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Students hold up printed-out cards to answer questions while you scan the cards with your phone! Parental permission required in LCPS. Link good as of 8/14/2025.

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Formative assessment has never been faster.

Plickers is the free card activity your students will love.

Join millions and play in your next lesson.
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Used by K-12 teachers in over 100 countries

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Similar to Brisk!

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There is an option to have students explain their answers as well!

Parental permission required in LCPS. Link good 8/14/2025

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Wayground (Quizizz) | Flexible K-12 Learning Resources

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Find standards-aligned resources that engage every student. Wayground (formerly Quizizz) helps teachers differentiate instruction with AI and track student progress.

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In Chrome, right-click on any website to choose, "Open in reading mode" and choose from a variety of preferences including font and color!

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In Chrome, right-click on any website to choose, "Open in reading mode" and choose from a variety of preferences including font and color!

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Students in Prince William County have many digital tool choices. Students can use this page to find resources to help them Create and Design, Collaborate, Present, Research and Organize. Students can use this page to help them find resources to complete their work, research, projects, and class assignment. PWCS uses Clever to simplify access too many digital tools, removing the need for students to remember multiple passwords.

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Parental permission required in LCPS. Link good 8/12/2025. Screen reader compatible and students can write in their own language and it will automatically translate for the teacher.

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Prompt Library - Special Needs - AI for Education

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This can caption in multiple languages and you can change the background color and font! Link good 8/12/2025 but Katie couldn't get it to work. You can always go into Google Slides and turn on captions: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/9109474?hl=en

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Zip Captions provides a free, easy to use live captions experience which lives right inside your browser. No ads, just accessibility.

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This isn't in the LCPS EdTech catalog. Link works 8/12/2025

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Phonics & Stuff is dedicated to providing high-quality resources for learning and teaching phonics. Explore our games for learners or our sophisticated tools to create customized phonics lessons.

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Alexandria City Public Schools technology information

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Alexandria City Public Schools technology information

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Technology Services - Alexandria City Public Schools

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Technology Services - Alexandria City Public Schools

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Hidden in Plain Sight : Resources at Your Fingertips 3 5 24

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Windows shift s Tic-Tac-Toe! Demo, Web Links and Info Demo, Web Links and Info Demo, Web Links and Info Demo, Web Links and Info Demo, Web Links and Info Demo, Web Links and Info Hmmm....Software

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I've used this free online tool to remove passwords from TeachersPayTeachers materials in order to make them accessible. You can also edit PDFs and format them so the computer can read the text out loud. No download or payment is needed! Link good 8/12/2025

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Unlock PDF - Free Online PDF Password Remover

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Unlock PDF - Free Online PDF Password Remover

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No file size limits, no ad watermarks - An easy-to-use, free online password remover to get rid of annoying passwords from your PDF.

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Fairfax County Public Schools approved software

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Fairfax County Public Schools approved software

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Instructional Digital Resources reviewed and approved for use in FCPS are listed in the FCPS Digital Ecosystem Library. Some of these approved resources are supported by the division and paid for centrally. In addition, schools can select other resources from the list that are most appropriate for their students' instructional needs.

The approved list can be categorized based on parental consent implications:

Vendors Designated by FCPS as School Officials Under FERPA

Non-contracted vendors

Tools that do not collect any Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

Vendors Designated by FCPS as School Officials Under FERPA

When FCPS creates contracts with vendors who host student information, they include a data confidentiality agreement. These contracts require the vendor to use student data only for the designated purpose. These vendors are under FCPS's direct control, therefore FCPS is able to classify these vendors as a school official and is not required to seek parental consent under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
View the list of instructional resources that do not require parental consent
Non-contracted Vendors

FCPS does not have contracts with every instructional resource vendor. These vendors are not designated as school officials under FERPA. However, we conduct the same technical evaluations for all products that use student information.

The vendor Terms of Service (TOS) governs many valuable instructional resources; this includes both free and paid resources.

Parental consent is required before a school can use an approved resource where

student information is collected or shared by the student

a formal data confidentiality agreement has not been established between FCPS and the vendor

Examples of the data that may be provided to, or collected by approved applications:

Each school provides a list of approved instructional digital resources that they plan to use that require parental consent. For more information, please contact your student's school.

Tools that do not collect any personally identifiable information (PII)

Schools may also use websites and approved instructional applications that do not collect, use, or share any personal information (PII) from students. FERPA does not require FCPS to obtain parental consent before these resources can be used.

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In Microsoft Edge, if you type "Read:https://" followed by a URL without the quotation marks, it will automatically apply Immersive Reader.

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In Microsoft Edge, if you type "Read:https://" followed by a URL without the quotation marks, it will automatically apply Immersive Reader.

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Record a PowerPoint with audio and slide timing!

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Record a PowerPoint with audio and slide timing!

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Record a slide show with narration and slide timings - Microsoft Support

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With a microphone, speakers, and a sound card, you can record your presentation and capture your voice narration, slide timings, and laser pointer gestures.

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Scan documents to Google Drive on Android

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Scan documents to Google Drive on Android

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Scan documents like receipts, letters, and billing statements to save them as searchable PDFs on your Google Drive. Scan a document Important: Google respects your privacy and do

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Read&Write: Digital learning tools for all students | Everway

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Support diverse learners with reading and writing software. Read&Write provides digital learning tools for reading, writing and comprehension. Learn more.

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I love using boom cards to check for understanding and also to practice the student skills.

Parental consent is required in LCPS, link still good 8/12/2025

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Boom Learning | Empowering teachers and students

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Boom Cards transform the classroom into an interactive, gamified learning experience with data to track progress and identify learning gaps.

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https://www.canva.com/designschool/courses/canva-101/?lesson=opening-canva-for-the-first-time

In LCPS Go

Link still good 8/12/2025

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Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.

