Introducing the Save to Drive extension, plus enhancements to images. The new Save to Drive Chrome extension gives you a few new ways to capture content from anywhere on the web and store it neatly in Drive. After you install the extension, you can click on the Drive extension icon to save: an image of an entire page or an image of the visible pagethe HTML source code a Web archive (.mht) Or you can right-click on images or links to files and save them directly to Drive. 10 Google Plus Communities Every Teacher should Know about.
Google Plus has recently rolled out some very impressive updates to its features starting by improvements of the page lay-out to improvements in Google Plus Communities.
Last year, Google integrated Google Plus into its ecosystem. Google calls this access to “your web.” So instead of all the public information that is already available to everyone searching via Google, so you can see information that you posted into Google’s new social network and on some of Google’s other services like Picasa Web. However, what I want to focus on today is a very interesting service offered by Google Plus called " communities". I see this feature as a great way for teachers to expand their personal/professional networks through connecting and sharing resources with a wide audience of like-minded educators and teachers from all around the world. Top 12 Google Chrome Extensions That Enhance Student Learning – from Beth & Tracy on Edudemic. At EdTechTeacher, we understand teachers because all of us have been in the classroom.
Given our backgrounds, we recognize the challenge of preparing students for an increasingly complex and cognitively demanding world and leverage our experiences to provide professional development to teachers who are dedicated to creating innovative learning opportunities for their students. From large school districts to small independent schools, we have experience with a wide range of educational settings and grade levels. 6 Must Have Google Drive Extensions for Teachers. 4 Awesome Google Products Cheat Sheets for Teachers. "The web is going Google" and there is no way you can imagine Internet without Google.
From its inception in the last decade of the 20th century to the present day, Google has developed into a powerful corporation that contributes in shaping the public knowledge. The core principle behind Google's sweeping success is innovation. The folks in Google know that the secret to continuity and distinction is innovation. It is pretty hard to become popular but it's harder to keep your popularity amidst a stormy wave of strong competitors.
Explain Everything X 4 Ways. When it comes to flexible iPad apps, nothing quite fits the bill like Explain Everything.
Developed as a screencasting app (in my opinion, the best in the app store), I have recently found that I am using the app for anything but screencasting. 1. Image / Poster / Graphic / Diagram Creator: The way I find myself using Explain Everything these days is as a platform to create images or posters. With the built in free hand cutout feature, the ability to import pictures from the iPad camera roll as well as any cloud platform that you have connected to the app, any image can be imported into a blank slide as part of a creation. 2.
One of the most underutilized features in Explain Everything is the magnifying glass tool in the left hand menu. *Bonus Idea: Students can use the zooming feature when screencasting in Explain Everything as well. Tools to help you Learn Google Earth. Tools to help you Learn Google Earth Google Earth is an amazing tool that educators can use to devise lesson plans, stage field trips, and pose projects.
However, it can feel overwhelming to learn and develop. Top 12 Google Chrome Extensions That Enhance Student Learning – from Beth & Tracy on Edudemic. Finally! – Google Drive for iPad Supports Comments. This is probably the best news Google-loving iPad users have heard this week, the latest update to Google Drive for iPad supports commenting.
Now, you can comment on documents on your iPad just as you would in your browser on your laptop. You can highlight a word or sentence then click comment to have your comment tied to a part of a document. To add a comment that is not tied to a part of the document, you can simply tap the comment icon while viewing the document. The Surprising Ways BYOD, Flipped Classrooms, and 1-to-1 Are Being Used in the Special Ed Classroom. SmartBrief Exclusive Preview The Surprising Ways BYOD, Flipped Classrooms, and 1-to-1 Are Being Used in the Special Ed Classroom As schools shift to mobile device usage and new forms of technology-inspired instruction, such as flipping the classroom, special ed is adopting mainstream approaches for its assistive technologies.
By Dian Schaffhauser 05/30/13 This article appears in the May 2013 issue of T.H.E. Journal . The latest compilation from the US Department of Education (from 2010-2011) reports that about 13 percent of public school enrollment consists of students served by special education programs. The latter approach appears to be winning right now. As special education adopts and adapts mainstream products, it's the students that win--now and in the future. Estate Planning Is Important for Your Online Assets, Too. Photo IT’S tough enough to write an ordinary will, deciding how to pass along worldly goods like your savings, your real estate and that treasured rocking chair from Aunt Martha in the living room.
But you may want to provide for your virtual goods, too. Who gets the photographs and the e-mail stored online, the contents of a Facebook account, or that digital sword won in an online game? These things can be important to the people you leave behind. “Digital assets have value, sometimes sentimental, and sometimes commercial, just like a boxful of jewelry,” said John M. Many services and programs have sprung up to help people prepare for what happens after their last login. has a program called Inactive Account Manager, introduced in April, that lets those who use Google services decide exactly how they want to deal with the data they’ve stored online with the company — from Gmail and Picasa photo albums to publicly shared data like YouTube videos and blogs.
The process is straightforward. Five Essential Google Drive Skills For Teachers. This school year I've worked with a few school districts that are using Google Apps for Education for the first time.
A lot of what I have done with those school districts is help to get the teachers acclimated to using Google Drive. When I sat down to plan an upcoming Google Drive training session I thought about some of the essential Google Drive skills that teachers need in addition to creating documents, presentations, and spreadsheets. Here are five essential Google Drive skills that I think teachers and students need. 1. Tips and Tricks: Embedding Google Forms. 25 Ways Google Can Help You Become A Better Teacher. While Apple products (*cough* iPad *cough*) are known for their integration in classrooms, Google’s offerings give up little here.
In fact, the sheer diversity of Google products might make them a more natural fit in the classroom in lieu of the iPad’s gravity. Docs – Google Docs. 32 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom. Some Ideas about Teaching with SmartPhones. If you ask educators about cellphones in their classrooms, they will all have a passionate response and a story (good or bad) about their presence. Most will express frustration at their problematic nature: they’re a distraction; they make noise; they can be used for cyber-bullying or cheating. That said, I think that more and more educators are recognizing that cellphones, and especially smartphones, can be a useful learning tool. But how do teachers make that happen? As an early adopter of smartphone technology, I immediately recognized the incredible computing power they possess.
Many students now have pocket technology that’s much more powerful and innovative than the equipment used in early manned space flights. Still, like my colleagues, I imagined cellphones as a huge classroom management struggle. I am the first to acknowledge that my teaching situation is not the same as many other educators. Supporting lessons & activities Poll Everywhere can also be used for this purpose. Cloud and Workflow Options. How To Use Google Docs Offline. Earlier this year Google enabled support for using Google Documents offline if you use Chrome and have the Google Drive Chrome app installed. When Google made that announcement I wrote some directions for enabling offline docs. Today, someone suggested sharing those directions again. So I've rewritten the directions and included some screen captures of the process. To enable Google Docs for offline use, sign into your account and click the sprocket icon in the upper-right corner. How to Open and Edit Word Files in Google Drive.