2017 Resources

Session I: Add-Ons and Extensions for Google Chrome

• Google Cast - (demo and time to try)
  • Students can send their screen to your device (as a teacher)
  • Must share your "cast" to your students through Google Classroom (permission)
  • Once your "Cast" is shared, students can "Cast" their screen to yours
• Share to Classroom - (demo and time to try)
  • What options do you have if Share to Classroom does not work?
  • Share to Classroom - Help Page
  • Push Web Pages to Students
  • Create an Assignment
  • Ask a Question
  • Make an Announcement
  • Students can also "push" to teacher
• Zoom - (demo in a later session)
  • Zoom - iPad app
  • Zoom - via webpage
• Read and Write - text help - free for teachers (demo and time to try)
  • All about Read and Write - Help Page
• What extensions do you use that you find useful for your classroom?

Session II: Using Zoom in the Classroom

• NVIS
• Durham Museum - featured at 12:05 PM
  • Durham Information (PDF)
• Henry Doorly Zoo
• Homestead National Monument
• Joslyn Art Museum
• Morrill Hall UNL (Elephant Hall) - featured at 11:45 AM
  • Innovative Program at UNL on the Big10 Network (YouTube)
  • Animals in the Hall (PreK - 2)
  • Elephants in your Backyard (Grades 4-8)
  • Evolution Examined (Grades 7-10)
  • Tusker Power (General Public)
  • VFT Scholarship Flyer for Public Schools
• MONA (Museum of Nebraska Art)
• Agate Fossil Beds
• Learn Around the World
• Discovery Education VFT’s
• Berkeley College VFT’s
• Panhandle Plains Historical Museum (TX)
• CILC (Center for Interactive Learning and Collaborations)
• Connect to Texas
• Nepris
• NASA Digital Learning Network

Session III: The New Google Sites

What can you do with the new Google Sites

• Google Sites Help Center
• Let's create a new google site
  • Add your own banner
  • Create a text box
  • Insert an image
  • Add a new page
  • Re-Style your menu items
  • Add a URL to another page
• Other helpful links
  • Link Google Sites to Google Classroom
  • Alice Keeler - Teacher Tech - Google Sites Tutorial
  • 5 ideas for using Google Sites in your Classroom

Session IV: Useful Classroom Resources

Learn360

• Use as a resource for your students
• An example of Learn360 uses (MS History Teacher)
• Link your google account to Learn360
• Latest News from Learn360 - content added daily
• Recent announcement of Interactive content
• Some Elementary Science Playlist (not all inclusive)
  • 5th grade science playlist
  • 3rd grade science playlist
  • 2nd grade science playlist
  • Kindergarten science playlist

YouTube

• Using YouTube Annotations
• How to use Annotations - Help Page
• Create your own content (your own videos) for your students and annotate them

Google Keep

• 5 Google Keep Tutorials for Teachers and Students
• Other ways to use Google Keep
• 10 Things you can do with Google Keep

What's New With Google Classroom

Google Docs - New Features (Explore button) - Blog

Google Forms - Now you can add images and videos to questions