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I use this site all of the time with my reading groups. There are activities in the community that you can use for free. You can make 3 or so of your own for free. The membership team is pretty cheap and worth it if you want to customize your activities.

Parental consent is required in LCPS if you'd like your students to log in. You can print activities or download them as a PDF as well. Link still good 8/12/2025

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Wordwall - Create better lessons quicker

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Need a fresh teaching resource that fits your class and teaching style? Create a customized pack of interactive and printable activities in just one minute.

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Breaking things down so you don't! No log-in is required for this to-do list tool that breaks tasks down into steps for you. Link still good 8/12/2025

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Via LCPS Go or Schoology, can log in via Google as well. Link good as of 8/12/2025.

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It's time to improve literacy skills during social studies instruction and ensure that readers of all abilities have what they need to access grade-level social studies concepts.

Join us on Thursday, December 7 for a look at scaffolded materials that provide extra literacy support while building key social studies concepts and skills.

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Newsela | Content and assessment platform

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Content Aligned To National & State Standard, Flexible To Support Relevant Curriculum. Find the Perfect Piece Of Content For Lessons. Go beyond the book.

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Differentiate your materials automatically with this tool!

Link still good 8/12/2025. I suspect Brisk would work for this as well and is automatically pushed out by LCPS, but it's always good to have options!

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Go to mackinvia.com instead of navigating through LCPSGo. Log in to a school in Loudoun county with your LCPS username (the short one) and password, and you can see what e-books and audiobooks are available at that location!

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Windows is designed to support productivity, creativity, and ease of use for everyone. Learn about the accessibility resources for vision, hearing, dexterity, mobility, focus, and more. If you don't find the help you need here, please visit the Disability Answer Desk.

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Learn about Windows accessibility features and tools for people with vision, hearing, mobility, or focus disabilities.

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A resource for creating visuals, like picture charts and first-then boards, if you don't have access to LessonPix

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A resource for creating visuals, like picture charts and first-then boards, if you don't have access to LessonPix

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Resources for people with a developmental disability and their support networks

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This is built in to several tools we already use in LCPS, including Schoology!

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Microsoft Learning Tools are free tools that implement proven techniques to improve reading and writing for people regardless of their age or ability.

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resource for information reinforcement. Make sure to review before usign with students

Link still good 8/12/2025

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Create your own jeopardy template online, without PowerPoint. Or browse the pre-made templates created by other people!

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Great resource for reading and math development. Several types of games and imagery for students to engage with. Shows teacher made games and resources as well!

Link still good 8/12/2025, not approved in LCPS so no student accounts

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Used by SLPs, Classroom, Special Education and ESL teachers to motivate students to practice any skill or subject.

Choose from a large library of teacher-created question sets or make your own to meet the exact needs of your students.

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Pink Cat Games - Fun Educational Games that Keep Learners Engaged

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Games for SLPs, Classroom, Special Education and ESL teachers to motivate students to practice any skill. Choose from teacher-made questions or make your own.

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This free iOS/Android app lets you scan documents from your phone and save it as an image or a PDF.

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Orbitnote lets you annotate and collaborate on PDFs as well as making them more accessible!

Link still good 8/12/2025

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You can share annotated PDFs with other users through Google Drive, OneDrive, Google Classroom or your Learning Management Systems - just ensure that the user you are sharing with has OrbitNote installed as well, in order to see the annotations.

For sharing with users that don't have OrbitNote, you can use the Download button and select the option to include your annotations. This will include all annotations, drawings, text, highlights, signatures and images in a new copy of the PDF.

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OrbitNote - PDF editor and tools to create accessible and collaborative documents

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OrbitNote will super charge your workflow by allowing you to create accessible, dynamic and collaborative PDFs and digital documents. Perfect for schools and the workplace.

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Chrome add-on that is approved for use by LCPS.

Mail Merge system that automates merging information into docs, slides etc.

Link good 8/12/2025

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Flexible, easy to use document merge tool that creates PDF or shared Documents from spreadsheet data.

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Automate the creation and sharing of personalized documents with autoCrat.
Autocrat is a multi-purpose document merge tool that allows you to take data from a spreadsheet and merge it into a document via a template.  Tell Autocrat which fields to merge via <<merge tags>> and then let Autocrat mass-generate personalized documents.  Optionally send the documents as email attachments.  Optionally tell Autocrat to run when new forms are submitted to create truly automated processes.

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Flexible, easy to use document merge tool that creates PDF or shared Documents from spreadsheet data.

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You have an account through LCPS, and it allows you to create video tutorials about how to navigate and use websites/software. Link still good 8/12/2025

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Equatio: The equation editor for accessible math | Everway

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Make math accessible for everyone with Equatio. The advanced equation editor that allows students to speak, draw, or type to learn. Find out more.

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You can make your Chromebook easier to use by turning on accessibility features that work best for your needs.

Step 1: Find accessibility features

1. At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s.

2. Select Settings .

3. At the bottom, select Advanced.

4. In the "Accessibility" section, select Manage accessibility features.
Optional: To have quick access to accessibility features, turn on Always show accessibility options in the system menu.

Step 2: Turn on a feature

Choose the accessibility features you'd like to use:

Type text with your voice

Tap and drag your finger to move objects

1. At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s.

2. Select Settings .

3. At the bottom, select Advanced.

4. In the "Accessibility" section, select Manage accessibility features.

5. Under "Mouse and touchpad," select Open mouse and touchpad device settings.

6. Turn on Enable tap dragging.

To use tap-to-select, double-tap the object and hold, then drag it to move.

