Monday, January 23, 2017

Differentiation with Google Classroom


Google Classroom recently added the ability to select individual students for assignments. This makes it so much easier to differentiate and give specific assignments to specific students! Awesome!

Create Your Own Custom Search


Did you know that Google allows you to create your own custom search? You can then have students use this search to get information only from the sources you include. See Caitlin Tucker's post Create Your Own Custom Search for easy-to-follow instructions. 

Don't have enough time to create your own custom search? Try Sweet Search: A Search Engine for Students.

Monday, January 16, 2017

New Google Sites


Recently Google changed Sites completely. It now looks "prettier" and is easier to create but for now it has also lost a small amount of functionality. Take a look at Control Alt Achieve's post on The New Google Sites to learn more. 

Dealing with Digital Distractions in the Classroom


Common Sense Education has compiled this collection of resources to help with managing digital devices in a classroom. Take a look at what they have to offer! Read more

Monday, January 2, 2017

Jeopardy.rocks


Have you ever watched vegetables try to answer Jeopardy questions? Jeopardy.rocks provides an easy game template to create Jeopardy games for your students. Better yet, have students create their own Jeopardy games to show off what they have learned. 

30 Ed-Tech Apps to Inspire Creativity and Creation


These 30 Ed-Tech Apps to Inspire Creativity and Creation are recommended by librarians so the list has got to be good! It includes:

  • Adobe Capture
  • Adobe Spark
  • Photo Editor by Aviary
  • Edpuzzle
  • Flipster
  • Goodreads
  • Kiosk
  • LEGO Movie Maker
  • Lucidchart
  • Nearpod (highlighted at the Fall Into Great Ideas expo last October)
  • Quizlet
  • Shadow Puppet
  • Skitch
  • Storyboard That
  • What Was There
  • and many others... 

12 Excellent Add-Ons for Google Docs


This list of 12 excellent add-ons for Google Docs is worth your time! It includes details on:

  1. Revision History Analytics
  2. SAS Writing Reviser
  3. Easy Accents
  4. g(Math)
  5. Translate
  6. Highlight Tool
  7. Rhyme Finder
  8. Word Cloud Generator
  9. Pupil Pref
  10. Doc Tools
  11. Orange Slice Teacher Rubric
  12. EasyBib