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All Things Google Edition MS/US
Google in Education
Chrome Books are Here!
Add-Ons (Do more with your Docs!)
Google has recently introduced add-ons to Google Docs and Presentation. These add-ons allow you to add new functionality to your documents. There are many to choose from...everything from creating Avery labels to easily inserting charts into your document. Here are two that I have tried:
TextHelp Study Skills- highlight selected text and pull that highlighted text into a second document. Click here for tips and hints on classroom use for this tool.
Kaizena- Opens your doc in Kaizena which allows you to leave voice comments and share with collaborators. Click here to watch a video tutorial.
To view what is available, just click Add-ons in the tool bar of your open document and go to Get Add-Ons. You can add anything...free!
Research Tool (Do research right in Google Docs!)
Cropping Images
Sharing Folders in Google
To do this: Right click on the folder you want to share- Click Share from options given- A Sharing Settings box will open- Go to the bottom and insert emails- Select permission (can edit, can view)- Send. Your folder is shared! When you insert documents into that folder there is no need to email students. They will automatically be able to view what is in the folder.
Not sure what to do? Stop by or email us in the library!
Other Things You Can Do in Google Drive
DOCS
- Improve writing process- Provide feedback, view Revision History, shared writing
- Translate Feature- translate a document into a different language
- Share class/meeting notes
- Student/teacher collaboration
SPREADSHEETS
- Student sign up
- Collect and share data
FORMS
- Pre-assessment
- Survey Students
- Student or teacher observation
- Create a test (Can create a formula to automatically grade)
- Project (URL) dropbox
- Comment and/or answer questions on a video or picture
Give it a try and if you need assistance with anything, please let us know! If you have discovered a cool way to use Google in your classroom, we would love to hear about it.
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