More amazing tech tools, websites, apps... and more! - My resources for the week!

Web sites, tools and resources:

British Pathé Makes 85,000 Historical Clips Available on YouTube.  Thanks @CAHutzler for this one!

The 5 Best Cloud Storage Apps for Teachers and Students - There's one on this list, that I did not even know about. 

Ten Good Tools for Editing Images Online via Free Technology for Teachers

iPhone, iPads, and IOS apps, tips and more:

These 12 Tips Will Help You Get The Most Out Of Your iPhone - I learned a couple new things, after owning my iPhone for several years! 

7 Best Image Editing Apps for iPhone/iPad - I have recommended many of these in the past.  This is a nice list. 

Former Apple Genius Bar member gives you tips on how to extend battery life on your iPhone and iPad 

How to publish student created iPad video to a class YouTube channel. 

Flash is not dead yet... so this tip may be a good one! How to hack Adobe Flash onto your modern Android phone

5 Good iPad Apps for Teachers and Students of U.S. History

Shadow Puppet is a storytelling app for iPad and iPhone. - See how teachers are using this great free app in the classroom. 

20 Awesome BYOD and Mobile Learning Apps | Edutopia

22 iPad and Apple TV Presentation Apps From edshelf.

5 iPad Apps Students Can Use to Record Audio Notes

MATH IPAD APP FOR STUDENTS WITH DYSGRAPHIA 

Description

ModMath is an adaptive program that improves math skills. The app lets you type math problems right onto the touch screen of an iPad rather than write them out long-hand. You can then solve the problems using the touch pad and print or e-mail the assignments all without ever picking up a pencil.

Google Chrome:

Search Tips for Chrome's App Launcher 

11 Chrome Extensions That Will Super-Power Your Gmail Experience. This is a great list!

Google Apps - tools, tips and more:

A Video Guide to Using the Google Drive iPad App   and  Two Free Google Apps that Bring Out the Best In an iPad

Doctopus Is Now Easier to Use Than Ever Before - Automate Workflow in Google Drive. This update is awesome! 

7 of the Best New Add Ons for Google Docs and Sheets By the Google Gooru

100 Important Google Drive Tips for Teachers and Students via Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Create a mail merge using Sheets data & print out your template with Docs thanks to the new Avery Label Merge add-on

If you have not used the Google research tool, you are missing out.  Here is a great short article to get you started. 

Google users who back up mobile photos on Google+ can now add them to Gmail much more quickly - This new feature was just added to gmail.  If you have not turned on the auto backup feature - Here's how to do it.  The GoogleGooru has a nice article on this one too. 

Convert an old Google Sheets to new Google Sheets. Here is a nice 2 minute video, on how to do it. (Did you know, that Google has added some great features to the new Google sheets? Each new Spreadsheet you create is in the new format, but your prior sheets are still the older version.)

10 Money Management Tools Inside Google Drive You Should Use Today http://goo.gl/z5HS9k

If you have not used Conditional formatting in Google Sheets - YOU ARE MISSING OUT!

Now... it's even more powerful in the new Google Sheets. Master new Sheets by using a custom formula in conditional formatting thanks to this guide on YouTube: http://goo.gl/C9a7gI

Google Forms:

Helpful Google Forms tutorials for teachers

Randomize answer options for Google Forms - Adds even more power for online quizzing using Google Forms! 

Here is How to Add Images and Videos to Your Google Forms

Chromebook tips:

Easy way to check your Chrome laptop battery health:

- Open a Chrome OS Shell <Ctrl>+<Alt>+T

- Type "battery_test 0" and press <Enter>

Multitasking on your Chromebook just got easier: you can now dock any small window, like Hangouts … More info here. 

Android Phone items:

Here’s A Free, Multi-Layered Plan To Back Up A Non-Rooted Android http://goo.gl/0pXwlP

Edmodo:

20 Ways To Use Edmodo In The Classroom

Free Apps, Google Apps Printing tip, awesome web tools and more... in this weeks article!

Web sites and tools:

Awesome new free design tool for making posters, cards, invitations and more: Canva 

Remember - WE LOVE Lucidpress too! And it is built right into our Google Apps Domain.

Own a vehicle? Here's one from our very own mechanic in the transportation department... (Thanks Frank!)  http://www.carcare.org/  - Great site for tips, videos, asking questions and more.