Use keyboard shortcuts one key at a time

1. At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s.

2. Select Settings .

3. At the bottom, select Advanced.

4. In the "Accessibility" section, select Manage accessibility features.

5. To perform keyboard shortcuts by entering them sequentially, under "Keyboard," turn on Enable sticky keys.

To use sticky keys, press Search , Launcher , Shift, Alt, or Ctrl, whichever key starts the keyboard shortcut.

To keep a key pressed until you finish the keyboard shortcut, press the key twice.

To unpress a key, press it a third time.

Use buttons to navigate in tablet mode

You can use buttons instead of gestures to switch between apps and interact with your Chromebook in tablet mode. Learn how to change from laptop to tablet mode.

1. At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s.

2. Select Settings .

3. At the bottom, select Advanced.

4. In the "Accessibility" section, select Manage accessibility features.

5. Under "Mouse and touchpad," turn on Show navigation buttons.

6. At the bottom, the buttons will appear.

To go back to the previous screen, on the bottom left, select Back .

To go to your Home screen, on the bottom left, select the Launcher . Or press Alt + Shift + L.

To view all your open app windows, on the bottom right, select Show windows .

Get more help

To learn more about how to use accessibility features on your Chromebook, check out the Chromebook Accessibility Video Series.

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Students can create digital notebooks using Office365 and OneNote.

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Microsoft OneNote Digital Note Taking App | Microsoft 365

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Microsoft OneNote has your digital notebook needs covered. With OneNote 2016 we've made our notebook organizer tools even stronger and collaboration easier.

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Loudoun County Public Schools EdTech catalog (current)

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Loudoun County Public Schools EdTech catalog (current)

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This is not public-facing and requires a log-in, but gives you information about what software is and is not approved for use in LCPS, and which software we already have licenses for!

Make sure you X out of "supported" under the "status" field. or you won't see titles that require parental permission.

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This is a Google Site of virtual flashcards and games created in StudyMate by LCPS teachers across grades and subject area.

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iPad provides many accessibility features and settings to support your vision, mobility, hearing, speech, and cognitive needs.

These features make your iPad easier to use, whether you need them temporarily or on an ongoing basis.

You can set many of these up when you turn on your iPad for the first time (see Turn on accessibility features to set up your iPad), or you can turn them on later.

You can also set up Assistive Access, which gives those with cognitive disabilities the option to perform the most common tasks, such as taking photos and communicating with their inner circle of family and friends, while reducing cognitive load and offering more focused choices. See the Assistive Access User Guide.

Siri is often the easiest way to start using accessibility features with iPad.

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Low-tech education manipulatives and ways to adapt materials curated by the LCPS assistive technology team!

Link still good 8/12/2025

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Access Google Docs with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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Parental consent required in LCPS as per software catalog still listed under Mathigon, link still good 8/12/2025

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Live captions helps everyone, including people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, better understand audio by providing automatic transcription.

Live captions is available in Windows 11, version 22H2 and later. The latest live captions update includes support for multiple languages and changes to some of the menu items. If you don't have this update yet, note that new Windows 11 features are released gradually.

For more information on the new features in Windows 11, version 22H2, and how to get the update, see What's new in recent Windows updates. Not sure which version of Windows you have? See: Find Windows version.

In this article

Live captions integrates with the Windows desktop, so you can read captions while working in other apps. Captions can be provided for audio even when disconnected from the internet. You can personalize how captions are displayed, and you can include microphone audio to make in-person conversations easier.

Make captions easier to read

1. Select Caption style. The Accessibility settings for Captions opens.

2. Under Caption style, do one of the following:

Select a built-in style from the dropdown menu. Use the Default built-in style to have captions displayed with colors appropriate to your device's dark or light mode setting in Settings > Personalization > Colors > Choose your mode.

Select the Edit button to create a custom style that works best for you.

Use your microphone

To caption your own speech:

Select Preferences, and turn on the Include microphone audio option.

Any audio captured by your microphone will be captioned, provided that no other audio on your device is being captioned. For example, if you use live captions to caption an online meeting with another person, if you both speak over each other, you will only see the captions for the other person while the other person is speaking.

Note: When you next turn on live captions, this option will be turned off.

To check your device's microphone configuration, see Settings > System > Sound and review the Input options.

Add and use other languages

To add other languages:

1. Select Caption language.

2. Select Add a language. The Language & region settings window opens.

3. In Language & region settings, go to Preferred languages, and then select Add a language.

4. In Choose a language to install, browse or search for a language with support for Speech recognition, and then select Next.

5. In Install language features, select the features you want to use, while ensuring Enhanced speech recognition is selected, and then select Install.

When the installation of the enhanced speech recognition feature has completed for the language you selected, the language appears in live captions' Caption language menu.

To use other languages:

1. Select Caption language.

2. Select the language you want to use.

When the new language is selected, live captions will display that it's ready to caption in the new language.

Get the most out of live captions

To mask profanity, go to the Settings menu, select Preferences, and turn on the Filter profanity option.

To improve captioning accuracy when using the microphone, make sure to minimize background noise in your environment and speak directly into the microphone.

To ensure minimal delay in captions or if you notice that captions are not appearing, try closing unused apps to maximize performance.

Resource-intensive apps (for example, apps that share video) might impact the real-time behavior of live captions, leading to delays in captions, or even dropped captions. If this happens, consider limiting some app functionality while depending on live captions (for example, turn off any background effects or other special effects applied to shared video).

FAQ and troubleshooting

Live Captions Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Troubleshooting live captions or voice access setup issues

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Student Promethean Screen Share Directions

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You can scan hardcopy documents and turn them into PDFs, all from your phone. This is ideal if a scanner/copy machine is not available or you don't have an electronic copy of the document.

Link still good 8/14/2025

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Quickly scan documents to PDF with the free Adobe Scan app for iPhone & Android. Use the PDF scanner to scan documents, forms, and receipts on the go.

