Google has finally released Chrome Apps for Macs, which allows you to run various Chrome Apps from your desktop. Not all apps are supported, you can go here to see which apps are included, but the apps that work allow you to work even if you are disconnected from the internet. You can work in them and…
With sites like Animoto going to a more paid setup, there are not a lot of easy to use options out there for making video slideshows. We do have access to a tool that can not only allow you to create a video slideshow, it is connected to your Google Drive account and can be…
As many have made the transition from Office products into Google Apps, one area that has been more difficult than others for some people has been moving to Google Spreadsheets. Google is very good about updating their apps and making them more user friendly while at the same time introducing new tools and features along…
There are often times when we find a website with information on it that we want to share with others. Instead of just giving them the website to look at, we now have tools that allow us to annotate that page and use highlighting or notes to add our own content to that site. Scribe…
Google is constantly finding ways to assist teachers in the classroom and this is just another example of something that can really improve the learning that is already taking place. Using Google+ and Hangouts, schools are able to take part in virtual field trips to places they would never get the chance to visit. All…
Using Google Scripts can make working with Google Docs with your students that much more efficient and effective. gClassFolders is a script that can automatically create shared folders with your students. It will create a separate assignment folder for each student and then a shared view and edit folder for each class. One you run…
There are many uses for a Google Form in the classroom to collect data. Once you have that data you have options on how you can go about analyzing it. There is a quick built-in way to analyze the data using “Show summary of responses” or you can go more in depth using certain functions…
My wife and I exchanged Christmas gifts early this year and I will have to say that she won. It isn’t a competition but she definitely got me something that I wasn’t expecting and definitely something I am going to enjoy. She got me a Raspberry Pi kit. For those that do not know what…
I have posted quite a few tech tips posts this week on my other site. My goal is to find tools that will help the specific teachers in my building and I do try to stay away from tools that may be too complex or costly to use effectively in the classroom. My goal is…
One of the biggest tips I give to people when using technology in the classroom is to give your students choices. Choices on how they work in the classroom, choices on what they create and even choices on how they are assessed. By giving choices we are allowing students a greater chance to own their…
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