How to Give Yourself a Grace Period in Gmail

Have you ever hit "send" a bit too quickly when writing an email? Have you ever accidentally sent an email to the wrong person or accidentally hit "reply all" when you only needed to reply to one person? If so, you should consider enabling Gmail's "Undo Send" feature. 

Gmail's Undo Send feature allows you to create a grace period for yourself. You can set it to give yourself up to 30 seconds to undo the sending of an email. I have it enabled in all of my personal and professional Gmail accounts including my school G Suite for Edu account. 

Watch this short video to learn how to enable "undo send" in your Gmail account. 

On a related note, here's how to make sure that you don't "reply all" unless it's absolutely necessary. 

Poetry, Music, and Zoomed-out - The Week in Review

Good morning from Maine where it's going to be a chilly and sunny winter day. We had nearly two feet of fresh snow fall this week. Conditions are perfect for sledding, skiing, and making snowmen. After another week on completely online classes, I need some time outside. I don't know about you, but my students and I are starting to feel a bit Zoomed-out. We miss being able to do hands-on work in my classroom. That's why this post's featured image is from when we did have in-person classes. Hopefully, by the end of the month we'll be back in our classrooms. 

These were the week's most popular posts:
1. How to Create Your Own Online Board Game
2. Musical Explorers World Map
3. Spaces - Digital Portfolios With Asynchronous Breakout Rooms
4. A Handful of Super Bowl Themed Educational Resources
5. Magnetic Poetry With Google Jamboard and Google Classroom
6. GeoQuiz - How Many Countries Can You Identify?
7. How to Share Videos in Google Classroom Without Using YouTube

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• More than 300 of you have participated in a Practical Ed Tech course last year. Those registrations help keep Free Technology for Teachers and Practical Ed Tech going. I couldn't do it without you!
• BoomWriter is hosting a unique creative writing contest for kids. Check it out!
• Spaces takes a new approach to digital portfolios. Give it a try!

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