Tech Tips
Drag and Drop in Google Slides
Hippo Video
Kid Rex: Student Safe Search Engine
Lizard Point Geography Games
How to edit (and so much more) a PDF
1. Edit (or reorganize) a PDF
2. Split a PDF
3. Delete pages from a PDF
4. Rotate a PDF
5. Crop a PDF
6. Resize a PDF
7. Change a PDF to a JPG
8. Change a PowerPoint to a PDF
9. Change a PDF to a Word Doc
10. Add a header and footer a PDF
So many useful tools all in one site!
Check out PDF Candy <--- by clicking on the link
Photo Editing
AudioPlayer for Slides
Safe For School Memes
Remove the Background from Pictures!
Remove.bg and Clippingmagic.com are both free and very easy to use! You simply go to the website, upload the picture or use the URL of the picture (if it is in your Google Photos for example) and BOOM! You now have an image of the just the people (for example) to add to your publication. This can also be used in place of a green screen in a pinch! One thing to keep in mind is that with Remove.bg, you can only use images that have people in them. Happy editing!
Inserting Timelines and More into Google Slides
Inserting a GIF file
Unpinning Icons in Task Bar
Hemingway App
To use it:
1. click write in the top right corner
2. paste your written work into the bottom of the page
3. click edit and watch the magic happen!
TabCloud
Speech to Text: New in PowerPoint
Awesome Changes to Padlet!
Distraction Free YouTube Viewing
Study Jams!
Microsoft One Note Immersive Reader
Batch Add
Gift Buying Recommendations 2017
Wizer
Adding a Hyperlink
Batch deleting (more than 1 at a time)
Padlet Reactions
Desktop Notifications
Looking to save time?
Assigning Kahoot for Homework
Facebook Educator Groups
Emailing an M-E building/buildings or the whole district
Creating an Email Group
MindMeister Mind Mapping
Flipgrid
Back button! Did you know?
Mentimeter
See New Changes in Google Docs
Creating a Flow Chart in Padlet
Internet Tab functionality
Approving a YouTube Video
Make your hyperlinks look better!
Google Search Tip
Kiddle
Rewordify
Dotstorming
Did you know? New feature in Kahoot!
New Quizlet feature!!
Google Explore
Recommended Apps/Extensions in Chrome Store
1. Make sure you are logged in to the Chrome browser as your school account.
2. Click on this link to get to the Chrome Web Store.
3. In the column on the left, it will say For me.stier.org. Click on that.
4. Browse through the many apps and extensions that can help you with things like work flow, video creation, image editors, etc.
Enjoy!
Need a quick current event?
Popplet
Adding a Timer to Google Slides or PowerPoint
1. Go to Insert -> Video.
2. In the search, enter the length of the timer you want, like 4 minute timer.
Ctrl + Shift + T Recovering closed tabs
Bingo Baker
High Tech Verbs
Click here --> High Tech Verbs
Adding Content to Schoology Assessments
Free Rice
Word Sort (Drag and Drop)
Plickers
Save money!
1. Go to the Chrome Browser
2. Make sure you are logged into Google (Click on Sign In)
3. If you are signing into Google, sign in with the account you use each day (school or your personal GMail account)
4. Go to https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/apps
5. Click on Extensions
6. Type in Coupons at Checkout in the search bar
7. Click Add to Chrome
8. Click Add Extension in the pop up window
9. On the page that opens up, there is a 45 second tutorial if you would like help with it.
When shopping, it will automatically apply coupon codes!
Happy saving!
Quizalize: Formative Assessment Tool
Here are some of the perks:
1. Easy to set up.
2. Easy to deploy to your students.
3. You can turn the timer off.
4. Does not have a leader board.
5. Requires that the students do the questions they got wrong again at the end of the game if you have Mastery Mode on.
6. Separates those who mastered it, are almost there and those that are struggling.
7. Provides you question by question data.
Richard Byrne Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4eKfe-fNYs
GSuite Help
Microsoft Excel Freezing Pane
Steps:
- Select the row below the row(s) you want to freeze.
- Click the View tab on the Ribbon.
- Select the Freeze Panes command, then choose Freeze Panes from the drop-down menu. ..
- The rows will be frozen in place, as indicated by the gray line.
Google Sheets Freezing Pane
Steps:
- Go to the View menu.
- Then, point your mouse to Freeze rows… or Freeze columns….
- Select one of the options. When you scroll, you’ll notice the frozen row(s) or column(s)
Labeled for Reuse
Follow these steps:
1. Go to images.google.com
2. Type in your search words (for example: roses)
3. Once you get the images (for example: roses)
4. Click on Search Tools
5. Click Usage Rights
6. Click Labeled for Reuse
Not only are you teaching and modeling good digital citizenship, you are also ensuring the digital work you send beyond your four walls is not misusing anyone else's property.
Remember: Just because it is on the internet, doesn't mean you can use it freely.
Want more ways to search for free use images?
Check out Pixaby and Creative Commons.
Google Forms
Google URL Shortener Extension
There are lots of reasons to use the URL Shortener
1. Easy of typing it in if your audience has to type it in to access webpage/resources.
2. It will automatically create a QR Code for the link.
3. It will give you the analytics (how many total clicks, on which browsers were the people accessing the link, countries in which it is being accessed and the platform on which it was accessed).
4. It will autocopy to clipboard.
Ctrl + F
Lego Movie Maker
EdPuzzle
Gradebook feature in EdPuzzle: https://goo.gl/EMHP2W