A Guide to Google Tools - Great Tips Provided by Ryan Dube

If you are a Google user, you will find some great tips in this article by Ryan Dube. He has listed so many tips and tricks to using all different Google Apps. I thought many of you would want to peruse through this list to see what you can find new to use. Did you know that you can Google a timer for a specific amount of time, or use the Google search for a calculator? Do students need to check current weather data for a class assignment? I think you will be impressed with all the info on this site!

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/guide-google-tools-tips-tricks-cant-live-without/

TCEA Day 2 - More Great Ideas

I continue to be amazed by all of the great ways teachers are infusing technology! Here are some great tools to pack in your toolbox!

1. Batchgeo - Gather info in a Google form or spreadsheet and copy and paste the data into this site. The data must include a location such as a country, state, city, or street address. The web app will take the locations and put them on a map! What a great way for students to pick a location to do research on!
2. Tammy Worcester - Shared great templates to use in Google Docs! Too many to list so look at the link! A couple to check out for sure: Whiz Kid Template (Quiz kids in a game format), Student Learning Journal (students can keep notes, assignments, etc).
3. Infuselearning.com - Another online quiz site on steroids! Engage students on any device, speaking any language! Answers can by typed, selected, or drawn.
4. Google Voice - Set up your own account and then have students call you and leave a voice mail with their explanation, reflection, or language practice! This one was really out of the box!
5. Canva - create wonderful flyers, posters, or infographs!

If there are any of these that you would like for me to help you with, let me know! I am excited to start using these!

TCEA Day 1 - So Many Resources for Infusing Technology

What a day full of great ideas for infusing technology! Here is a list of some of my favorites!

Gamify your class with Kahoot.it, ClassCraft (like Class Dojo), 3d GameLabrvey,

Padlet - use during warm-ups, brainstorming, or collaboration activities

Plickers - conduct surveys without devices...what???

OneNote - Ok, there is not enough time for me to tell all the great things bout OneNote! First, it is free, second, it is a great collaboration tool, and well, we need a full day of training on this one! It is an awesome tool to use for note-taking as well!

Google tips:
Need a timer? Just Google "10 second timer" and you have one. You can set it to any time frame!
Addons - Check out the add ons in Google docs, sheets, and slides! Forms-choice eliminator was very interesting as well as the random generator

I am excited about day 2 and what all I will learn! If you want to stay up with what all of us are learning, search for #castleberryisd in Twitter!