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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Technology Thursday: A New Linky!

I am very excited to announce something I have wanted to do for a while now...
Technology Thursday will be a weekly linky dedicated to all things technology related. Share reviews of websites or apps you've tried, tech tips that make your {teaching or personal} life easier, and helpful tutorials. Our hope is that this linky provides a place for teachers to share and learn new ways to use technology and engage students!

Be a rule follower!

Rule #1: You must include the image above and a link to our linky somewhere in your blog post.
Rule #2: Follow the Rule of Three...visit the two blogs who link up before you and the one immediately after you and leave some love on their pages!
Rule #3: This linky is not intended for product promotion. You may include products you've created in your posts, but they should not be the sole focus of the post. {Exception...freebies...because everybody loves a good freebie!}

Without further ado, here's this week's Tech Tip:

How many times have you wanted to sign your students up for a new website, but the site asks for a unique email address for each student? This has happened to me several times, which is why I was SO excited when I learned about this little trick...

Gmail + anything!

Your regular old Gmail account has an endless number of email addresses! Here's how you do it...

1. Create a gmail account for your class {something easy for the kids to remember like msjones@gmail.com}.

2. When you need to sign your kids up for something new, use the email you created + anything... You could do their names, student numbers, or anything else you want. Here are 2 examples: msjones+1@gmail.com or msjones+jessica@gmail.com.

3. Here's the great part... Any "you must click the confirmation link in your email to sign up" messages get sent to msjones@gmail.com because Gmail ignores everything after the plus sign!

4. Added bonus, you can use the "+whatever" to create a filter so that any spammy junk messages sent to those accounts goes straight to your spam folder or trash! {I can see a use for this with my personal address, too}

Hope you're able to use this tip to get your students onto those pesky sites that require emails for sign-up!

Don't forget to link up anything tech-related!





4 comments:

  1. This is awesome!! I hesitate for so many things because of the email issue. I teach 4th graders and most don't have email yet.
    Thanks so much for sharing this great tip!!
    Janie
    Are We There Yet?

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  2. I will use this next year, for sure! Thank you!

    Mary
    Fit to be Fourth

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  3. What a great tip! My district makes a gmail account for each student, but this would be very helpful for anyone that doesn't have that option....especially with the +. Thanks so much for sharing!
    Alison
    Rockin' and Lovin' Learnin'

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