What 'They' Forgot to Tell You When Flipping the Classroom. Great tips and tricks in this article. 

Kindergarten to High School Math Games Galore! hoodamath.com

Great digital citizenship resource: Check out digcit4parents.com for info on social networks parents may not know about.

Free IOS apps - Limited time on some of these!

Puppet Workshop - Creativity App for Kids is free for a limited time.  It's been a top rated app in the past! 

Free iOS apps for special needs students 4/9: Communications http://ly.tcea.org/vrwzu  and Daily Tasks http://ly.tcea.org/zhqcn 

Free iOS apps for primary for 4/9: Trace & Share http://ly.tcea.org/zxemp  and Write a Letter Game http://ly.tcea.org/ikezo 

IOS Apps, Tips and Tricks:

Find IOS apps on the app store: fnd.io lets you easily search the iTunes Store for the perfect app, movie, book, or song.

Automatically backup your phone's photos to DropBox with this app:

Carousel by Dropbox - Carousel is the new gallery from Dropbox for your life’s memories. 

Carousel is available right now for both iOS bit.ly/1erFAoH and Android bit.ly/1krCusT!

● It’s a single home for all your photos and videos, automatically organized and always with you.

● Swap and share photos and videos instantly in private conversations. Save the memories your friends share with one tap.

● Carousel automatically backs up photos and videos to Dropbox as you take them, so all your memories are kept safe in one place.

(Remember the Goolge+ App also automatically backs up your photos to Google - I love this app as well! 

Edmodo:

I love Edmodo... and I love the CK-12 free ebooks/curriculum... so guess what I think when the two integrate... AWESOME!

Hey Edmodo users! CK-12 and Edmodo have partnered to allow you to easily assign practice and get reports in your Edmodo gradebook. Check out the two brand new CK-12 apps on Edmodo, CK-12 Math Practice and CK-12 Science Practice. Download them today! LEARN MORE  They even offer a free webinar on April 23, 2014. 

Remind 101:

I know I have promoted Remind 101 in the past, but they just keep getting better.  Remind101 now allows you to attach files - Send Photos, Assignments and Presentations. Find out more about this great new feature. 

Google Apps:

Great Google Apps - Sheet Tip:  Adjust the number of printed pages for Google Sheets

Adding voice comments to Google docs using Kaizena

Free apps and web resources for the week! -Don't miss out on these!

Free apps for today:

Math Splat - ** FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!!! ***

** Previously ranked in the top 3 educational apps in the UK, USA, Australia, Canada & New Zealand ** 

Math Splat is a simple number based app aimed at helping the user improve their mental math abilities. Each level consists of a +, -, x and ÷ game. Once these have been completed the final game of the level is unlocked which must be completed for the next level to be unlocked. 

The app is suitable for all abilities as the user can choose between easy, medium and hard questions.

Everyday Mathematics Equivalent Fractions app for iOS by By McGraw-Hill School Education Group is free today (Normally $1.99) (It has been free in the past... if you have not grabbed it, now may be the time.) 

Other IOS apps and tools:

If you haven't checked out the CardClutter app and you teach Math, many middle school teachers are saying it's a must!

Educators Recommend Bloom's Taxonomy-Aligned Apps - A list created by fellow educators. 

Some Great Web Tools:

Google Storybuilder anyone?   This is a great little web app, that could be used in a variety of ways in the classroom.  Have student collaborate on a short story... or tell your story.   Short resource article. 

In order to make your Google story follow these steps:

1. Add your characters

2. Create your Story

3. Give your story a title and add soundtrack

Create a book from Wikipedia articles, with the Book Creator tool in Wikipedia. 

Want some feedback on a lesson you just taught?? Take a video of yourself teaching, upload it and get your peers or coach to review it remotely -  this free iCoach app will do just that. 

EmergingEdTech’s 2013 Free Education Technology Resources eBook is a nice free resource.  (PDF Format) 

The GEDB Online Learning Platform has a lot of nice free online tech classes/tutorials.  5 Powerful But Little-Known Ways To Use Your Apple iPad, is a recent addition to their list.  These classes are a great free resource for teacher, students and parents. 

