojis can make your drive (and your students) easier to navigate. Setting up a system for emojis in your class can also help students organize work. Example: ? may mean this file is important or priority. Your teams or groups may have their own emoji such as Team Fox ?. All group documents for this team may have a Fox ? in the title. Visuals are great for nearly all students; primary and language acquisition students often have increased engagement with content that reduces relying on words to communicate.

Search Drive

When searching for a file in Google Drive, you can also search by Emoji.

Tip: Use Emojipedia to find and copy Emojis.

Easy Emoji Files

Here's an easy way to get Emojis into your files:

Go to the file of choice and paste

Emojis work in nearly every Google Tool. Here are a few ideas with popular Google Tools:

Forms

Add Emojis as a visual in the answer portions of a Google Form. Image files are not supported in every question options: Emojis are! *Emoji insert does not work in the file upload option* All other question types support the insertion of an emoji in the question. Most answer options allow for emojis to be answer choices except: Date, Time, Upload.

Google Classroom

Add visual interest to Google Classroom and make your classes stand out for students. Add to the titles of yours classes or to posts and topics.

Google Drawing

Google Drawing is the one tool that I had issues with emojis. You can include emoji's no problem in the drawing name. Downloading the images from Google Draw is one of the reasons to choose Google Draw over Google Slides. Use the File menu and choose "Download as." If you download the image to a file type such as .png the emoji's do not show in the .png file. To clarify, emoji's that are in the drawing itself may not manifest when you download the drawing. If you are using Google Drawing without converting to another file, the emoji works just fine.

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Emoji Your Drive to Create Visual Interest - Teacher Tech

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Make your Google Drive a little more interesting with Emojis. Color coding can work out great when organizing folders in your Google Drive; but does nothing to help differentiate individual files in Drive. Emojis can also be inserted into titles and text lines where other image file types cannot.

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Dawn Boyden
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbolifaimnlloiipkdnihall?hl=en

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Clipboard History Pro: best productivity tool

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Clipboard manager extension for your browser: history of copied text, favorite items, instant paste

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Andrea Ancich

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Google Docs - Table of Contents: for teachers by teachers demo WA-ACTE summer conference 2020

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Homemade Bagels
Home Baking Association

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Chai Ube Rosette Rolls

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Sharon Davis - Home Baking Association

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Cynthia Blinkinsop

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Ashley Mobley
Lesson:  Living Paycheck to Paycheck

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INTERACTIVE: Living Paycheck to Paycheck

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Holly White

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 Preschool Age - Week 6 (May 4th-May 8th) Holly

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10 Signs of a Healthy and Unhealthy Relationship

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10 Signs of a Healthy and Unhealthy Relationship

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Kristyn Dahl

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qORa8ooQGKnqOqDHIV1jCXv77LCAhL1I/view?usp=sharing

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2. 2020-2021  Regional FCCLA Information Sheet.docx

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School Workshops On Body Image: Confident Me - Dove

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Teacher resource Confident Me help young people explore impact of "ideal" bodies in society, professional & social media on body image & self-esteem.

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10 Healthy Relationships Signs During COVID-19

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10 Healthy Relationships Signs During COVID-19

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10 Unhealthy Relationship Signs during COVID-19

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10 Unhealthy Relationship Signs during COVID-19

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Washington State Domestic  Violence Resources

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Washington State Domestic  Violence Resources

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One Love - Signs of Healthy and Unhealthy Relationship Behaviors

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One Love - Signs of Healthy and Unhealthy Relationship Behaviors

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WA-ACTE Conference Deck (8-4-20) FINAL.pdf

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Confident Me! Promoting Body Confidence and Self Esteem

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Confident Me! Promoting Body Confidence and Self Esteem

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Summer WA-ACTE - FACSE Business meeting agenda - Virtual

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June 30, 2020 Assets anad Liabilities.xlsx

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Please complete this form to obtain free resources from Dove Confident Me!

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Please attend association business meeting on Wednesday at 8 AM.

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Joe Bento, Renton School District

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Personal & School Assessment [Secondary].pdf

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Joe Bento, Renton School District

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Joe Bento, Renton School District

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Joe Bento, Renton School District

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Workshop Materials - Google Drive folder

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Tuesday August 4th at Noon

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2021 Summer WA-ACTE - FACSE Board Meeting Agenda - Hybrid

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Washington Beef Commission
kgilkey@wabeef.org

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These are the reports from each officer and co-chair for the WA-FACSE section of WA-ACTE

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2020 Summer Conference WA-FACSE Board Meeting - Committee Reports 

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One Love
rhea.kimble@joinonelove.org

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One Love
libby.gutschenritter@joinonelove.org

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Creating Safer Spaces for LGBTQ Youth
joseph.bento@rentonschools.us

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Beyond Measure with FCCLA

kathyhahn@wa-fccla.org

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Amygdala Hijack
Kdahl@bethelsd.org

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Child Development Virtual Lesson
hwhite@bethelsd.org

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Bringing the Outside In
cblinkinsop@gmail.com

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Page not found - Seattle Pacific University

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Seattle Pacific University is a Christian university fully committed to engaging the culture and changing the world by graduating people of competence and character, becoming people of wisdom, and modeling grace-filled community.

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Flat Teacher Distance Teaching Project
cblinkinsop@gmail.com

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Next Generation Personal Finance
amobley@cheneysd.org

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Building the Baking Bridge
hbadavis@gmail.com

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Google Keep
Budgeting and Cold Brew Coffee
dottier@wapatosd.org

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Chrome Extensions - OneTab and Clipboard History Pro
Dawn_Boyden@lkstevens.wednet.edu

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Table of Contents in Google Docs
Andrea_Ancich@lkstevens.wednet.edu

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Organizing Your Google Drive and Ribbon
dejarnettl@eastmont206.org

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Mote Chrome Extension
sharibrink@selahschools.org

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Dove Confident Me!
pybuskylie14@gmail.com