Google Chromebooks
Effectiveness of Google Chromebooks in the classroom.
What are the benefits to going Google?
- Chromebooks start the instant they are turned on.
- Holds charge for 8+ hours.
- Data is stored in a cloud, so several students can easily share the same Chromebook with separate login information.
- Google has incredible apps for education!
Chromebooks in the Blended Learning Classroom.
Chromebooks make the blended learning experience easy for teachers. One of the greatest aspects of Google are their apps for education. Many of these apps allow teachers to create a safe online experience paired with their face-to-face daily classroom meetings. The greatest part about Google Apps for Education...they are FREE!
Top Google Apps for Education
Evernote
Evernote is a suite type of software and services, designed for notetaking and archiving. A "note" can be a piece of formatted text, a full webpage or webpage excerpt, a photograph, a voice memo, or a handwritten "ink" note.
Edmodo
Edmodo is a "social learning platform" website for teachers, students, and parents. It is marketed as the Facebook for schools
Geddit
This is a great student real-time response system for gaining valuable information about student understanding. Students select their range of understanding on a scale from 1 to 5 giving teachers a quick idea of who has understood the information and whether or not it might be time to move to the next idea.
Learn more about Add-Ons for Google Docs
Add-ons are new tools created for Google Docs and Spreadsheets that literally add-on capabilities for Google Docs and Spreadsheets.