Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Teach for Google

Want to hone your Google skills? Need some ideas? Interested in spicing up your lessons? Whatever level you want to take it to, Teach for Google can help.



Everything from instructional classes for teachers to lessons and ideas. Check it out here.


Timer App

Chrome App - Timer. Also has an alarm feature and a stopwatch. Get it at the Chrome Store (Free).


Monday, April 13, 2015

Google Docs 101

Found this site. Seems to have some good, basic info on Google Docs.


Interactive Graphing

Great site that allows you to graph points and lines.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/cartesian-coordinates-interactive.html

Here is one for quadratics...

http://www.mathwarehouse.com/quadratic/parabola/interactive-parabola.php


Here is an on-line graphing calculator.

https://www.desmos.com/calculator


Here is one that does lines, connect points, and scatter plots.

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/OrderedSimplePlot/

UPDATE: 4/17/2015

Here is an app that you can add to Chromebook. Go to the Chromebook Apps Store and search "Graph.tk." This app allows you to enter the formula, and it creates the graph.




Saturday, April 11, 2015

9 Tutorials on Chromebook

Okay, I found this on Pinterest. Yes, I use Pinterest, but only for work, I promise.

One thing that I did not like about Chromebooks was the fact that there was no caps lock. Apparently, I was wrong. And did you know there is also a delete function? Me neither, until today.

So much to learn!


Here is the link to the site I found.

Friday, April 10, 2015

Socrative

Like Kahoot, Socrative is an interactive tool that can be used for formative or summative assessment. You can set up quizzes or have students interact with you. Socrative accounts are FREE, and free is good. You can go to their website for a quick tutorial video.


Sunday, April 5, 2015

Google Keep

If you are OCD like me, then this is the app for you!

Seriously, if you put up Post-It notes to remind you that you need to buy more Post-It notes, this will help. Or, if you get back from the store without Post-It notes because you didn't have your Post-It note reminding you to get more Post-It notes, this should help!

Google Keep allows you to makes lists and notes from any device and then syncs those so you can access them anywhere, any time. Need to remember to pick-up some bread on the way home? Note it on your Chromebook, pull it up on your phone after you leave school. Have a fender-bender? Take pics and add annotations for your insurance records. You can even set reminders and share your to-do lists! List getting too long? Import it directly into a Google Doc. Yeah, it does that and more...


Click here to go to a post giving more details about using Google Keep! Then try it out!

Friday, April 3, 2015

Flubaroo Grading for Google Forms


This is a great instructional video on using Flubaroo to grade quizzes and tests submitted on Google Forms.

The second video  not only shows Flubaroo, but goes through the steps for creating a quiz using Google Forms.