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On LCPS Go, graphic organizers, 8/12/2025

Quick start guide here: https://cdn-cashy-static-assets.lucidchart.com/app/doclist/edu-reference-guide.pdf

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Bring unity to virtual and physical classroom with a digital whiteboard, hundreds of graphic organizers, and a publisher that puts collaboration and critical thinking into practice.

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Teacher Promethean Screen Share Directions

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Teacher Promethean Screen Share Directions

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SmartArt graphic organizer guide for MS Office!

Link still good 4/5/2024

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Create a SmartArt graphic to quickly and easily make a visual representation of your information. You can choose from among many different layouts, to effectively communicate your message or ideas. SmartArt graphics can be created in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word, and they can be used throughout Office.

For an overview of SmartArt graphics, including considerations for choosing the best graphic and layout type to display your data or convey a concept, see Choose a SmartArt graphic.

Insert a SmartArt graphic and add text to it

1. On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click SmartArt.

2. In the Choose a SmartArt Graphic dialog box, click the type and layout that you want.

3. Enter your text by doing one of the following:

Click [Text] in the Text pane, and then type your text.

Copy text from another location or program, click [Text] in the Text pane, and then paste your text.

Notes:

If the Text pane is not visible, click the arrow control on the left side of the SmartArt graphic.

To add text, like a title, in an arbitrary position close to or on top of your SmartArt graphic, on the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Text Box to insert a text box. If you want only the text in your text box to appear, right-click your text box, click Format Shape or Format Text Box, and then set the text box to have no background color and no border.

Click in a box in the SmartArt graphic, and then type your text. For best results, use this option after you add all of the boxes that you want.

Add or delete shapes in your SmartArt graphic

1. Click the SmartArt graphic that you want to add another shape to.

2. Click the existing shape that is located closest to where you want to add the new shape.

3. Under SmartArt Tools, on the Design tab, in the Create Graphic group, click the arrow next to Add Shape.

If you don't see the SmartArt Tools or Design tabs, make sure that you've selected the SmartArt graphic. You may have to double-click the SmartArt graphic to open the Design tab.

4. Do one of the following:

To insert a shape after the selected shape, click Add Shape After.

To insert a shape before the selected shape, click Add Shape Before.

Notes:

To add a shape from the Text pane, click an existing shape, move your cursor before or after the text where you want to add the shape, and then press ENTER.

To delete a shape from your SmartArt graphic, click the shape you want to delete, and then press DELETE. To delete your entire SmartArt graphic, click the border of your SmartArt graphic, and then press DELETE.

To add a shape like a callout or a line, see Add shapes.

Change the colors of an entire SmartArt graphic

You can apply color variations that are derived from the theme colors to the shapes in your SmartArt graphic.

1. Click your SmartArt graphic.

2. Under SmartArt Tools, on the Design tab, in the SmartArt Styles group, click Change Colors.

If you don't see the SmartArt Tools or Design tabs, make sure that you've selected a SmartArt graphic. You may have to double-click the SmartArt graphic to open the Design tab.

3. Click the color variation that you want.

Apply a SmartArt Style to a SmartArt graphic

A SmartArt Style is a combination of various effects, such as line style, bevel, or 3-D, that you can apply to the shapes in your SmartArt graphic to create a unique and professionally designed look.

1. Click your SmartArt graphic.

2. Under SmartArt Tools, on the Design tab, in the SmartArt Styles group, click the SmartArt Style that you want.

To see more SmartArt Styles, click the More button .

Insert a SmartArt graphic and add text to it

1. On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click SmartArt.

2. In the menu of types that appears, point at the type you want and then select a layout.

3. Enter your text by doing one of the following:

Copy text from another location or program, click [Text] in the Text pane, and then paste your text.

Notes:

If the Text pane is not visible, click the arrow control on the left side of the SmartArt graphic.

To add text, like a title, in an arbitrary position close to or on top of your SmartArt graphic, on the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Text Box to insert a text box. If you want only the text in your text box to appear, right-click your text box, click Format Shape or Format Text Box, and then set the text box to have no background color and no border.

Click in a box in the SmartArt graphic, and then type your text. For best results, use this option after you add all of the boxes that you want.

Add or delete shapes in your SmartArt graphic

1. Click the SmartArt graphic that you want to add another shape to.

2. Click the existing shape that is located closest to where you want to add the new shape.

3. On the SmartArt Design tab, in the Create Graphic group, click the arrow next to Add Shape.

If you don't see the SmartArt Design tab, make sure that you've selected the SmartArt graphic. You may have to double-click the SmartArt graphic to open the SmartArt Design tab.

4. Do one of the following:

Notes:

To add a shape while using the Text pane, click an existing shape, move your cursor before or after the text where you want to add the shape, and then press ENTER.

To delete a shape from your SmartArt graphic, click the shape you want to delete, and then press DELETE. To delete your entire SmartArt graphic, click the border of your SmartArt graphic, and then press DELETE.

To add a shape like a callout or a line, see Add shapes.

Change the colors of an entire SmartArt graphic

You can apply color variations that are derived from the theme colors to the shapes in your SmartArt graphic.

1. Click your SmartArt graphic.

2. On the SmartArt Design tab, in the SmartArt Styles group, click Change Colors.

If you don't see the SmartArt Design tab, make sure that you've selected the SmartArt graphic. You may have to double-click the SmartArt graphic to open the SmartArt Design tab.

3. Click the color variation that you want.

Apply a SmartArt Style to a SmartArt graphic

A SmartArt Style is a combination of various effects, such as line style, bevel, or 3-D, that you can apply to the shapes in your SmartArt graphic to create a unique and professionally designed look.

