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!

TED-Ed: The Writer's Workshop

TED-Ed collected several videos to help students become better writers into their "The Writer's Workshop" playlist. It contains lessons on basic topics like how to use punctuation and videos on more complex topics like how to make your writing humorous. Take a look! 

Google Docs: Change Case

Now you can more easily change text between lower case, upper case, and title case. Read more. Pick what you choose to yell at your audience wisely. 

Copyright flow-chart

If you're not sure if your use of media is a violation of copyright law or not, check out this flow chart. It's a little long but it has a good flow and great information! Click to zoom in. 

  

Google: Doc Stickers

https://youtu.be/4n5TjoW0vww

It may seem elementary but even high school students miss getting stickers on their papers. Use Doc Stickers (through Google Keep) to add stickers to their Google based assignments. See Penney Matos for help!

Google Drive: Team Drives

Several of you have noticed Google's new addition, Team Drives. 
This is great for sharing documents with a team of teachers or other staff. You can control of the level of rights for individuals added to your Team Drive. You cannot change the overall rights to a folder in a Team Drive or to the Drive itself (ex: "Anyone in FISD can view"). You can, however, still make those overall rights changes to individual files within a Team Drive. Read more here. 

Article: New Research Shows Students are Largely Unaware of News Personalization

Mediashift recently posted this article titled "New Research Shows Students are Largely Unaware of News Personalization". I have found that adults are largely unaware too, or if they're aware they may not understand how it actually works. I recommend you take a minute to read the article and include it in class discussion, if possible. 

Tally.ly: Simple polls

tally.tl is a new-to-me website for conducting simple, quick polls with your students. Type in your question and possible answers then give the short URL to your students. Using BYOD they select the option they want and you get instant feedback!
Here's an example: tally.tl/Q45lj

eSchool: Attendance Bulletin

The spring is a very busy time for field trips, competitions, and other various reasons for students to miss your class. To help you keep up with it all, check out eSchool's Attendance Bulletin. You can view students who will be out today as well as who has been out during the past week.

If you have any questions, please let Penney Matos know!

Fake News: A Library Resource Roundup

ProgrammingLibrarian.org put together this handy list of resources for teaching about fake news. It's good to look over the resources, even if you're not using it directly in class with your students.