Technology and Education | Box of Tricks 100+ Google Tricks for Teachers It's Google's world, we're just teaching in it. Now, we can use it a little more easily. With classes, homework, and projects–not to mention your social life–time is truly at a premium for all teachers, so why not take advantage of the wide world that Google has to offer? From super-effective search tricks to Google tools specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time. Search Tricks These search tricks can save you time when researching online for your next project or just to find out what time it is across the world, so start using these right away. Convert units. Google Specifically for Education From Google Scholar that returns only results from scholarly literature to learning more about computer science, these Google items will help you at school. Google Scholar. Google Docs 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Gmail 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. Google Calendar 44.
Apprendre à mieux écrire avec Google Voici quelques trucs que j’utilise avec Google pour arriver à pondre des articles à peu près potables… Vérifier l’orthographe d’un mot En règle générale et dès que vous saisissez un mot mal orthographié, Google vous suggère le mot exact ou bien décide de passer outre et affiche directement les résultats tels qu’ils seraient normalement visibles. Si ce n’est pas les cas, il existe d’autres solutions simples :La première méthode est de vérifier quelle version génère le plus de résultats. Analyser un point de grammaire Dans le paragraphe précédent, j’ai failli faire une faute d’accord : "… que la réponse qui aura recueillie le plus grand nombre…" Saisi d’un doute, j’ai testé les résultats renvoyés par cette requête : "la * qui aura recueillie *Les astérisques permettent de remplacer un mot (de façon à augmenter le nombre de résultats renvoyés) et le guillemet indique à Google que nous lançons une recherche sur une expression exacte. Rechercher un mot ou l’expression juste
Have Google Grade your Tests for You! Many people have talked about using Google Forms in your classroom as a way of assessment. This is especially helpful if you are going for a paperless classroom or you have a 1:1 deployment with i-Pads or mobile computers. The best part of creating your assessments in Google Forms is the ability to have the spreadsheet do all of the work for you. Lets take a look at how to have Flubaroo a script for Google spreadsheets grade your assesments for you! The first thing we have to do is create our assessment in Google Forms. We do this by logging into our Google Docs account (if you do not have Google apps or a Gmail account you can sign up for one here) and clicking on “Create New” and then “Form” Go through and setup your questions. Now take the test your self with the correct answers. Assign your test to your students via email or other means. When you open it you will see your answers that you submitted earlier: In the toolbar click on “Insert” and than click on “Script” i.e.
51 Things every game student should know | Zero G: Games, Edu & WIG 100 things every game student should know (.pdf download) With another round of assessments and marking finished and all the comments from well wishers, Grammar Nazis and the much better informed, I can now unleash the promised “100 Things” version of my pdf. Some notable corrections include caveats about the whole “mobs” debacle, “vertexes” being Kosher after all, a response from Notch (NOTCH!!!), as well as lots of great additions inspired by and coming directly from comments on this blog and via my twitter feed. As usual, I make this .pdf open an available via Creative Commons to all who want to share it, use it, print it, make something new out of it. The original “51 Things” archive is listed below, which has spawned an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live and an article for a game career guide (more details as I get them). thanks, Kaye 51 things every game student should know (.pdf download, now updated and fixed. It’s finally here. Like this: Like Loading...
Use Google Forms to create a survey Google Forms provide a fast way to create an online survey, with responses collected in an online spreadsheet. Create your survey and invite respondents by email. People answer your questions from almost any web browser - including mobile smartphone and tablet browsers. You view each response in a single row of a spreadsheet, with each question shown in a column. Forms A Google Form is a great way to gather information related to meetings or conferences, for example. However, Google Forms is not right for every situation. You can create a Google Form quickly: Google released a "one click" Chrome Web Store app to create a Google Form on October 23, 2013. Figure A Google Forms in the Chrome Web Store Create a simple survey form To get started, let's assume you have four things: a Google account with Google Drive enabled, the Chrome browser, and the Google "one click" Forms web app installed. 1. Figure B Google Forms web app icon 2. Figure C New Google Form page 3. 4. Next, add your questions.
Glisser - déposer des images dans Gmail Je ne sais pas depuis quand cette fonctionnalité est disponible mais il est maintenant possible d’ajouter une image dans le corps d’un mail Gmail en faisant un glisser déposer de cette image à la souris. Il est également possible, ce qui parfois est plus pratique, d’insérer une image par copier/coller dans le corps d’un mail Gmail. Pour cela, faire un clic droit sur l’image à insérer, choisir Copier l’image puis Coller dans Gmail. Cette possibilité fonctionne parfaitement avec le navigateur Google Chrome. Par contre sous Firefox cela ne fonctionne pas correctement.
GoogleApps Walkthrough and Observation Forms (Update: Tech Support Forms) As I highlighted in this blog entry--it's possible to use GoogleApps for Education Forms to conduct walkthroughs and observations. This can save Districts money...right? In that blog entry I suggested the following: Imagine a GoogleApps workbook that would allow a form per worksheet. Although I'm not aware if that's possible, others are sharing how they are using GoogleApps for Education Forms to save money while they do something that most campus administrators do every day--observe teachers via walkthroughs. If you combine the idea of self-grading GoogleForms, you get an entirely different possibility. Here are some template examples via TICAL and other sources: Google Form Template: Classroom Walkthrough and Observation Form Courtesy of Kern Kelly and Fred Johnston,use this form from any computer or PDA with Internet connectivity to evaluate teachers' lessons, pedagogy, and classroom climate.
The 100 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You The Wordle of this list! (Click image to enlarge) One of the most popular posts on Edudemic in 2010 was The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You and I felt it might be time for an update to that list for 2011. In order to put together a list of the best Web 2.0 classroom tools, I polled my Twitter followers, Facebook fans (are they still called fans? There were more than 900 submissions but many were duplicates. Google Tools for the College Student - Tips and Tricks for University Student Write your papers, keep in touch with your family, and find the local pizza joints, all for free. Here are the best tools from Google to help you with your college life. Whether you have your own computer or you're stuck using the computer labs, Google has a lot of tools that will help you get the most out of college, academically and socially. 1. Google Docs is Google's online word processor. Import and export in Microsoft Word format, and save your files as Adobe PDFs for emailing to your instructor. 2. Want to keep in touch with your friends and family while you're away? If you've got a popular blog, you might even insert some Adsense Ads for extra spending money. 3. Google Spreadsheets lets you make spreadsheets that can be imported and exported from Excel. You could even use it to keep the peace with your roommates and track who's turn it is to vacuum this week. 4. Rather than relying on the campus email system, why not give your friends and families your Gmail address? 5. 6. 7. 8.