Want a review game before a test? Pre-created jeopardy templates or create your own: https://jeopardylabs.com/

Learn Twitter - Free Twitter 101 eCourse for Parents & Educators -If you are an educator and not using Twitter, you are simply missing out.  (If you follow the right people & educational organizations and groups... it will be the best informational source you will ever experience!) 

Lesson Plans for Teaching Computational Thinking - via Free Technology for Teachers - series of lessons for designed to help middle school and high school students explore mathematics and science concepts.

Google Sketchup Resources - Free to schools

The Sketchup program (Used to be owned by Google) is free to schools... a CAD/Modeling program.  (This program is currently being used by Barry Pedley  in the MiddleSchool.)

WUDWORX library of SketchUp plugins and tools for working wood.  https://sites.google.com/site/wudworx/

sketchUcation is a site with a lot of Sketchup resources and plug ins. http://sketchucation.com/

Welcome to Extension Warehouse - The best place to find and install add-ons for SketchUp! These are divided into categories too.  Includes a 3-D printing section too! 

Some must have Google Doc tools and a few more Gems in this short list for the week.

Here's my short list for the week... but WOW, you must look at a few of the Google Drive apps in this list! 

This is a must have for Google docs!  Add more clip art with this great Google Drive add-in.  <--- WOW you must check this one out!  This great one, came from this list of 15 Best Google Drive Add-Ons for Education. <--- There are som many good ones in this list... workflows, Template Gallery, and more! (There is even one for the music teachers!) 

If you have a Chromecast device ... and for $35... why not!  Here is a cool new app for it: Introducing Photowall for Chromecast: A new @ChromeExp that lets people collaborate with images on the TV. https://chrome.com/photowall/ 

Seven Registration-Free Drawing Tools for Students- Via Free Technology for Teachers 

7 Ways To Use Google Tools To Maximize Learning - http://goo.gl/wlTnLf

Google Rolls Out Google Now for Chrome

Learning Never Stops: 35 outstanding education websites to explore

Three Mind Mapping Tools That Save to Google Drive - Via Free Technology for Teachers

7 Apps and Websites to Help You Teach Algebra 

Have a great day... tomorrow is Friday!

BAM!! - Three great photo and video IOS apps free today!

The Movie 360 video app is free today.  It's got some nice features and worth grabbing. (Normally $4.99)  but the best app may be the Camera360 Ultimate, which is by the same developer, and is normally free.  I would grab them both.  The camera app has some really cool filters and features that add a lot of fun things for taking pictures! 

And while we are talking about camera apps... here is another one that is free for the day. (Normally $4.99)  Fast Camera – The Speed Burst Camera and Time Lapse Video,App (4.5 stars with 4801 Ratings... so it's really popular and gets great ratings!)  Be careful, it will get the pic you want, but can take up to 1200 in one minute!

Enjoy!

Some amazing tech tools, websites... and more! -My resources for the week!

Websites and resources:

If you teach biology - then this site is for you!  http://goo.gl/U3y8VM Virtual human body tour of the skeleton, the heart, the brain, and the digestive tract, and how they function. (Site takes a few seconds to load, but it's worth it.)  Here it is embedded in the Medtropolis site, but it's smaller since it's embedded.) 

6 Online Rubric Makers Worth Trying http://goo.gl/AM0wOH

7 Science websites for students http://goo.gl/Aae9fb

This is a fantastic, dynamic periodic table of the elements: ptable.com

WOW --> If you have not used canva - you are missing out!  Awesome online tool for posters, banners and more. <---- TRY IT NOW! If your an elementary teacher, and you do not try this site out... you are missing out! 

Glove and Boots Fix Your Grammar   http://goo.gl/JyQK0L

Two Sites for Safely Experimenting with Electric Circuits via Free Technology for Teachers - http://goo.gl/y1ww5m

Webinar Recording - Digital Storytelling With Comics via Free Technology for Teachers - http://goo.gl/XpHK6O

I love doodle.com for scheduling meetings! Super easy!  Need to figure out what the best meeting time is for a group- then this online tool is for you! 

Have you tried the free game-based learning tool Kahoot! Your students will love you for it! getkahoot.com  Take your class questioning to a game leverl!  

