Duplicate Your Chrome Tab One of the joys of using cloud based products is that you can have the same document open multiple times. I find it very helpful to have the same Google Classroom class open in multiple tabs. Chrome If you are using Chrome, right click on the Google Classroom tab you have open and choose “Duplicate.” Stream… Read More »Google Classroom: Duplicate the Tab
Have Documents Read to Students with Immersive Reader UDL, Universal Design Learning, is a principle for designing lessons that accommodate all students. What is good for a student with special needs is also good for other students. Students with Dyslexia benefit from using Microsoft Immersive Reader. It takes text and puts it into a distraction free screen and reads the… Read More »Using Microsoft Immersive Reader with Google Docs
View Two of the Same Class One trick I do in Google Classroom is have at least 2 of the same class in different tabs. Even when I have fast internet it can still be slow for Google Classroom to post assignments or return student work. Right Click on Tab If you use Google Chrome right click on the Chrome… Read More »Google Classroom: Duplicate the Tab
Check Out Alice Keeler Chrome Extensions I have been doing some updating on my Chrome extensions so I’m hoping you’ll try them out and shamelessly ask that you’ll leave a nice review 🙂 I’m really passionate about collaboration and feedback. I created most of these extensions to help me more effectively do that. Chrome Webstore alicekeeler.com/webstore AnyoneCanView Chrome extension for… Read More »Alice Keeler Chrome Extensions
Open Multiple Google Apps Files in Drive Collecting student work digitally means opening multiple digital documents. To open a file in Google Drive you must double click. Opening 20 student documents is 40 clicks! I use the Drive20 Chrome extension to make fast work of this. Drive20 Plus Chrome Extension Click Here to purchase Drive20 Plus Drive20 Lite is free… Read More »Open Files Fast: Drive20 Plus
Make Large Onscreen Text Sometimes you when displaying a website it can be handy to display some text. The CraftyText Chrome extension makes this an easy task. Install CraftyText Install CraftyText Chrome Extension After installing the CraftyText click the CT icon in the extension shelf and enter what you wish to display. Click the CT icon again to disable. Note… Read More »CraftyText – Google Chrome Extension
Try the QuickShare Screenshot when Leaving Feedback Using Google Apps is a paradigm shift for many reasons. One is the ability to be in the same document at the same time. You ALWAYS have the right version. This really is a game changer. The one “drawback” is that when you leave comments in the Private Comments of Google Classroom or… Read More »Visualize Your Feedback with QuickShare Screenshot
Use Drive20 to Open 20 Google Docs All at Once What is good and bad about Google is they are always making changes. I like to think it keeps your brain young. Awhile back Google updated Google Drive and this caused the Drive20 Chrome extension to break. I am happy to announce it is BACK! Drive 20 Chrome Extension Click… Read More »Drive 20 is BACK
Be a Screencastify Genius! with this Online Certification Screencastify is FREE (freemium) and a must have for Chromebook and Chrome users. Screencastify allows you to record your screen, with or without your webcam, and the video SAVES TO GOOGLE DRIVE! That is all I want in life! Get it in Drive! Link to Online Certification https://www.screencastify.com/course/genius/ Free Certification In this… Read More »Screencastify Genius! Free – Videos + Google
Use the SlideShot Chrome Extension with Desmos Desmos is so much more than an online graphing calculator. Demos helps shift the math classroom from students doing math to exploring math. “Math is about pattern finding.” – Youcubed One of the shifts in teaching mathematics is away from “Show your work” to “Show your thinking.” Exploring math, finding patterns, and discovering… Read More »SlideShot Math with Desmos
Add Comments on Images Submitted to Google Classroom I have been 1:1 almost my entire teaching career. I started teaching in 1999 and one staple I always require is students to take and submit screenshots. This aids in accountability “What have you been doing all period” but it also helps me to provide feedback to struggling students if I know… Read More »Game Changer – Image Comments in Google Classroom
Quickly Export Your Class Roster from Google Classroom A simple class roster is something all teachers need. Google Classroom is great but getting a simple roster of your students is not easy. My nephew Matt Dolio, high school senior, was able to solve this problem for me by creating a Chrome extension that exports your roster in seconds to Google… Read More »Google Classroom: Class Roster Chrome Extension
Use Webcam Record to Add Directions to Google Classroom The most influential element in a classroom: the teacher. You work hard to build relationships and students like you. Putting your face into your digital assignments makes a personal connection with students, even when they are using a computer. When creating an assignment in Google Classroom consider adding a webcam video… Read More »Google Classroom: Quickly Add Video Directions
Top 5 Exceptional Extensions Guest blog post by Lynn Gershman Our students come to us with all their personality, talents, behaviors, and exceptionalities. Getting to know students is the easily the best part of being an educator. In her seminal work. An Ethic of Caring (1998), Nel Noddings tell us, “We need to give up the notion of a single… Read More »Top 5 Exceptional Extensions by @lynngershman
Use EquatIO Mobile Want your eyes to completely bug out of your head!? You have to try out EquatIO mobile. It allows you to WRITE math on PAPER and then convert to typed math and then magically show up in your Google Slides (or other Google Apps.) m.equat.io 1. Create Google Slides You can actually use Docs, Sheets, Drawings, or… Read More »EquatIO: Add Math to Google Slides FROM PAPER