TECH TOOLS FOR JMS TEACHERS
Google Classroom Cheat Sheet
Google Add-ons
The Tag Cloud Generator - will create a word cloud in the right-hand margin of any of your Google Documents that contain more than one hundred words.
EasyBib Bibliography Creator
Easy Accents - helps students access the shortcuts to type the accents and characters used in different languages
Lucid Press - great for newspaper formats, brochures, etc...
g(Math)- enables you to easily insert graphs and equations into your Google Documents
ReadWrite - for reading text out loud/also highlights words as it reads
Spreadsheets:
Online Rubric -this is a Google Spreadsheets Add-on that enables to you create rubrics, enter scores, and email scores to students all from one place.Once you've given
Online Rubric permission to run on your Spreadsheet there are three basic steps you need to complete.The first step is to create a roster. Rosters are made by entering student's names and email addresses (optional). The second step is to actually create your rubric. Unlike some online rubric services, with the Online Rubric Add-on you can build as many rubric cells as you like. You can assign any point values that you want to use for each rubric cell. When you're ready to enter grades you will use your roster sheet to enter point values for each rubric cell. To email grades simply select "email grades" from theOnline Rubric Add-on. You can find a video demonstration at
http://bitly.com/ftrubric
Flubaroo - a popular Google Sheets Add-on that enables teachers to grade all at once all of their students' responses to a quiz created in Google Forms.
Forms:
FormLimiter - allows you to set a time for a form to automatically stop accepting responses. You can also use Form Limiter to set a limit on number of responses a form will accept.
g(Math) - is a also available as a Google Forms Add-on that allows you to insert graphs and mathematical expressions into your Google Forms. To insert graphs and equationsinto your Form select g(Math) from your Add-ons menu and follow the directions that pop-up on the right side of the screen.
Form Notifications- allows you to create triggers for emails to be sent to you when submissions are made through one of your forms. You can set the Add-on to send you an email alert after a specified number of responses are received or after every submission.The Add-on also allows you to have an email sent to Form respondents after they have completed your Form.
Chrome Extensions for Time Management:
Auto Text Expander for Google Chrome - a convenient Chrome extension that enables a person to create keyboard shortcuts for words and phrases that they frequently use in emails.
Stay Focusd - a Chrome extension designed to help you stop wasting time on sites like Facebook and get your work done instead. With
Stay Focusd installed you can set a timelimit for yourself for how much cumulative time in a day that you spend on sites likeFacebook, Pinterest, and Twitter. Once you've used up your self-allotted time on thosesites you won't be able to revisit them in that browser for 24 hours. Might be a great suggestion for students, parents, and teachers!
Dayboard - an extension that opens your daily to-do list every time you open a new tab in Chrome. When you open a new tab for the first time Dayboard will appear and ask you to enter your to-do list for the day. After creating your to-do list for the rest of the day whenever you open a new tab you will see your list. You can place a checkmark next to items as you complete them.
Google Add-ons
The Tag Cloud Generator - will create a word cloud in the right-hand margin of any of your Google Documents that contain more than one hundred words.
EasyBib Bibliography Creator
Easy Accents - helps students access the shortcuts to type the accents and characters used in different languages
Lucid Press - great for newspaper formats, brochures, etc...
g(Math)- enables you to easily insert graphs and equations into your Google Documents
ReadWrite - for reading text out loud/also highlights words as it reads
Spreadsheets:
Online Rubric -this is a Google Spreadsheets Add-on that enables to you create rubrics, enter scores, and email scores to students all from one place.Once you've given
Online Rubric permission to run on your Spreadsheet there are three basic steps you need to complete.The first step is to create a roster. Rosters are made by entering student's names and email addresses (optional). The second step is to actually create your rubric. Unlike some online rubric services, with the Online Rubric Add-on you can build as many rubric cells as you like. You can assign any point values that you want to use for each rubric cell. When you're ready to enter grades you will use your roster sheet to enter point values for each rubric cell. To email grades simply select "email grades" from theOnline Rubric Add-on. You can find a video demonstration at
http://bitly.com/ftrubric
Flubaroo - a popular Google Sheets Add-on that enables teachers to grade all at once all of their students' responses to a quiz created in Google Forms.
Forms:
FormLimiter - allows you to set a time for a form to automatically stop accepting responses. You can also use Form Limiter to set a limit on number of responses a form will accept.
g(Math) - is a also available as a Google Forms Add-on that allows you to insert graphs and mathematical expressions into your Google Forms. To insert graphs and equationsinto your Form select g(Math) from your Add-ons menu and follow the directions that pop-up on the right side of the screen.