1. Click your SmartArt graphic.

2. On the SmartArt Design tab, in the SmartArt Styles group, click the SmartArt Style that you want.

To see more SmartArt Styles, click the More button.

Insert a SmartArt graphic and add text to it

1. On the Insert menu, select SmartArt Graphic.

2. On the SmartArt tab of the ribbon, in the Insert SmartArt Graphic group, select at the type of graphic you want ( List, Process, etc.), and then select a layout.

3. Enter your text by doing one of the following:

Copy text from another location or program, click [Text] in the Text pane, and then paste your text.

Notes:

If the Text pane is not visible, click the editor control on the left side of the SmartArt graphic.

To add text, like a title, in an arbitrary position close to or on top of your SmartArt graphic, on the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Text Box to insert a text box. If you want only the text in your text box to appear, right-click your text box, click Format Shape or Format Text Box, and then set the text box to have no background color and no border.

Click in a box in the SmartArt graphic, and then type your text. For best results, use this option after you add all of the boxes that you want.

Add or delete shapes in your SmartArt graphic

1. Click the SmartArt graphic that you want to add another shape to.

2. Control-click the existing shape that is located closest to where you want to add the new shape.

3. On the shortcut menu, point at Add Shape, and then select the insertion option you want:

Notes:

To add a shape while using the Text pane, click an existing shape, move your cursor before or after the text where you want to add the shape, and then press ENTER.

To delete a shape from your SmartArt graphic, click the shape you want to delete, and then press DELETE. To delete your entire SmartArt graphic, click the border of your SmartArt graphic, and then press DELETE.

To add a shape like a callout or a line, see Add shapes.

Change the colors of an entire SmartArt graphic

You can apply color variations that are derived from the theme colors to the shapes in your SmartArt graphic.

1. Click your SmartArt graphic.

2. On the SmartArt tab, in the SmartArt Graphic Styles group, click Colors.

3. Click the color variation that you want.

Apply a SmartArt Style to a SmartArt graphic

A SmartArt Style is a combination of various effects, such as line style, bevel, or 3-D, that you can apply to the shapes in your SmartArt graphic to create a unique and professionally designed look.

1. Click your SmartArt graphic.

2. On the SmartArt tab, in the SmartArt Graphic Styles group, click the SmartArt Style that you want.

To see more SmartArt Styles, click the More button.

In PowerPoint for the web, you can add and edit SmartArt graphics.

Insert a SmartArt graphic and add text to it

1. On the Insert tab, select SmartArt.

2. On the dropdown menu, select the layout that you want.

The graphic is inserted on your slide. A text editor appears on the left of the graphic. Each bullet item in the editor corresponds to one item in the graphic.

3. To enter text, click next to a bullet in the Text editor, and then type your text, or paste text that you've copied from elsewhere.

Add or delete shapes in your SmartArt graphic

You add shapes in the Text editor by pressing the Enter key to add another bullet item.

You delete shapes in the Text editor by backspacing over the bullet item that you want to remove.

Change the colors of an entire SmartArt graphic

You can apply color variations (which are derived from the presentation's theme colors) to the shapes in your SmartArt graphic.

1. Click your SmartArt graphic.

2. On the Ribbon, under SmartArt Tools, select Change Colors.

3. On the menu that appears, select the color variation you want.

Apply a SmartArt Style to a graphic

A SmartArt Style is a combination of effects, such as line style, bevel, or 3-D, that you can apply to the shapes in your SmartArt graphic to create a professional look.

1. Click your SmartArt graphic.

2. On the Ribbon, under SmartArt Tools, select Styles.

3. On the menu that appears, select the style you want.

Point your mouse at any option to see a description name for the option.

Reverse the order of the shapes in a graphic

By default, the shapes in a graphic are ordered from left to right (or clockwise, if the graphic is circular).

To reverse the order of the shapes:

1. Select the graphic.

2. On the Ribbon, under SmartArt Tools, select Right to Left.

Change the list level of an item

The Text pane works like an outline or a bulleted list that maps information directly to your SmartArt graphic. Each SmartArt graphic defines its own mapping between the bullets in the Text editor and the set of shapes in the SmartArt graphic.

To indent a line in the Text pane, select the line that you want to indent, and then under SmartArt Tools, on the Design tab, click Demote.

To decrease the list level, select the line that you want to indent, and then click Promote (or press Shift+Tab).

Tips

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Create a SmartArt graphic to quickly and easily make a visual representation of your information. You can choose from among many different layouts, to effectively communicate your message or ideas. SmartArt graphics can be created in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word, and they can be used throughout Office.

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Graphic Organizer templates for Google Docs

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Graphic Organizer templates for Google Docs

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Graphic organizer templates in Google Docs that you can copy and use with students!

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In this section you will find graphic organizers that you can use with most grade levels and departments. NOTE: To type on these documents you will have to "File" "Make a Copy", which will add it to your Google Drive.

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Google Drawing Graphic Organizer Templates

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Google Drawing Graphic Organizer Templates

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Ed Tech

Sometimes, we just need some help organizing our thoughts - students AND educators.

Paper versions of graphic organizers can do a nice job of that. But by making them digital in Google Apps, they instantly become customizable. Multiple people can collaborate on them in real time. They can be shared with a link, embedded in a website or downloaded as an image file.

In short, digital graphic organizers are more versatile.

In Google Apps, there's a highly powerful yet highly overlooked app called Drawings. It gives users a blank canvas where they can add text, shapes, lines, etc. When done, they can save their work as image files or PDF files and can add those images to documents, slides and spreadsheets.
Drawings can be the virtual page where students can gather and process their ideas.