Study Champs - Free Math English Science Worksheets - Both printed and online activities. For the Elem. age students. http://goo.gl/vNqfOH

The 25 Best Places To Take Free Online Computer Science Classes http://goo.gl/9GYP7g

Learning Never Stops: 6 powerful interactive history sites

Wonderful list of math website resources K-12 goo.gl/RgjiIC

Flexible Learning Tools shared at #ice14 (This is a really cool interactive graphic powered by ThingLink.)

4 Powerful Tools For Making Your Own Interactive Content http://goo.gl/5WtxE2

Kahoot  - A GAME-BASED CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEM 

Hot off the presses! Kahoot overview and creating a quiz in Kahoot tutorials.
youtu.be/BfoyDG8HG6A
youtu.be/Gt_TGbllnRQ

Check out PixiClip interactive whiteboard pixiclip.com and video tutorial  http://goo.gl/MBfOuj

Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum is a set of eight interactive, multimedia iBooks Textbooks, available for free in the iBooks Store. 

The Teacher Tools Collection by sherry lee | edshelf

The Appy Hour Collection by Keith Terpsma | edshelf

Free Mac and Windows desktop versions of OneNote are finally here, w/ some helpful new tools.

4 Powerful Tools For Making Your Own Interactive Content - Edudemic

4 Incredible Educational Tools You May Not Have Seen: 

Edmodo:

Edmodo - Are you using this great classroom tool yet??

How to Add Free Apps to Your Edmodo Group http://goo.gl/XDXNWy

A Handy Edmodo Guide for Teachers

Curriculet is now id Edmodo, Curriculet revolutionizes how teachers create, assign, and track literacy curriculum. 

Google Docs, Mail, Hangouts, and tools:

These are the 7 Best Add-ons for the new section of Google Docs and Sheets

How to Create a Bibliography in Google Documents 

Group Reading With Google Documents Short 5 min. video on how. 

How to share slides and documents with Google+ http://goo.gl/FNBdpG  (You could create a Google community for your entire class to join!)

Want to be a #GoogleDrive Gooru? Check out the recording of our Hangout on Air and find out how much you really know! http://goo.gl/vLf7wb

Think you can't add an email as an attachment in Gmail? Wrong! Learn how in a few short steps - http://goo.gl/pQZBrM

Here are 6 Advanced Spreadsheet Tips with Formulas and Apps Script to help you become a Google Spreadsheet expert! 

How To Use Google Drive and Evernote To Create Digital Portfolios http://goo.gl/N44DyU

Google Searches - 14 Little-Known Ways Students Can Get More Out Of Google - Edudemic

Google Chrome tools:

Check out this Chrome ext for citing web pages in one click! http://goo.gl/5H1gyr

Busy Teachers Cafe - a website for K-6 teachers with resources, themes, strategies and printablesgoo.gl/MNDMe7

10 Free Google Chrome Extensions Teachers Should Try via Edudemic

ScreenCastify - A Screencasting Option That Works on Chromebooks  (The older Chromebooks, may not have enough horsepower to do this, without some choppy video.) 

Screencasting in Snagit for Google Chrome: http://goo.gl/3aFzPW

IOS apps (iPads/iPhones)

5 Apps for Making Movies on Mobile Devices http://goo.gl/SIWuBN

Flippity - Google Spreadsheet into Flashcards instantly! http://goo.gl/03vPbs

Edit Your Photos On Your iPad: 5 Best Apps For The Job  (First 3 are free.) 

Teach with Your iPhone: Apps to Use in the Classroom 

4 Powerful BYOD Apps for the classroom (One of them is Edmodo mentioned above.)  These are great apps/sites!

A Simple iPad App to Create Story Books With Kids ~ By Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Find Educational iPad Apps Fast!

Free Faxing from Google drive, awesome web tools, free apps and more top this weeks list of resources!

Web resources and tools:

Movenotes now allows you to make movenotes without ever leaving your Gmail inbox. This is a great resource for teachers to use for doing video tutorials. (Flip your classroom today!) Here is my short article, including a video link, and software link. (I will be demoing this at the Norris Tech inservice on 2-13-14)

7ways to to organize information/data visually using padlet, stixy, lino, corkboard, primary wall, museum box& spaaze goo.gl/fXePaA

Free teacher tool where you create lesson plans that get delivered directly to an iPad: https://www.frolyc.com/how-it-works/

PowToons Slides for teachers is free for life, if you sign up during 2014!  (Remember, these guys recently gave thousands of teachers a free year of PowToons premium account!) <--- Educators sign up today! 

