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Plan your school trip with Google Data Studio

Setting the scene A fellow Google Innovator, Sarah Kiefer (NYC19), reached out to me with a problem she was having.

September 29, 2022

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The best way to create balanced classes with data

At the end and beginning of every school year, we go through the process of placing students in classes. How do you decide what is important?

September 8, 2022

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Automatically update Google Forms questions with Form Ranger

Introduction A while ago I created a system for the teachers and counselors at our school to collect social-emotional learning data.

August 16, 2022

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The best way to allow users to update their data within Data Studio

In The Beginning… A while ago we had created a system for the teachers and counselors at our school to

May 23, 2022

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Maximize your time with Google Add Ons for Free

There is only so much time in one day Google Add Ons have become part of my everyday routine. I

April 29, 2022

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Educational data keeps changing, your dashboards need to keep up

When I first spoke with one of my principals about setting up a system to organize and analyze our social emotional data, I wasn’t exactly sure how to do it, but I knew there was a better way.

February 7, 2022

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Data Studio can help teams effectively communicate their data

There are benefits to working in large schools. Larger schools usually mean more resources. Those resources could be staff, money, students, and even spaces. With an increase in resources also comes an increase in the need for organization and communication.

December 15, 2021

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Create a great STEAM program with Data Studio

A big thank you to Kelli Buxton (@KelliBuxton) for the historical information about the technology team. A Bit of History

December 1, 2021

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Give Teachers Access to the Data They Need

Google Data Studio for the win! Over the years, I’ve done a lot of work with data visualization through the

September 3, 2021

I want to share my data, but it’s private. Now what?

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I want to share my data, but it’s private. Now what?

Have you ever wanted to share an example of a spreadsheet or dashboard with someone else but you were worried about having them see the real data because of privacy issues? Many times, I need to create a sample data set, but still keep the integrity of the actual data. I’ll show you a few ways to quickly create sample data sets to use in Google Sheets or Google Data Studio.

July 23, 2021