#1 The NEW Google Sites- This simplistic web creation tool easily incorporates products from the G Suite. If you are looking for a more advanced web site tool, you may want to try Weebly or Wix.
#2 Pull all of your students' work into one sheet. Have more time providing feedback and less time clicking in and out of files. Students still get a copy of their personalized feedback.
#3 Remind is a free communication tool that helps teachers connect instantly with students and parents. Send quick, simple messages to any device.
#4 This Chrome extension allows you to easily copy and paste saved text, that can include links, and even syncs across devices.It's great for responding to similar email requests or providing rich comments to student work that can even include support materials.
#5 This Chrome app allows one device to be connected to a projector (like a hub), while other devices wirelessly connect to it.
Great for *Students to show their work wirelessly to a projector *Teachers to be mobile within their classroom when they have a second device such as a Chromebook *Meetings with multiple people taking turns sharing their screen
#6 A powerful organizational tool. Interactive to-do lists and notes across devices. Adding images, reminders, collaborators and now even draw!
New features allow side by side view in docs, as well as linking between docs and notes.
#7 Teachers can go to play.google.com/edu to push out Chrome apps to student profiles. Use the email feature in Classroom as a hack to quickly paste in all student email addresses. Students can also go to chrome.google.com/webstore to download any pre-approved apps.
#8 Google slides has two NEW features. Include videos from Google Drive. This opens up many options for students publishing their own videos.
Revise videos inserted into slides. Two new ideas for old tool. Make slides interactive and nonlinear. Use slides to publish ebooks
#9 Flippity is a collection of online educational tools that are literally created with the click of a button.
Here is an example of how to use the spelling word & flash card options.
#10 Canva- Staff & students can start creating production quality images such as posters, cards, logos & badges.
Use your Google login, save works in progress as well as your portfolio in the cloud. Start with predetermined dimensions for a variety of end formats. Add text, elements & backgrounds. Allows layers, transparency & uploads. Easily download, share or create a team.
#11 WeVideo is a free website and app that allow staff and students to create and edit videos in the cloud. This means working from any device, at home and at school. It even works with Google accounts.
This tool also helps to move students up the ladder of the SAMR model, as they continue to use their devices to create and publish information instead of just consuming information. Because, “A worksheet, even on Google Drive, is still a worksheet”.
#12 Weebly is a free platform for creating websites.
It is more robust than something like Google Sites. With more options comes a little bit of a learning curve. Luckily, we have Andrew Eoff here to help with that.
#13 Google Forms: NEW Features
Quizzes: Automatically grade multiple choice questions. Students automatically get feedback.
Image Answers: Upload images for students to select from as responses to questions
File Upload: End users can upload files to a Google Form. This is great for collecting files from groups not part of a Google Classroom, or a great way to include questions along with the gathering of a final project.
#14 EdPuzzle
Free website that allows staff to embed assessment questions within videos.
Students can rewind videos as needed.
Along with being integrated with Google Classroom, EdPuzzle provides rich assessment feedback to staff.
#15 Grammarly is a powerful proofreader with a free website and extension to help both staff and students.
#16 Realtime board is a whiteboard without borders that is also collaborative.
Not only does it allow layers of thinking, but has the ability to zoom in and out to change scale from big ideas to details.
It’s a powerful yet flexible tool for mind mapping, design thinking, project management, curriculum mapping and more.
#17 Save as doc
This easy to use Google Sheet Add-on makes it easy to read Google Form responses.
#18 Safari Montage: Playlists & Montages
Both staff & students have the ability not just to save whole videos to playlists, but save chapters and segments to focus on the story you want to tell.