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Sunday, July 12, 2015

Google Calendar

  • What did you create, and why? 
I created several calendars for next year including 2 planning calendars for 2 courses I will be teaching and a Homework calendar to post on my website. Still thinking about the best way to do my planning and use this for communicating with students and parents.
  • What went well for you
I've been using Calendar for some time both personally and professionally. The online lessons were easy to follow and I learned quite a few new ways to use this tool.
  • What was challenging?
Can't link the calendar to my Swift site. I keep getting this message: This is not a valid Google Calendar XML URL. Did you provide the XML URL? See instructions. This instructions on this page seemed to work: http://help.swiftclassroom.com/article/view/29

  • What did you enjoy? 
Seeing the ideas for using this as a lesson planning tool. I'm going to try that & hope that it will keep all the pieces in one place. I like that the Google calendar can be embedded in aSwift webpage.
  • What ideas do you have for using this tool with your students, grade level, staff or to communicate with families? 
I will be using the calendar in my Swift page to communicate with students and parents the goings on in my classes. I may try using appointment slots for students who need one-on-one support during after school hours. 
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  1. UnknownJuly 14, 2015 at 8:25 PM

    Thanks for including the link to the Instructions that were useful for embedding the calendar. I hope that means you were able to get it finally after some troubleshooting.

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  2. UnknownJuly 27, 2015 at 1:45 PM

    Hi Dana and Christa,

    I'm currently working on this calendar challenge and I'm having trouble embedding it onto my SWIFT site. I followed the directions posted in this blog entry (thank you!), but I get stuck on the direction of "Back in SWIFT, paste this URL into your Google Calendar XML URL field". On my SWIFT editing page I can't seem to find where this field is? I feel like I'm missing something obvious because everyone else seems to be figuring it out...hahaha...I appreciate any advice you can give, thank you! :)

    Erin

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    1. AnonymousJuly 28, 2015 at 9:26 AM

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    2. AnonymousJuly 28, 2015 at 9:28 AM

      Hi Erin,
      Go to this website and follow the directions for embedding your Google Calendar in your SWIFT site.
      http://help.swiftclassroom.com/article/view/4#41-creating-pages
      Scroll down until you get to Google Calendar.

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  3. UnknownJuly 29, 2015 at 7:02 PM

    Hi Rose! Yes, I tried those directions before, but when I get to the step that says "Back in SWIFT, paste this URL into your Google Calendar XML URL field", I don't know where to go on my SWIFT editing page to find the "Google Calendar XML URL field". I tried pasting the URL into the "Announcements" section to embed the calendar there, but only the address shows up so I don't think that's where the URL is supposed to go. ??? Thanks! :)

    Erin

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