Classic Google Sites are no longer accessible after July 1st!

If you have been using Google for more than a couple of years... you may have some classic (Old) Google Sites that will be gone!

You can see if you have any classic sites here. <---Do this now!

To Delete a classic site

On a computer, open a site in classic Google Sites.
Click Settings Manage Site.
Click General Delete this site.
To confirm that you want to delete the site, click Delete.

If you link to this site anywhere (Like in your bio on the Norris Site.) make sure you remove those links.

Checkout this great resource, including templates for many of the tips! Doc here or Same doc here.

I would suggest subscribing to Kacy's email list. You will get a lot of great tips and resources sent to your inbox!. Subscribe at the bottom of this page.

How to Crop an Image Into a Shape in Google Slides

Quick, 1-minute how-to here.

Using Padlet to Organize Station Rotations

Some great ideas from Ditch That Textbook.

Read: Using Padlet to Organize Station Rotations

Read: Station rotation: Save time, engage students in any K-12 classroom

Jamboard! - Build curiosity and suspense by slowly revealing an image that’s hidden behind blue ink.

Make a copy of the Jamboard document at http://learninginhand.com/scratchoff

Miscellaneous tech tips:

How to Add a Header or Footer in Google Slides - (I think the method 2 is the best, how about you?) Check it out here.

Google's Applied Digital Skills: 150+ Free Tech Skills Lessons for You and Your Students. Check them out. Some added help and tips from Control Alt Achieve can be found here. (As teachers, you can even create classes and assign lessons. It integrates with Google Classroom too.)

IPDF - https://ilovepdf.com Free collections of online PDF tools to merge, split, compress, convert, rotate, unlock and watermark PDFs with just a few clicks.

FlipSimu Dice Roller - https://flipsimu.com/dice-roller/ Interactive random dice roller with up to three dice with standard dots, or customizable text or images.

@DitchThatTxtbk cleverly uses the theme builder in Google Slides to make an exit ticket generator! Check it out here.

10 Googley Poetry Projects for National Poetry Month

Give Checklist Feedback in Google Docs using Google Keep -Check it out here.

You have to see this video. (It's a 360, so make sure you use you mouse to move the video/view around!) See a Helicopter on Mt. Everest In Incredible 360 (Virtual Reality) video!

Need to convert a file? Checkout this free online converter.

Need to edit a PDF? Checkout this free online editor.

Need to edit audio clips? Checkout this free online editor. (Free for clips less than 5 minutes long.)

Need to edit video? Checkout Kapwing It's a modern editor for images, GIFs, and videos. https://www.kapwing.com/ (The free version does offer plenty of useful features. Pricing/features. No watermark if you log in with a free account, but limits exports to 3 per month.) They have a TON of features, checkout their tools here. (We have added them to our video editing tools doc, located here.)

How to Create Slides from Google Docs - Hint - This free add-on is the answer.

Flash cards! - SlidesMania has done it again! This awesome template is super handy AND easy to edit! Up to 30 words, with a question and an answer for each! Students can use it alone or use it for large group instruction!

Three Registration-free Drawing Tools for Students - Simple to use for drawing or even doing animations. Check them out here.

24 Google Docs Templates That Will Make Your Life Easier - Use these time-saving Google Docs templates to help you create your documents quickly instead of wasting time struggling to put them together! Check them out here.

Looking for an interesting Jam puzzle? Look no further. DIGIT COVERS exercise spatial skills. Note how each transparent number covers the exact amount of gray dots as the number's value!

Grab this template and more here.

I have mentioned this one in the past, and it's worth another mention! Take a look at ToyTheater for some great educational games for all ages!

Some great resources from Eric Curts, Technology Integration Specialist, Google Certified Trainer and Innovator

Eric’s EdTech resources - http://www.controlaltachieve.com

Eric's Did you know training series for Google EDU.

Eric's SPARCC Technology Integration Updates doc

Analyzing Student Data With Sheets - bit.ly/curts-data

Beyond the Slideshow: Google Slides Activities for all Subjects - bit.ly/curts-slides

Spreadsheet Activities for all Subjects - bit.ly/curts-sheets

Engaging ELA Activities with Google Docs - bit.ly/curts-eladocs

A recent presentation by Eric on the Google EDU series:

Did You Know? You can do that with Docs, Slides, and Sheets?

Watch the recording Session slide deck
We use Docs, Slides, and Sheets every day, but may not be taking advantage of all the impactful features available. In this session we will explore many of their lesser-known features such as video previews, embedded Drawings, live captions, publishing to the web, pivot tables, conditional formatting, and more!

Install the FREE Add-on Quiz Helper by Alice Keeler.

Make quizzes with Google Forms™ faster! Setup your Form to have many common settings automatically completed for you. After leaving students feedback in the Form, Quiz Helper will send your feedback to a Google Doc™ for each student.

Additional features are the ability to number your Google Form questions. Set a timer for taking the quiz. Allow students to finish the test later or make updates later.

68 FREE QR CODE READ ALOUD CARDS

Check them out here.

How to Create Online Books With Page Turning Effects

Richard Byrne (@rmbyrne) Shows us three tools that he recommends for creating online books that have page turning effects. Check them out here! (The first one is Canva and Heyzine. The free plan of Heyzine allows you 5 books, but the paid plan is actually reasonable too.) Remember, Canva is a must-have tool that is free for teachers and students!

Another simple tool for sharing your teacher screen to students.

Casting is pretty simple using Google Meet, but here is another quick way too.

Using Broadcast, you can easily share your screen to a class of students. They just go to the website and enter in your session code to see your screen. The free version limits you to 40 viewers at a time and 30 minutes a day of use. (After signing up, the first 14 days are unlimited broadcasting.) Very easy to use! Short how-to video here.

They have a broadcast extension for drawing/annotating on the screen on the screen. (More info on it here.) (There are probably better ones for this, like Webpaint and a few others found in our whiteboard tools doc, but this one does integrate with Broadcast, so there may be a few features you like.)

10 Free end of the year templates to help students thrive

These templates help your students debrief an activity or lesson.
They help them look back at learning throughout the year.
They assist students in planning for a successful summer.
They review their strengths and help them know more about the learners they are.

Read: 10 end of the year templates to help students thrive

Another great resource from Ditch That Textbookv.

New feature in Google Docs - Table templates!