50 #edtech Tools Every Teacher Should Know About... fb.me/1c1JjqkfU

If you haven't seen DESMOS check it out.  They offer a free online graphing calculator, iPad app, and daily contests for students to help grasp their math concepts.

Seven Free Online Whiteboard Tools for Teachers and Students http://goo.gl/9HkXPj

http://www.readingrockets.org/ -Great website on reading, with a lot of resources including video, apps, docs and more.  May help anyone struggling with students reading their classroom material. Thanks to our very own Charlotte Brotherson, for finding this resource!

Search with Goofram and receive results from both Google and Wolfram Alpha: http://www.goofram.com/  <--- If you have not tried Wolfram Alpha -Check it out. 

7 Ways to Create and Deliver Online Quizzes goo.gl/ej9WPo 

5 Great Open Source Digital Textbooks for Biology http://goo.gl/3VVvo9 

50 great math websites for any age: http://goo.gl/5WZFiA

3-D: Three Great Resources for Flipping Your Classroom: http://goo.gl/l3pRce

Remind101 Is Being Used By More Than 15% Of The Teachers In US http://goo.gl/uW98Gp  Great EDU tool! Are you using it?

IOS (iPad/iPhone) Apps;

8 iPhone Apps to Use in the Classroom: http://goo.gl/2ZAqyp

25 Of The Best iPad Apps To Promote Creativity In Students http://goo.gl/Lgl3fN

WOW - What a list of apps!  Great apps shared during the #tcea14 app smackdown: http://padlet.com/wall/appsmackdown 

Google Apps add-ins, tips and tools:

Better than Boomerang.... Many say yes!  The Only Chrome Extension You Need For Gmail: mxHero Toolbox zite.to/1l7vPUD

Writing papers in Google Docs using MLA Format: youtu.be/B7fuzn3wJQM (YouTube tutorial video - 6min.)

Everything Google! - Great live binder of Google tools, tips and more.  (If you have not seen how the Livebinder site works, this is a great way to check it out.) 

Give Students Video Feedback With the Updated eduClipper App http://goo.gl/fP4mG0 (Remember, this app is added to our Google Apps Domain.) 

Top 90 Tips for Google Chromebook -Great list!

How to Use Google Drive for Descriptive Feedback http://goo.gl/C45lxd 

Google University - The @TheGoogleGooru has you covered! AWESOME resource for staff and students. http://goo.gl/y36tkh 

Google Drive Tool for Taking Notes While Watching Videos -Awesome student tool! http://goo.gl/P8wcB7 VideoNotes. (I will be demoing this at the Norris Tech inservice on 2-13-14)

Google's new Education portal, has a wealth of information available, including training tools and more. The new Learning Center is free, open, and covers basic lessons and exams for our key offerings, as well as a one-stop shop location for resources. We also have 2 new certifications that users and trainers can obtain.

Push the envelope Google Docs currently lacks its own native tool for creating properly formatted envelopes, but a third-party Chrome app called Envelopes for Google Docs is ready to fill the void. All you need to do is install the app, then run it by clicking its icon in the Chrome New Tab page. The app will ask for the envelope dimensions you need and create a new document for you that'll print at precisely the right size.

Turn Google Drive into a fax machine

Fax right from Google Drive! Join HelloFax 50 free/month & get 5 extra fax pages free. Awesome tool! http://goo.gl/GH1qyK 

Also sign up for HelloSign -get 1 extra doc free-It's the easiest way to sign & send docs (Integrates with HelloFax) http://goo.gl/bZfiZi 

1. How-To Videos
2. FAQ

With the HelloFax Chrome app in place, right-click any document from your Drive list to find the option to fax it. The service currently allows for up to 50 free pages per month; beyond that, you can opt to pay for a monthly or annual subscription to increase allowances and gain extra functionality (including the ability to receive faxes through the service using a phone number of your choice).

Once you've installed the HelloSign Chrome app and uploaded a signature, all you do is right-click any file in Drive and select to open it with HelloSign. You'll then be able to drag and drop your saved signature wherever you want in the document and save it or even email it to someone right there.