Important New Updates to Google Sheets Teachers Should Know about Google has recently rolled out some more important updates to some of its services in Google drive and Google Sheets is one of them. Google Sheets has been revamped with a new look and feel. The new version of Google Sheets is faster and supports larger spreadsheets. it also has a wide range of interesting features such as : It can work offline. So just like Google Docs and Slides, you can now make edits to Sheets offline. When you reconnect to the Internet, your edits will automatically sync.
22 Chrome Apps Every Teacher Should Know about March 23, 2015 Over the last weekend, we spent sometime curating what we think are some of the best Chrome apps and extensions for teachers and students.Our selection is based on the reviews we have been posting here over the last couple of years and is also based on criteria such as popularity of the apps, its ratings...etc. Of course the list is no way comprehensive and there are tons of other apps to be included here but for brevity and practicality purposes we limited our list to the titles featured below. Have a look and share with your colleagues. 1- Google Classroom “Classroom is a new tool in Google Apps for Education that helps teachers create and organize assignments quickly, provide feedback efficiently, and easily communicate with their classes. Classroom helps students organize their work in Google Drive, complete and turn it in, and communicate directly with their teachers and peers.” 2- ClassDojo 3- Google Keep 4- Glogster Edu 5- Sketchpad 6- VoiceNoteII: Speech to Text
Today's Most Popular Study Guides Teachers' Top Educational Chrome Apps in 2015 July 16, 2015 Over the last weekend, we spent sometime sifting through our Chrome extensions archive and curated for you the list below. We singled out the the apps that have been most popular among teachers and educators during the first six months of this year. The apps cover a range of themes from tools to enhance your productivity and help you stay focused to add-ons for annotating and editing PDFs, you will definitely find something to use in your teaching. “Classroom is a new tool in Google Apps for Education that helps teachers create and organize assignments quickly, provide feedback efficiently, and easily communicate with their classes. 2- ClassDojo “ ClassDojo helps teachers improve behavior in their classrooms quickly and easily. 3- Google Keep “Quickly capture what's on your mind and share those thoughts with friends and family. This is another great app that you can use to create as many to-do and task lists as you want. 5- Trello 10- Socrative Teacher 13- Padlet 14- Exam Time
Klikaklu: Picture Treasure Hunts and Scavenger Hunts on Your iPhone Google Apps Under mina år som IKT-pedagog har jag samlat på mig väldigt många olika bokmärken. Sidor bra att ha, verktyg att visa, sociala media, nyhetssidor. Det blir många olika kategorier. För att få ordning på mina bokmärken använder jag bokmärkeshanteraren i Google Chrome. För att komma åt bokmärkeshanteraren klicka på “Bokmärken” i verktygsfältet i Google Chrome. “Hjälp! Sökfunktionen i driven gör det väldigt enkelt att hitta filer där, även om man inte kommer ihåg namnet. I Google Mail finns också sökfunktionen, där man kan välja att söka efter avsändare, mottagare, mail med bilaga, eller efter ord i mailet. Så nästa gång du inte hittar ditt dokument, klicka på den lilla pilen till höger i sökrutan för att få fler val att söka med. Google Keep är en app inom Google-familjen där man enkelt kan skapa kom-ihåg listor, snabba anteckningar, länkar, bilder och annat man vill ha sparat. I webbläsaren Chrome finns nu även ett tillägg “Spara i Keep”. Man kan nu byta ägare i en kurs. Hur gör man? Prova.
The 6 Most Popular Google Docs Templates for Teachers July 23, 2015 In today’s post we are sharing with you a set of handy document templates created and provided for free download by the folks in Google Docs. These are the six most popular and most downloaded templates in Google Docs Template Gallery (in Students & Teachers category). As a teacher, you can re-appropriate the content of the docs to suit your teaching purposes. These ready-made document templates are particularly useful for teachers to use in class to enhance their teaching workflow and boost their productivity. The templates span different topics and can be utilized for various purposes including: writing student reports, grading essays, taking notes in class, creating lesson plans and more. Before you download any of these templates, make sure you check it in preview mode to see if it works for you. 1- Student Report 2- Class Notes 3- Essay Grading Rubric 4- Syllabus: Basic 5- Syllabus: Simple 6- Lesson Plan: Basic
24 important Google Docs Tips and Add-ons for Teachers May 3, 2017 Google Docs has tons of interesting features that can immensely enhance your productivity level as a teacher and educator. However, most of these features are hidden and you need to dig deeper beyond the simple compose, comment and share trio most users are used to. We have already covered several of these features in previous posts in the past which you can access here. Today, we are sharing with you this wonderful infographic created by the folks in GetVoip featuring a quasi-comprehensive list of hacks and tips to help you tap into the full potential of Google Docs. There is also a section at the bottom of the visual with a number of useful add-ons to tryout on Google Docs. We invite you to check it out and share with us your feedback in our Facebook page.
Extensions, Add Ons and Apps, Oh My! How to Utilize Google in Your Classroom Google Apps for Education has totally transformed the way we teach and communicate inside and outside of the classroom. Through tools like Google Drive, Google Hangouts, Google Earth and Blogger, we can create authentic learning experiences for our students more than ever by promoting collaboration and helping them access their work anywhere and anytime. Teachers can utilize all of Google’s resources using Google Classroom, a simple management tool that gives teachers the ability to stay organized, assign projects and give feedback within the platform. Google Chrome also has a library of special tools you can access through the browser called Apps, Extensions and Add-ons that can make your life in the classroom easier. Plus, when you use Chrome, all of the apps, extensions and web history are stored in the cloud, so wherever you login, they are literally at your fingertips. Here are a few of the best additional Google tools for educators that help make teaching easy! Extensions Add-Ons Apps
Add-Ons and Templates Add-Ons and Templates Add-Ons using Google Apps Script I learned a little JavaScript which is applicable for Google Apps Script. This allows me to code Google Docs and Sheets to create custom applications. Most of the templates below have an Add-On menu. These Add-ons are not available in the Add-on marketplace, but are instead tied to the template document. Add-Ons Want to learn to code? Apps Script Tutorials Start Here: A Quick Google Apps Script Project Code a List of Your Calendar Events Google Apps Script: Code Insert a Sheet Start Here: A Quick Google Apps Script Project Google Apps Script: Getting Started Part 2 Google Apps Script: You Can Code (part 3) Google Apps Script: Format a Sheet Google Apps Script: Create an Add-On Google Apps Script: Create an Alert Google Apps Script: Create Your Own Mail Merge Kids Start Coding Their Vocab Kids Code: Create an Add-on Menu Google Apps Script Picker Tutorial Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2015-2017 Share this: Alice Keeler Follow @alicekeeler Teach.com
8 free apps that pump up Google Drive Don't let its weird name scare you: Wappwolf Automator for Google Drive is one of the most powerful apps around for dealing with files (and maybe also wolves) in the cloud. Wappwolf is kind of like an IFTTT for Drive: It allows you to set up recipes for advanced automation based on files being added to specific folders. You could create a Dropbox folder, for instance, and tell Wappwolf to upload any files placed in that folder to a matching folder in your Dropbox account. Wappwolf also works with Amazon Cloud Drive, Basecamp, Box, Evernote, Facebook, Skydrive, and an array of other services. The app allows up to 10 automations to be configured for free, with up to 10 files a day being processed.