Resources 7-12
" With Apps for Google Chrome, you can do things like create documents, edit photos, and listen to music. They’re like desktop software programs you install on your computer. The main difference is that you use apps directly within your browser. If you use Gmail, Google Maps, or sites like Pandora, you're already using apps."
Websites that work well with the Chromebook!
- Google Lit Trips - Virtual literature book trips with Google Earth
- Prezi (Also found in Chrome App Store)
- Go Animate - Create video
- Digital Vault - Pictures, videos and documents from the Smithsonian
- Time Glider - Create, collaborate, and publish zooming and panning interactive timelines.
- Time Toast - Create a timeline and share it on your blog or website
- Voki - Create an interactive Avatar
- Glogster EDU (Also found in Chrome App Store; Students can use their Gmail to create a free account and use the free version)
- Thinglink (Make images interactive)
Communication and Collaboration
- Studyblue (can use online or using a mobile device)
- Type with Me (up to 17 users at one time)
- ePals
- Voice Thread (Also found in Chrome App Store)
- Voice Thread Classroom Examples
- Blogs
- Poll Everywhere
- LinoIt (Also found in Chrome App Store)
- Screenr (Also found in Chrome App Store)
- Popplet
Research and Information Literacy
- Google a Day
- Merriam-Webster Online
- World Book (In district use)
- Wolfram (Also found in Chrome App Store as an app and extensions)
- Meta Glossary
- Real Time Data
- Bartlett's Quotations
- Biographical Dictionary
- Safari Montage (Students must use district login to access)
- Son of Citation Machine
- Pearl Trees (Collaborate or share research information; Also found in Chrome App Store as an app and extensions)
- Jog the Web (Collaborate or share research information)
- Watch Know Learn
- Hippo Campus
- Khan Academy
- Blend Space (Create and Find Digital Lessons)
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
- The GLOBE Program
- Collaborative Projects
- Real Time Data Projects
- Primary Source Projects
- Engineering Projects
- Bridge Contest
Google Apps
- Google Drive
- Docs
- Slides
- Spreadsheets
- Search
- Classroom
- Keep
- Tips
- Clock
- Maps
Content Specific Apps
Art
- Art Project by Google - Museum Viewer
- Piktochart - Online posters
- Pop Art Studio Online - Create your own pop art masterpieces
- Sketchpad - Draw, sketch, create
- Canva - Design professional graphics
Business
- AutoCAD 360 - View, edit and share DWG drawings through your web browser
- Autodesk Homestyler - Create home plans
- Business Card Maker - Create your own business cards
- Typing Club - Practice keyboarding
Communication Arts
- A Quotation - find a quote
- Google Play - Read ebooks in the cloud
- Kindle Cloud Reader - Read Kindle books in the cloud
- Simple Booklet - Easy to make web booklets
- New York Times Pocket - New York Times magazine
- Your Next Read - helps you pick a great book to read
Math
- Buzz Math - Middle School Math Practice
- FooPlot - Graphing Calculator
- Front Row - Differentiated Math instruction
- Geogebra - Dynamic Math Tool
- Graph TK - Plot mathematical functions
- Scientific Calculator
- Scientific Calculator
- Math Invaders - Math practice
- Visnos - Math interactive graphic teaching tools
Music
- Chords Free - Ear training
- Cool Metronome - Improve sense of beat and tempo
- Metronome - Practice timing and musical accuracy
- NoteFlight - Write, play and share music Notations
Multi Subject
- CK-12 - Math and Science practice K-12
- Khan Academy
- IXL - Math and Language Arts practice
Physical Education/Health
- Bio Digital Human 3D platform that simplifies anatomy, disease and treatments
- Food Dictionary - information of the food you need from A to Z.
- One Stop Health Calculator - BMI calculator and more, much much more calculators to check your health and fitness
- Stop Watch - stopwatch that continues to run even if your browser is closed, buzz and pop-up notification
Science
- Bio Digital Human - Interactive 3D human body
- Chemical Elements - Periodic Table
- Chem Reference Periodic Table - Periodic Table
- PTable - Periodic Table
- Full Screen Weather - Weather
- Periodic Table - Periodic Table
- Planetarium An interactive sky map for exploring the stars and the planets
- Science Games A variety of Science games
- Weather Bug - Get local current conditions
- The Weather Channel - Weather
- 3D Solar System - Earth/Space/Science
- Suriyan - View of each of the planets in their orbit
- Virtual Yeast Cell - Learn the basic structure of a yeast cell
Social Studies
- Ancient History Encyclopedia - Search maps, timelines or index tables
- Country Flags - Geography Game
- Dogo News - Current events
- Geography Puzzles
- Time Maps - World History Atlas
Collaboration
- Gliffy Diagrams
- Lucid Chart
- Padlet - Online sticky note collaboration
- Linoit - Online sticky note collaboration
- Mind Mup - Create mind maps
World Languages
- Spanish Central - Spanish-English Dictionary
- Translator by Dictionary.com
Creation
- Prezi - Create a non linear presentation, zoom in and out on subject.
- Lucid Press - Flyers, brochures, magazines, newsletters
- Audio Tool
- Be Funky Photo EditorCamera - Enable webcam to take pictures
- Cloud Audio Recorder - Audio and voice recorder
- Go Animate - Make videos
- Picassa
- Pic Monkey - Edit photos and create collage
- Pixlr Editor
- Twisted Wave - Full featured audio editor
- SumoPaint - Layer based painting and image editing
- Slidely Photo Remix - easily pick any online image and apply beautiful custom photo
- Sketch Pad Draw, sketch, create
- Webcam Toy
- We Video Create and edit video
- Voice Recorder - Simple voice recorder just hit the red button and record
- Lucid Press - Flyers, brochures, magazines, newsletters
Quizzes/Formative Assessment
- Blend Space - Blend videos, docs, websites, and quizzes together to create digital lesson
- Nearpod Easily create interactive multimedia presentation
- Flash Card Stash flash cards
- Nearpod - uses devices like Chromebooks, PCs and Macs. It combines presentation, collaboration, and real-time assessment tools into one integrated solution
- Lucid Chart for Education - Create graphic organizers
- Socrative Teacher - Like the clickers, engage and assess learners
- Socrative Student - Student response site, click app to type in the session pin from teacher
- Study Stack - Flash cards, hangman, crosswords, and more
- Study Blue Make flash cards
Reference/Research
- AR Book Search AR Book Search- Book searching tool
- Dictionary Instant - Dictionary
- Instagrok - Narrow research topic and organize ideas
- Scribble Simple note taking
- Write Space
- Quick Note - Take notes in Chrome
- VoiceNote II - Speech to text
- Quick Note - Take notes in Chrome
- Wunderlist Organize your to-do lists