💥 Tech tools - Last one of the school year - But some great ones! Clipart, New features in Google and more!

Misc websites and tech tools:

Favorite Sites for Free Clipart and Photos

IOS App -  Stickyboard 2 for iPad is free right now. It's usually $4.99.

16 practical YouTube pointers for teachers.  (Some great tips!) 

Twelve Tools for Building End-of-year Review Activities (That Aren't Kahoot Games)

Make a QR code that opens to a gallery of Images. -  Ever want students to do a quick activity and don’t want them to spend all their time searching for images? Or, maybe you are not comfortable sending students out on the web to search for photos? Perhaps you want students to use a specific set of images? Then consider creating a QR code that links to a shared Google Drive folder with images!

Kids (Or teachers)  interested in programming? - Three Ways to Develop Programming Skills This Summer

Google Classroom:

Some great tips by Tony Vincent. (Guessing even a veteran will pick up a few tips from this one!)  

Automate Repetitive Tasks in Google Sheets With Macros

This new feature in sheets can same you a lot of time with repetitive tasks. Check out this short 1-minute video to see it in action. 

Elementary & Intermediate teachers - are you using Google Classroom?

...If it wasn’t for Disney on Pandora, you could have heard a pin drop! Love seeing them so focused with Google Classroom to review reading! Check it out from our own Katie Mueller @MrsMueller2nd 

There are a ton of great uses in the younger grades! The #GAFE4Littles will get you started. 

Google added Offline Gmail baked into the new Gmail -No extension installs, etc...

Here are the quick settings:

• Log in to your Gmail account.
• Click on the gear icon to open the Gmail menu, then click Settings.
• Under Settings find Offline. Click on it.
• In the Offline menu, click Enable Offline Email.
• Choose how many days to sync, and whether to keep or remove cached email when signing out of a Gmail account.
• Click Save Changes and you're done.
• Give Gmail some time to download messages, and be sure you have Gmail open in Chrome before going offline.

Just Like Twitter, Gmail Lets You ‘@’ Mention People

Via TNW | Gmail got a much-needed visual refresh and some clever new features recently. But did you know that the revamped interface also supports user mentions, à la Twitter? When you’re composing a new message or a reply, you can insert anyone’s email address in the body by entering the @ symbol, followed by their name. It'll bring up a list of people in your contact list with that name, and choosing any of them will add a mailto link labeled with their name. When your recipient clicks that link, it’ll bring up a new compose window so they can write to that contact.

Have a computer at home - you may want to run this once in while! - Chrome Has a Built-In Malware Scanner, Here’s How to Use It

Google Slides tip:

4 Key Google Slides Tips and Tricks to Know

Tip - In case you didn't notice, Google Slides has a Grid view. Click the View menu and select Grid view or click the Grid view icon in the bottom left corner. 

Remember - New things coming to Google Forms!

Six New Features Coming to Google Forms