Chrome Apps and Extentions

From Shake Up Learning...

Favorite Google Chrome Apps

• Lego Build
• Voice comment on student work
• Publisher functionality in Google Apps
• Newsela
• Desktop notification from Google calendar
• Powtoon - Create animated presentations
• Geometry tools
• Collaborative Whiteboard App
• and others...

Favorite Chrome Extensions

• Boomerang - schedule the sending of e-mails
• Extension manager
• Grammarchecker
• URL shortener
• Last Pass - Password manager
• Omnibox timer - Set a timer from your Omnibox (address bar)
• Omnidrive - Search your Google Drive from the Omnibox
• Save to Google Drive - Save web pages or browser screen shots
• and others...

Also, if you go to Shake Up Learning website blog now, they are offering a FREE PDF, "Google Cheat Sheets for Teachers and Students," a 32+ page PDF e-book. All they ask is that you sign up for their newsletter.

My Big Campus - Chrome Book Group

John Sedwick has created a Chrome Book group with a lot of informational tips for teachers. You can also share information here or ask questions. Here is how you can access that group...

Step 1
Go to www.mybigcampus.com and log in using your Powerschool username and your SPN as the password. You will also need to select your school when you log in. Make sure that you choose Highland Middle School in Anderson, IN.

Step 2

Once you are logged in, go to the "Groups" icon along the left side of the screen. Once you click that icon, you will be taken to a page that includes the following in the upper right.










Step 3

 Click on the "Find a Group" option. You will then be taken to a window that includes the following on the right side:









Step 4

Select the "Join By Code" option. The following will appear:

Step 5
Enter the following code into that field: kd9fqva0 (Last character is "zero")

Once you have entered the code, click "Join"at the bottom of the box. You should now be a part of that group.

Please contact John Sedwick (jsedwick@acsc.net) if you have any questions.

ISTEP Dance

Here is the link...

ISTEP Shuffle

SmartBoard Tips

 Want to expand your Smart Board skills? Then check out this post.CLICK HERE

You will find 22 basic tips, several of which were new to me. I love what you can do with the "Magic Pen." (Timer, focus, or magnifier) Also new to me was the "Pin" button for use with split screens. (No, it has nothing to do with Pinterest).

If you use a Smart Board, this site is worth your time!

Padlet - Collaboration Tool

www.padlet.com

Padlet is a great tool for collaboration, and it is FREE.

Google Calendar Tips

Here is one site with tips.

Here is another.

And yet another .

Google Basics

Here are some tutorials on some of major practical Google Doc tips that need to be mastered.

Click here to go to the site.

Found on the site

Here is a direct link to the google doc where the information is. Teachers and students should all have this reference doc!

Google Drawings - Cheat Sheet

From Shake Up Learning...

Google Drawings Cheat Sheet



Here is a link to the PDF (for those with ACS e-mail)

Google Apps for Education

Google Apps website from John Sedwick.

Extended Response Resources

Extended response (Applied Skills) starts nest week. Here are some resources for practice.

Please be aware: These are Common Core resources. Check your standards before using. You may need to adjust a grade level up or down depending on your grades standards for that strand.

Milwaukee Mathematics Partnership. Multiple problems with scoring rubrics.

Morgan County Schools - TN. Includes possible solution paths, assessment questions to ask, as well as some possible student misconceptions.

Louisiana Believes - 6th Grade - 7th Grade - 8th Grade

State of Washington. Released items and scoring rubrics.

Northwest Illinois Mathematics and Science. 

Illinois State Board of Education - Released items

If you have others that we might not already be aware of, please share in the comments section.

Google Classroom

Link to Article: Google Classroom: 9 Tips for Attaching Google Drive Files.

Cool Google Stuff

Here is some things that you can do with Google.

#1.  Type in "Tip Calculator" into the search bar.

 #2. Search by Image.Go to "images.google.com. This is not searching FOR an image, it is searching BY an image. You download or link to an image and it searches the web for (other) sites that have that image.

#3. Converter. For the example below I typed "miles to kilometers" and clicked on that line.

#4.  Google Sky (google.com/sky/) is just plain cool. You can zoom in and out just like with Google Earth.

#5.  Type in "Mortgage Calculator" into the search bar.

#6.  Google Fonts (https://www.google.com/fonts)

#7.  Google Keep (https://keep.google.com/)

 #8.  Flight Status. (Just type in the flight number in the search bar.)

Boomerang for Gmail

Want to write an e-mail but send it later? Worried about forgetting to take it out of drafts and remembering to send it? Then you might want to add Boomerang to your Gmail account.

www.boomeranggmail.com

Chrome Browser Resources

omgchrome.com

<--for Chrome Browser


https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/183101

Gmail Search Functions - list

Here is the link to the Google Doc.

Google Apps for i-Pad

Here is a link to an article with Google Apps for the i-Pad.

Even though we are going 1:1 with Chrome books, teachers should have acccess to 1-2 i-Pads per class.

Here is the link: http://www.shakeuplearning.com/blog/the-guide-google-apps-for-the-ipad-infographic-updated

The Shake Up Learning site is a great resource for info on technology.

www.shakeuplearning.com

Black History Month

Here is a link to the document with the list of resource sites for Black History Month.

Destination Indiana

Here is the site mentioned in Mr. Brandes's e-mail. Great resource for information about Indiana!

http://www.destination-indiana.com/

More technology resources...

Animoto.com - Make videos - Cost: $9.99/year

Prezi.com - Create presentations - Public (presentations visible publicly on the internet) - $0 with 100 MB storage. Private plans are also availble.

Bubbl.us - Mind Maps - Create 3 free, then $6/month or $59/year

mind42.com - Mind Maps - Free (Does have ads on site)

Infogr.am - Create infographics - Free!

ToonDoo.com - Create cartoons - Free (There is a Toon Doo Spaces for Education that has more features and charges for its services..)

MakeBeliefsComix.com - Make comics - Free! --> Has some great resources.