150 Chrome Apps & Extensions

Kasey Bell's Shake-Up Learning has compiled 150 of the most useful Chrome apps and extensions for the classroom. Scroll down on the page and use the filters to find what you're looking for!

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... 

App: PhotoScan by Google

If you're looking for a way to scan old photos without a scanner, check out Google's PhotoScan app (iTunes, Google Play) mentioned in this DMN article. 

Things to Consider

As the end of the year approaches, it's a good time to reflect on your year and make notes for what's to come. I suggest you also take a look at 4 O'clock Faculty's Thoughts from #TCT16 poster. 

Graphite's List of Math Apps

Common Sense Graphite put together this list of math apps. Several include high school content. Read more

Happy Pi Day! #PiDay #PiDay2016

Graphite's Top Picks for Persuasive and Argumentative Writing

Common Sense Media's Graphite

Apps, Games, and Websites for Persuasive and Argumentative Writing

  

These products include skills-builders, practice tools, and writing communities, all of which help students -- especially those in middle and high school – understand the mechanics and art of crafting writing that communicates a point well.

Top Tech Tools for Formative Assessment

Common Sense Media's Graphite put together their list of Top Tech Tools for Formative Assessment.

**Note: Infuse Learning is unfortunately closing doors in the coming weeks so skip that one. 

There is also an online BYOD Assessment Tools workshop that you can take this summer. Sign up for either Mon, June 15 - Mon, June 29 or Mon, July 27 - Mon, Aug 10

Top Test Prep Apps and Websites

Common Sense Media: Graphite's Top Test Prep Apps and Websites

Some are free, some are paid.

Take a look and share with your students!

50 of the Best Google Chrome Extensions for Teachers

If you're looking for ways to make life easier for you and your students, check out te@chthought’s 50 of the Best Google Chrome Extensions for Teachers.

The list includes extensions and apps like Quizlet, Evernote's Web Clipper, Easybib, Lucidchart and more!

Tech & Learning's Top 100 Sites & Apps of 2014

Tech & Learning's Top 100 Sites & Apps of 2014

Keep in mind, not all of these are free.

AppSmashing with Thinglink

This article has taken App Smashing to a new level. 

No one ever said you are limited to one app per project. In the example linked in this article, image products were created through a variety of apps then brought into Thinglink where interactive elements were added. These were then added to a Padlet page, an image made of that and brought in to Thinglink and each one linked to the picture. 

See Penney Matos if you're interested in exploring App Smashing!

TCEA's List of Recommended Chrome Apps and Extensions

Check out TCEA's list of recommended Chrome Apps and Extensions. 

If you would like any of these pushed out to students at our campus, please contact Penney Matos.

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning is a fabulous resource for all things Educational Technology.

Apps on CHS iDevices

We have sets of 15 iPad2s, 5 iPad1s, 15 iPod Touch Gen 3 (no camera), and 4 iPod Touch Gen 4 available for checkout through Eduphoria's Factilities & Events. The set of 15 iPads are picked up from Penney's desk in the South Workroom and all other devices are picked up from the Library.

See http://bit.ly/chsapps to view a list of apps that are already accessible through our CHS iDevice account.

See this handout for tips on evaluating apps for classroom use.

FISD's Secondary Tech Facilitator's Pinterest Boards

The Secondary FISD Technology Integration Facilitators maintain a set of helpful Pinterest boards. They are broken into categories where "apps" means iTunes apps and "tools" means websites.

pinterest.com/techtators

Free Technology for Teachers written by Richard Byrne

Free Tech 4 Teachers (best in Chrome) is one of my all time favorite resources. Richard Byrne is a former high school social studies teacher who now spends his time finding awesome classroom resources for all content areas.

You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google + and more!

Tech and Learning website

Tech & Learning has tons of ideas and tools for ed tech leaders. If you're interested in a technology topic, chances are you'll be able to find information on it here.

http://www.techlearning.com