I used to shy away from doing a lot of graphic organizers because it's hard to design them in Google Docs; the moment I learned that you could change the page set-up to 8.5 x 11 inches, my world CHANGED. Now I rarely use Google Docs to make *anything*; I use Google Slides by default because I can add more graphics and have better control of the overall configuration. - Amy Nolan, high school English teacher, Commerce, Texas

Creating graphic organizer templates with Google Drawings

As Amy mentioned above, Google Slides can be used to create these as well as Google Drawings. The difference - Drawings focuses on one single page; Slides has multiple slides, which allows for multiple pages.

I've created 15 of them (see links below) that can be copied, saved, changed, tweaked or completely redone to fit your needs and your students' needs. We have added 10 more that were created by the Ditch That Textbook community and shared with us for this post.

It took me about 90 minutes to make 15 of them so that averages out to six minutes each. (Some were more time-consuming than others, and I got faster at making them as I progressed.)

Sharing your Google Drawings graphic organizers
Once you've created a graphic organizer (or have saved one of mine), there are a few easy ways to get them to your students:

If you use Google Classroom, create a new assignment and choose the option to deliver a copy of your graphic organizer to each student.

You can copy the URL (link) to the graphic organizer and deliver it to students via a class website, SeeSaw etc. You can also make a shorter, easier URL to type with URL shorteners like Bitly and TinyURL. (Check your Internet filter to make sure your shortened URLs come through. I've found that TinyURL works in most schools' filters.)

Using the blue "Share" button, click the "Get shareable link" button and set the document as "Anyone with the link" at the top and "Can view" at the bottom. That way, students won't be able to change your original copy and will have to make a copy of their own.

PRO TIP: When you copy a URL (link) to any G Suite file, it probably says "view" or "edit" at the end of it. If you change that word to "copy", it will force whoever opens that link to make a copy of the file instead of opening your file. That's another trick to keeping your original version from being altered. (If you assign it through Google Classroom, you won't need to do this.)

Here are 25 graphic organizer templates that can be used for many different subject areas and grade levels.

Feel free to make a copy of any of these google drawings templates and adapt them for your own use:

Question: What other graphic organizers would be useful to create in Google Drawings? Can you share a link to a graphic organizer you've created so others can use it, too? Leave a comment below!

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25 FREE Google Drawings graphic organizers - and how to make your own

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Using Google Drawings to create graphic organizers can help students gather their thoughts and customize to their needs. Here are 25 templates to get you started.

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Upload any youtube video to VRSpot (on LCPS Go) and it will take away all ads and just leave the video and its link that you can copy and paste anywhere.

Still good 8/12/2025

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It now has built in comprehension questions with Immersive Reader when you hit the pause button! You can play the video as normal or you can do the play/pause version. You can also slow down the speed of the video. Find Brainpop and BrainPOP Jr in LCPS Go!

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BrainPOP - Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology

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bit.ly/ChromeKL

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Welcome to G Suite Tips & Tricks w/ Chrome, Gmail, Calendar! Here’s a link to our slides: http://bit.ly/ChromeKL While we wait to begin, check out https://trends.google.com Get goin’ w/ Chrome 1st ⇒ bit.ly/ChromeKL Chris McCaffrey Google Certified Trainer | @mccchr Professional Learning Coordinator

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https://phet.colorado.edu/

Interactive simulations for science and math!

Still good 8/12/2025

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Over 1.1 billion simulations delivered

160interactive simulations

97language translations

3001teacher-submitted lessons

Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

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Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

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https://emediava.org/

Great resource for lessons, articles, research, topics searchable by Va SOL. You can also assign directly to students within LCPS Go. This app is already there for you.

Link still good 8/12/2025

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Premade templates about any topic for students to work with (3D shapes in geometry, order of planets for science etc.). You can also change the ALT text for images so that students can write/hear more about an image. It will also read the ALT text aloud by clicking on the yellow megaphone.

8/12/2025

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"Wixie is a great tool for my students to showcase their learning by creating original digital projects, which can be easily shared with their teacher, classmates, and family members. It is a unique program that allows students to access all 4 C's, is highly engaging, and most of all FUN! My students cannot wait to log in to Wixie and ask about it all the time!"

Dr. Monica Winkler
Buffalo Trail Elementary, CO

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Wixie is a creative platform for powerful teaching and learning in the cloud.

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Recently attended PD called Modify Math to Create Productive Struggle and here's presentation

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Recently attended PD called Modify Math to Create Productive Struggle and here's presentation

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Copy of Modify Math To Provoke Productive Struggle

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https://activities.graspablemath.com/

Parental consent required in LCPS, link still works 8/12/2025

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App Smash with Minecraft or others and have students work as "streamers" and make a variety of videos. This can be found in LCPS Go.

Tutorial link still good 8/12/2025

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WeVideo Academy | Tutorials and How-To Information

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Find tutorials and information about video editing and WeVideo features. Learn how to make video edits, add music to movies, or find project ideas.

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It cleaned off my desk from paper sticky notes! The sticky note appears on my computer's background. Just type in "sticky notes" in the search bar in the lower left hand corner of your screen and it will pop up! This may require an install of software!

Still works 8/12/2025

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This is a searchable collection of free stories with pre-made questions to promote shared storybook reading. You can also create your own!

Link good 8/12/2025

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Digital books for beginning readers of all ages

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Loudoun County Public Schools student software catalog (public facing)

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Loudoun County Public Schools student software catalog (public facing)

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Student Technology / Student Software Catalog

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Open source searchable lessons and materials that align with state standards

Link still good 8/12/2025

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#GoOpenVA Short Overview and Welcome

Come into the Users Hub for helpful information, how-to videos, and tips. You will find information organized by the different things you can do on our site, such as how to search and how to adapt (customize) resources for your own students' needs.

Welcome to the Users Hub!

