Experience the Creative Side of Google
Maps from the TOP
Peggy used Google Maps with the satellite view to make up a fun activity. You are trying to guess famous landmarks in the USA or around the world.
Make a Copy Here of the US/World
Make a Copy Here of Canada
Original Name for the Year in Search is Google Zeitgeist
What is a zeitgeist? It is the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.
What mattered in each year? Google sorted billions of searches to capture the all-time highs.
Easter Eggs
An Easter egg is an intentional inside joke, hidden message, or feature in a work such as a computer program, video game,movie, book, or crossword puzzle. Google is no exception, they also have their share of Easter Eggs hidden within their products. The name has been said to evoke the idea of a traditional Easter egg hunt.
Do a barrel roll
Where is Chuck Norris?
Atari Breakout
Zerg Rush
What is the loneliest number?
(famous person) bacon number
Askew
In Google Sheets, type p in A1, type r in B1, type i in C1, type d in D1, type e in E1 and press enter/return
Looking for more Easter Eggs?
Check out this blog written on April 14, 2021
The Great Big List of 50+ Google Easter Eggs & How to Access Them
Easily turn a Google spreadsheet into a --->
Flashcards, Quiz Show, Randomizer, Board Games, Matching Game, Word Scramble, Flippity Snowman, Fun with Fonts, Mad Libs, Word Cloud, Crossword Puzzle, Word Search, Timeline, Random Name Picker, Tournament Bracket, and more
Let's try a Tournament Bracket !
Read Tom Spall's article on AutoDraw
Use Autodraw to create stronger passwords!
3 Word Random Method
"Pixel Art" is making images out of a small grid with a limited number of colors. As with any creative activity, pixel art can have many applications for education. What will you and your students create with Pixel Art?
- Chords
- Arpeggios
- Sound waves
- Strings
- Piano Roll
- Voice spinner
- Spectrogram
- Kandinsky
- Song maker
- Rhythm
- Melody maker
- Harmonics
- Oscillators
- Shared piano
Chrome Music Lab
TCEA TechNotes blog entry
Google Arts and Culture
Google Arts & Culture puts the treasures, stories and knowledge of over 2,000 cultural institutions from 80 countries at your fingertips. From the suffragettes who fought for women’s rights, to performing arts at the Paris Opera, to NASA’s archive of stunning images, discover stories about our cultural heritage. It’s your doorway to explore the art, history, people and wonders of our world.
Highlights:
• Art Transfer – Take a photo and transform it with classic artworks
• Art Selfie – Discover portraits that look like you
• Color Palette – Find art by using the colors of your photo
• Art Projector – See how artworks look in real size
• Pocket Gallery – Wander through immersive galleries and get up close to art
• Art Camera – Explore high-definition artworks
• 360° videos – Experience culture in 360 degrees
• Virtual reality tours – Step inside world-class museums
• Street View – Tour famous sites and landmarks
• Explore by time and color – Travel through time and see the rainbow through art
• Art Recogniser – Point your device camera at artworks to learn more about them, even when offline (at select museums only)
Digital Breakouts created with Google Sites and Forms
If you are new to breakouts start here with a season .
I have tons of breakouts - access them here.
If you need the answers email Peggy at preimers@tcea.org
Next step try: https://sites.google.com/tcea.org/bingewatch
Google Feud is a browser-based trivia game featuring answers pulled from Google. It is based on the American game show Family Feud. Created by Justin Hooks
