Tools for Learning

Calendar - Bright colors, large typography, floating cards, menu behind 3 dots. Import due date calendars from Schoology & Google Classroom. Subscribe to the calendars you want to follow here.

Classroom - Course managment that includes online discussions about articles or questions, single view of student work, share with parents, transfer ownership, auto-creation of student folders for your class, apps that integrate with classroom, assess using quizzes with Google Forms, can be synced with school directory

Chrome - The operating system for the Chromebook

Drive - Create documents and organize with color & icons

Schoology - Teachers create & share courses, assignments, and resources with their students

Tasks - Create to-do lists and reminders

Awesome Screenshot - Screen capture, recorder, and image annotation available as a chrome extension

Books - Search our collection at Revere High School and find books for research or pleasure

Digital Literacy - The Teaching Tolerance Digital Literacy Framework offers seven key areas in which students need support developing digital and civic literacy skills.

Boston Public Library eBooks - Register here first at the Boston Public Library and read books on your chromebook and phone

Forms - Create a survey or quiz and automatically convert the data to a spreadsheet

Google News - Students and teachers can customize RSS feeds using categories or specific websites

Boston Public Library Online Resources - Explore databases, newspapers, journals, electronic books, and more

Online Databases - Resources for Research available through RHS

Newsela - Create a newsite at the appropriate reading level

Search - Google search modifiers to help you find the right information

Sketchnotes - A visual way to remember what you learn

WizeScan -Check any webpage for assessing readability on a scale of 1 to 5

Book Creator - Combine text, images, audio and video to create a digital notebook

Canva - Templates for visually engaging and professional-looking presentations and posters.

Docs - Work independently or collaboratively

Drawings - Quickly markup a screenshot and add it to an assignment or presentation

Mindmup - Brainstorm, take notes, convert to outline all in one place

The Noun Project - Take notes using this universal language

One Pagers - Combine visual & text to help remember what you’ve read and show what you’ve learned

Sheets - Data analysis is an important skill for the future workforce

Slides - Create presentations, journals, and books

Action Book Club - "Good Reads and Good Deeds"

Adobe Spark - An engaging video alternative to Google Slides and PowerPoint. Can be saved to Youtube

Cast - Share your screen with students or let them share their work with you

GMail - The new GMail features include “unsend a message”, Smart Reply, a sidebar with Task Lists, Email Snooze

Hangouts Chat - 1:1 or group chat with students, parents, or teachers

Sites - Student portfolios and class websites

Verbal Presentation - Good presentation skills are an essential part of learning.