6 End-of-Year Tips for Google Classroom

If you use Google Classroom with your students, check out this list of 6 End-of-Year Tips for Google Classroom as part of your end-of-year clean-up. Read more.

10 Writing Tips from Stephen King

I found this interesting and thought you might too. It's an infographic version of the Top 10 Writing Tips from Stephen King's Memoir. Read more. 

10 Math YouTube Channels Not Named Khan Academy

Richard Byrne at Free Tech 4 Teachers compiled a list of 10 Math YouTube Channels Not Named Khan Academy. Some are more elementary but several include high school level content. Read more. 

Google Lit Trips on Chromebooks

If you are not familiar with them, a Google Lit Trip plots locations from a novel on Google Earth to create a 3D geographic tour of the story. At each location the Lit Trip can also include annotations, web links, images, videos, activities, and more, all related to that part of the story. This is a great way to put students in the story, helping them see where the events took place, and bring the story to life.

Google Lit Trips are now available on Chromebooks! Check out this article with screenshots and directions. 

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

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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.