Posts with Tag: Google Drive Archives - Modern Pen
Leaving School District 21? Information about what’s in your CCSD21 Google Apps for Education Account
May 7, 2021
Tags: Calendar, G Suite, Google, Google Apps, Google Docs, Google Drive, Staff, Staff Laptop
At the end of each school year, students and teachers ask questions about taking their School District 21 materials with them. Due to issues of ownership, there are actually different rules about how students and teachers can take their documents with them. What happens to the account when I leave? School District 21 has […]
UPLOADING FILES AND FOLDERS TO GOOGLE DRIVE
June 1, 2017
Tags: Google Docs, Google Drive, Staff, Staff Laptop, Staff Laptops
All staff members should store their work related files and folders in Google Drive, and should be utilizing Chrome for everything from email and chat to word processing and spreadsheets. Please be sure, if you have not already done so, to upload all work related files and folders to Google Drive that are currently being […]
Google Team Drives now available
May 1, 2017
Tags: Google Docs, Google Drive, Team Drive
Google has rolled out a new feature called Team Drives and these are now available for all staff members. What are Team Drives? Team Drives are shared spaces where teams can store their files and guarantee that every member has the most up-to-date information, no matter the time or place. How are Team Drives different […]
Leaving School District 21? Information about what’s in your CCSD21 Google Apps account
May 20, 2016
Tags: Calendar, Google, Google Apps, Google Docs, Google Drive, Staff, Staff Laptop
At the end of each school year, students and teachers ask questions about taking their School District 21 materials with them. Due to issues of ownership, there are actually different rules about how students and teachers can take their documents with them. What happens to the account when I leave? School District 21 has […]
Google Classroom–Now Available!
August 17, 2014
Tags: Google, Google Apps, Google Classroom, Google Drive
Throughout the summer, we’ve shared information about Google Classroom, and we’re excited to announce that, in response to educators from around the world, Google has doubled-down its efforts in order to get Classroom out even earlier than had previously been announced. We’re pleased to share that Google Classroom is now available for teachers throughout School […]
Mid-Trimester Reports, Grades 1-5
October 1, 2014
Tags: Google Docs, Google Drive, Gradebook, Grades, Progress Reports, Report Cards
All Mid-Trimester Reports have been converted into Google Docs and are available to School District 21 staff members through this link: Mid-Trimester Reports 1st – 5th Grade Creating reports for your students 1. Create a folder within your Google Drive named Mid-Tri Progress Report Templates. 2. Go to your Google Drive Shared with Me/Incoming […]
Organizing Your Google Drive
October 19, 2014
Tags: Chrome Apps, Google, Google Apps, Google Drive, Lenovo, Staff, Staff Laptop
As staff members move to the new Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 11e staff laptops, the only way to safely store and back-up files is in Google Drive. There, in addition to Google’s server infrastructure, School District 21 also has three additional services providing back-up and security for both our productivity as a school district as well […]
Writing in Other Languages
November 2, 2014
Tags: Chrome, Google Apps, Google Docs, Google Drawing, Google Drive, Google Slides, Lenovo, Staff, Staff Laptop, Windows
Living in a the small global community that exists in our world today requires most people to have proficiency in multiple languages and to be able to use devices across those languages. Previously, instructions have been provided regarding how to use Mac OS X in languages (Typing en Español and 1 Computer, Multiple Languages) other […]
Google Drive: 2 Ways to Navigate
November 7, 2014
Tags: Google Apps, Google Drive, Lenovo, Staff, Staff Laptop, Windows
Nearly all of the time that School District 21 staff members interact with their Google Drive, they do so in the Chrome browser. This is the best way to use Google Drive and will work for nearly everyone, nearly all of the time. Additionally, during the laptop set-up process, all staff configured Google Drive in […]
Google+ Photos: Now in Drive
May 7, 2015
Tags: Google, Google Apps, Google Drive, Google Photos, Google Plus, Photos, Pictures
This week, Google is rolling out a new feature to Google Apps for Education domains. Google+ Photos will now appear in Google Drive on the left side titled as “Google Photos” as pictured below. There are some great benefit to this feature, and staff members also need to understand the distinction between the storage of […]

Each District 21 school is named after an American author, and learning and literacy is at the center of our Professional Learning Community. The Modern Pen provides a collaborative location in which District 21 teachers can come together to learn the skills that will enable their students to learn new skills and to understand concepts at an even different level than before.