Form Notifications- allows you to create triggers for emails to be sent to you when submissions are made through one of your forms. You can set the Add-on to send you an email alert after a specified number of responses are received or after every submission.The Add-on also allows you to have an email sent to Form respondents after they have completed your Form.
Chrome Extensions for Time Management:
Auto Text Expander for Google Chrome - a convenient Chrome extension that enables a person to create keyboard shortcuts for words and phrases that they frequently use in emails.
Stay Focusd - a Chrome extension designed to help you stop wasting time on sites like Facebook and get your work done instead. With
Stay Focusd installed you can set a timelimit for yourself for how much cumulative time in a day that you spend on sites likeFacebook, Pinterest, and Twitter. Once you've used up your self-allotted time on thosesites you won't be able to revisit them in that browser for 24 hours. Might be a great suggestion for students, parents, and teachers!
Dayboard - an extension that opens your daily to-do list every time you open a new tab in Chrome. When you open a new tab for the first time Dayboard will appear and ask you to enter your to-do list for the day. After creating your to-do list for the rest of the day whenever you open a new tab you will see your list. You can place a checkmark next to items as you complete them.
COMICS/CARTOONS
Chogger Make Beliefs Pixon Sketchpad Tons more ways to make comic strips online! IMAGES/FONTS Pics4Learning Clipart FontSpace StockVault.net – Free images from photographers around the world Kozzi.com – One free photo per day FindIcons.com – Huge resource for avatars or small images Flickr Advanced Search – Use advanced search filters to show only CC licensed images Morguefile – Free stock photos (Thanks Sue Lyon-Jones for link in comments!) Open Clipart Libary – Public domain clipart (Thanks Sue Lyon-Jones for link in comments!) Larry Ferlazzo post on great locations of images INFOGRAPHICS Easel.ly Infogr.am Piktochart Visual-ly MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS/SCREENCASTING iMovie (Mac only) Animoto (create videos) Meograph (create videos and record your voice) Prezi (similar to PowerPoint, but, ah, not) Screencast-o-matic (record your voice) Storybird (artful storytelling) ThingLink (embed media on image) 7 Lessons from the World's Most Captivating Presenters Creating Animated Presentations Moovly Powtoons PHOTO EDITING AND COLLAGE BeFunky Padlet Movie Posters: http://bighugelabs.com/poster.php TIMELINES Dipity TikiToki Timetoast TIMERTOOLS PowerPoint Timer (countdown version) Google Timer Newspaper Article Templates RWT Printing Press Newspaper Generator Google Docs Templates (Lucid Press) 3D SKETCHING PROGRAMS Tinkercad Autodesk123 SketchUp ANNOTATION/RESOURCE SHARING Scribble Notability (Apple Products Only) Showbie AudioBoom Snagit MarkUp.io Zaption Diigo Movenote Webklipper SharedCopy TAKING NOTES/ORGANIZATION KustomNote Google Keep Teaching Informational Literacy Best Resources for Learning Research Citation Skills ShowMe Information Literacy Modules: Starter, Junior (MS), Advanced (HS) Digital Literacy Lesson Plans Alan November Web Literacy Lesson Plans Huge Doc of Copyright Info Google Search Education Lesson Plans How to Search on Google Cheat Sheet Copyright Laws Copyright Law (advanced) Copyright Law (Student Friendly) http://copyright.gov/ Public Domain Texts Project Gutenberg |
VIDEO TOOLS
KeepVid (downloads youtube videos) SafeShare (watch youtube videos without ads) WEBSITE CREATION Weebly Wix eMaze WORD CLOUDS Tagxedo Wordle SOME RESEARCH AND LEARNING WEBSITES John Green's Crash Course Gapminder - world statistics and data Open Culture Picturing America Smart History - Khan Academy Ted Ed TED WatchKnowLearn CNN Student News Discover Magazine Discovery Education Student Resources Library of Congress World Health Organization National Archives National Geographic NewsELA.com Great Sentences NYTimes NYTimes: The Learning Network Pixar's Rules of Storytelling Pro/Con.org Smithsonian Magazine Student Pulse: The International Student Journal Wall Street Journal iCivics PBS Learning Media - tons of how to videos for different programs Curriki - An open curriculum community COLLABORATION TOOLS Voxer Google Drive EyeJot (video sharing via email) Slack RESEARCH/INQUIRY TOOLS Instagrok AudioBoom Google A Day TedEd Interactive Question Zaption MyWejit Google Comparisons (Google Tip - news:) CITING SOURCES Citelighter EasyBib JUST PLAIN OL' FUN Blabberize Avatar Creators https://sites.google.com/site/webtoolsbox/avatars FREE AUDIO FILES List of Resources for Royalty Free Music and Sound Effects DIGITAL STORYTELLING RESOURCES https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-08-26-a-guide-to-producing-student-digital-storytellers |