Open Author helps you build and publish Open Educational Resources for you and for the benefit of educators and learners everywhere.

Division Resource Centers. Connect with your own Hub!

See Our Hubs

Get More Help

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OER Commons is a dynamic digital library and network. Explore open education resources and join our network of educators dedicated to curriculum improvement.

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Welcome

Welcome to Tar Heel Gameplay, a collection of free, easy-to-play, and accessible games. Each game is speech enabled and may be accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens and 1 to 3 switches.

You may create your own games using videos from the huge collection at YouTube.

Note the little well icon in the upper left corner of the page; clicking it will allow you to access the main menu.

Tar Heel Gameplay is being developed and tested in the Google Chrome browser. It may work in other modern browsers but save yourself some confusion and try it with Chrome.

Your browser is unsupported.

Ready to get started?
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Welcome to Tar Heel Gameplay, a collection of free, easy-to-play, and accessible games. Each game is speech enabled and may be accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens and 1 to 3 switches. You may create your own games using videos from the huge collection at YouTube.

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http://bit.ly/HiddeninPlainSightResourcesatYourFingertips

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To help organize tabs based on what you are working on, with a simple right click, you can group your tabs together and label them with a custom name and color. Once the tabs are grouped together, you can move and reorder them on the tab strip.

Link still good 8/12/2025

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Tips & Shortcuts for Better Browsing - Google Chrome

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From tab groups, to learning time-saving keyboard shortcuts, these Chrome tips can help you get things done more quickly with your browser.

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https://www.sanddraw.me/

Free, with ads and in-app purchases. Link still good 8/14/2025

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Sand Draw App - The Most Creative Drawing App For Kids

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Digital agenda- great tool

Free app not approved for use in LCPS, schools can purchase subscriptions if they wish. Link still good 8/12/2025

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myHomework Student Planner & Digital Hall Pass System

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myHomework is an online student planner with Digital Hall Passes, Flex Period Management, Rewards Points in a complete planner system.

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Start drawing something and the computer will guess what you're drawing and give you an icon-like picture for it!

Link still good 8/12/2025

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It lets you insert an audio recording into a Google Slide

Requires a log-in but not listed in LCPS EdTech catalog. Link still good 8/12/2025

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With Mote, easily add voice comments and audio content to documents, assignments, emails and forms.

Mote is integrated into Google Docs, Drive, Slides, Sheets, Forms, Classroom and Gmail - for easy recording and playback.  Mote also supports voice feedback within the Instructure Canvas SpeedGrader.

You can also create voice notes for any website or application directly from our Chrome extension menu - simply click on the browser icon to access our 'Motepad' recorder.

You can embed your mote recordings into apps like Notion and Google Sites, or share your voice notes as a QR code.

Mote supports transcription in more than 20 world languages, including English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Arabic.*

Mote for teachers:
Ask students questions and provide feedback, quickly and with the feeling of human connection. Whether you're at home or in the classroom, Mote helps educators and students to stay connected.

Add voice comments within Google Classroom's Stream and Private Comments views, as well as within Google Docs, Slides and Sheets. Look for the Mote icon in comment boxes.

Record and insert audio clips within Google Slides and Google Forms - simply click on the Mote icon within the application to insert your audio.

Add voice notes anywhere, using our voice recorder accessed from the extension icon in the browser bar.

Mote for students:

Students can leave voice notes, and react to teacher feedback and comments, to let teachers know that they've understood and will action feedback, or that they need more help.

Please see our website for more information about how we're creating a safe and secure experience for users under the age of 18.

Mote for teams:
Mote helps teams collaborate successfully anytime, anywhere. Leave voice note feedback on shared documents and projects, or try using Mote to manage daily stand ups.

Add voice-to-text transcription to your voice note - just click the Mote icon in your browser window to access the menu - and choose from more than 20 world languages to transcribe.*

Easily preview and edit your transcript, if it's not quite right first time.*

Save voice notes to your 'Motebook' to re-use later.*

Translate your transcript into more than a dozen other languages, to make your voice note even more accessible.*

React to voice notes received from other users, and - as a voice note creator - review these reactions within your account activity page.*

* Only available with our paid 'Unlimited' tier (free trial included).
See https://mote.com/pricing for details about our product tiers and pricing.

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whiteboard.chat for math and science-based visuals that you can manipulate!

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whiteboard.chat for math and science-based visuals that you can manipulate!

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Widgets and Gizmos are on the right-hand toolbar for the visuals. Just click on "start class" to open a whiteboard!

Link still works 8/12/2025

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Draw. Share. Collaborate - whiteboard.chat

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Presenter's Note: You can get to this via LCPS Go as well, just go to Discovery Ed and then search Demystified. Link still good 8/14/2025

Not AT, but Discovery Ed just added a science series called Demystified. It's super helpful for middle school EL--huge variety of translations and simplified concepts.

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Link still good on staff computer 8/12/2025

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Wixie.com in LCPSGo! Your class is already linked to you. Let's publish some of their awesome stories!

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Wixie.com in LCPSGo! Your class is already linked to you. Let's publish some of their awesome stories!

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Averia Libre is a dyslexia friendly font bundled in Google Suite tools

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Averia Libre is a dyslexia friendly font bundled in Google Suite tools

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You have to click on the font drop down menu, and then "more fonts" and search for Averia Libre to add it to your font list.

Link still good 4/5/2024

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Hands-On Math Goes Digital In and Beyond the Classroom!

Explore Our Collection of FREE Virtual Manipulatives

From Number Lines to Base Ten, Pattern Blocks to Place Value, Disks our collection of free Virtual Manipulatives gives educators and families access to visual and hands-on digital resources that lead to understanding. Students can use these resources in class and at home to practice math concepts, reinforce their growing math understanding, technology they love in the process.

