Misc. Web and tech tools:
Assessment, quick polling, exit tickets and more.... DEAD SIMPLE!
Several staff members have been using this... and it works great. Plickers lets you poll your class for free, without the need for student devices. Just give each student a card (a "paper clicker"), and use your iPhone to scan them to do instant checks-for-understanding, exit tickets, and impromptu polls. Best of all, your data is automatically saved, student-by-student, at plickers.com. Get the app here.
You Can Use a Picture If: Guidelines for Image Copyrights
UPDATED - We just updated our Network Information sheet for student teachers! If you are going to be working with a student teacher here at Norris... this is a must have doc for them!
Why You (And Your Students) Must Try the Chrome Music Lab <-- Pretty cool!
5 Fantastic Word Cloud Tools for Chromebooks
Mathstudio's website works right from a web browser and will connect with Google Drive too!
Use the free Adobe Draw app to create your own color-coded maps: - A nice video tutorial.
Google Image Search Save Image Feature - You can now save any images from your searches... and even tag them! Pretty cool new feature from Google search! All the stuff you save goes here: https://www.google.com/
Create self-paced review quizzes with the free tool Quizzy.
Snapchat:
Well, these are my first links to ever get posted to my "Education Blog and email list" but I guess we have to meet students where they are... and right now, it's Snapchat.
Snapchat explained by students to teachers - Ever wonder how it works... this is a nice video to show you how! Makes you feel right at home.... you can hear the school bells ring and everything. 
Snapchat 101 for teachers — What you need to know
And in case you want more Snapchat info - The 15 Newest Snapchat Features You Need To Know About.
15 ways to use Snapchat in classes and schools.
Android apps:
Google Classroom:
NEW - Now You Can Ask Multiple Choice Questions -
Google Classroom has updated the Ask Question feature to allow for multiple choice responses along with short answer responses. Find out more here.
NEW - The IOS Classroom app has been updated! Save Drafts and Reuse Posts.
The iOS Classroom app has been updated with the ability to save draft assignments, announcements, and questions. This update also allows teachers to reuse posts previously used from any of their classes. Both of these features are very important to teachers who use Classroom on the web, and now they can better manage their classes on the go with an iPad or iPhone. Find out more here.
Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Create Interactive Writing Assignments to Share Through Google Classroom
Google Chrome:
Have you checked out the Google Play for education store with all of the chrome apps? If not... check it out. They have it divided into useful categories.
Chromebooks:
Google Docs/Apps:
Update to Google Docs Adds Outlines Automatically for Easy Navigation - Displayed in a pane to the left of the page, this outline features headers for each section of your document, making it simple to quickly jump from section to section. If you haven’t manually applied headers, no worries—Google will do it for you, intelligently detecting the logical divisions within your work.
TIP: Force people to 'Make a Copy' of your doc
Sometimes when you ask people to make a copy of the doc, they forget or don't know how. Force them to make a copy with these simple steps:
--Share your doc with view rights via the link
--Change the end of the url from 'edit' to 'copy'
3 Google Apps Tools You Didn’t Know You Could Use Offline - and nice directions on how to set up offline access as well.
Create a drop box for files without needing a Google account, etc.... How to Allow Anyone to Upload Files Directly to Your Drive
Well, it turns out there is a script that automatically provides you with a URL that allows any user to upload a file to a designated folder in your Google Drive. The beauty of this script is that anyone can send the file to your Google Drive without signing in to a Google account!
Want to grab some great templates for Google Slides? Check these out:
Google Forms:
Form Publisher will make your life easier! It generates Google Docs from a template, using Form responses. If you use forms to collect data... this could automate a lot of things for you!
YouTube:
TIP: Want to start a Video from a Certain Spot?
Play the YouTube video of choice -- Once you determine the time at which you want to start the video, click on ‘Share’-- Select the checkbox next to ‘Start at’.
When you share this link with your users, it will start at that time.
Some great apps for the Elementary Classrooms to get your kids creating in an exciting & easy way. (Free too!)
Pic Collage for kids - the best and safest visual and photo editor for home and schools!
Tellagami is a mobile app that lets you create and share a quick animated video called a Gami.
ChatterPix Kids or https://itunes.apple.com/us/
Popplet Lite - Popplet is the simplest tool to capture and organize your ideas. With Popplet you can quick jot down your ideas and sort them visually.
Seesaw empowers students of any age to independently document what they are learning at school. (App links at bottom of their website.)
TeleStory - Write, direct, and star in your own TV show with TeleStory!
TED & Prezi:
If you have not experienced TED talks - you need to... they are awesome, and many are applicable to the HS level students. They have TED-Ed designed for education.
A new superweapon in the fight against cancer - Filmed Nov. 2015. Lenght: 10:42
This presentation uses the cool (Free for educators!) tool Prezi to present some facts. You can see the actual Prezi they used here.