Free Resources & Instructions for Teachers and Families

We've developed these resources for easy access and easy use:

How-To Videos

There's a short video for each of the Virtual Manipulatives in our collection so teachers can use these digital materials easily and confidently with students.
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Activities from the Didax books that teachers use most for easy download. Engaging challenges address core math operations, concepts and skills, from early numeracy all the way to introductory geometry and algebra.
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Download this document of FAQ's to answer your Virtual Manipulative questions.
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Demonstrate key math concepts in your classroom using our new virtual manipulatives!

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Screencastify - can be used for free with up to 5 minute clips to provide teacher support for independent work. This is not allowed for us in LCPS but you can use WeVideo instead.

Mentimeter - quick check for class data - interactive word cloud (not in LCPS EdTech catalog)

Classroom Screen - has timers, class information, volume management, etc.

All still work but are not in Ed Tech catalog 8/12/2025

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Getting started with Minecraft for Education

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Getting started with Minecraft for Education

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Minecraft for education has become one of my favorite online tools for my 6th graders. it has really helped them to connect to the content we are teaching. We used it when teaching about watersheds. The students worked in groups to create their own watersheds. We also used it to show different types of energy (thermal, heat, radiant, etc). The students had to build examples of each energy in their Minecraft world.

Link still good 8/12/2025, younger grades might not be able to log in but you still can, and have them teach you how to use it!

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How to Get Started - Teaching With Minecraft Education

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https://www.dafont.com/open-dyslexic.font will let you download this font to use in Adobe (to make PDFs) and Microsoft Word. If you try to convert the OpenDyslexic Word document to a Google Doc, the font WILL NOT WORK!

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https://www.dafont.com/open-dyslexic.font will let you download this font to use in Adobe (to make PDFs) and Microsoft Word. If you try to convert the OpenDyslexic Word document to a Google Doc, the font WILL NOT WORK!

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Font created to help dyslexic readers. Bottom heavy and unique character shapes help make it more difficult to confuse letters.

OpenDyslexic(open-dyslexic) by Abelardo Gonzalez is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

This means, as long as you visibly give credit, you can use this on your ebook, ebook reader, actual physical books, web sites, etc.

Included are 3 styles of OpenDyslexic: OpenDyslexic, OpenDyslexic w/ alt rounded a's, and OpenDyslexicMono: for your fixed-width font needs.

Updated to fix printing issues in Yosemite. See sources for details.

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The annotate feature on the new LCPS Promethean boards is great to use in combination with Google Slides in class. 

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The annotate feature on the new LCPS Promethean boards is great to use in combination with Google Slides in class. 

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Find it in the Company Portal in LCPS (go to the search bar or the magnifying glass on the bottom toolbar of your screen and start typing "Company Portal." Click on the icon when it comes up, and then search for Adobe Creative Cloud!

Still works 8/12/2025

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I love Nearpod! It is a great tool for engagement. Students can explore videos, locations around the world, answer discussion boards and so much more! Get to it in LCPS Go.

Link still good 8/12/2025

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Nearpod: Foster a love of learning in every student

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Create active learning experiences students can’t wait to be a part of.

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I use it for note taking and demonstrating math problems

Presenter's note: This is not approved for student use in LCPS. The Read&Write does have some overlapping features.

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Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. You can also share your own word!

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https://www.weareteachers.com/ Free printables and classroom ideas

Link still good 8/12/2025

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We Are Teachers - Ideas and inspiration for reaching the next generation

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We Are Teachers is a proud community of K-12 educators, sharing ideas, resources, and awesome freebies and giveaways.

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https://www.coolmathgames.com/

Link still good 8/12/2025

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Cool Math Games - Free Online Games for Learning and Fun

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Coolmath Games is a brain-training site for everyone, where logic & thinking & math meets fun & games. These games have no violence, no empty action, just a lot of challenges that will make you forget you're getting a mental workout!

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Use Wakelet to easily create classroom newsletters to be shared with parents. Also use it as a curation tool of web resources to be used later.

Parental permission required in LCPS, link still good 8/12/2025

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search

Enriching mathematics for all learners

A free-to-use collection of mathematics activities, lessons and problems designed to nurture curious, resourceful and confident learners of mathematics. Produced by The University of Cambridge.

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The Nrich Maths Project Cambridge,England. Mathematics resources for children,parents and teachers to enrich learning. Problems,children's solutions,interactivities,games,articles.

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Desmos - in math - used for teaching and for  practice, but you can use it for other subject areas also

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Desmos - in math - used for teaching and for  practice, but you can use it for other subject areas also

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Link still good 8/12/2025

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pro Nerdle - create your own custom Nerdle game

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Create your own Nerdle game to share with others.

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https://www.splashlearn.com/

Has math and reading standards that can be assigned to students k-5. You can use it to reteach topics as well if they do not score well on the lesson you assigned

Parental consent is required in LCPS, link still good 8/12/2025

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SplashLearn: Fun Math & ELA Program for PreK-Grade 5

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SplashLearn is an award-winning learning program loved by over 40 million kids for engaging Math and ELA practice. Aligned with Common Core and various state standards.

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"A number string is a set of related math problems, crafted to support students to construct big ideas about mathematics and build their own strategies (Fosnot & Dolk, 2002)."

Link good 8/12/2025

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Desmos Student can be used for any subject. Been using it in Science for review, practice and remediation

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Desmos Student can be used for any subject. Been using it in Science for review, practice and remediation

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Parental consent required in LCPS, link still good 8/12/2025

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GeoGebra - the world's favorite, free math tools used by over 100 million students and teachers

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Free digital tools for class activities, graphing, geometry, collaborative whiteboard and more

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Link still good 4/5/2024