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Links to 8 tools for creative expression

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contributed by Sam Glicksman

Chromebooks have become popular educational devices that are used in thousands of schools across the US and worldwide.

They offer an attractive price and can be used very effectively to target many 21st-century skills such as connecting, critical thinking, and collaboration. However, one very important skill that we don't generally associate as much with Chromebooks is creativity. True, they don't have the same sets of media tools as most mobile devices and laptops but their web-based operating system still offers many avenues for creative expression.
1. Narrate a Video Slideshow
The development of visual and verbal communication skills deserves far more attention than they get in school. One vehicle that utilizes these skills is the creation of a narrated video slideshow. Create image-based slides and add narration to each one. Try using Adobe Spark Video as your tool of choice.
2. Design an Interactive Image
We tend to learn and remember most effectively when we associate knowledge with visual stimuli. One way to do that is to map information to parts of an image. Using , you select an image for your background and then add clickable hotspots over it. The hotspots can contain text, audio, video and links to the web. Map information to scientific images such as a skeleton, explain parts of a plant, or use it in language learning and map hotspots with audio in a foreign language.
3. Explain Yourself
You don't truly understand a concept in depth until you have to explain it to someone else. Screencasting is a process that allows students and teachers to explain a concept by arranging objects on the screen as they record and narrate. One excellent screencasting tool is Explain Everything and they have a Chrome extension you can use on Chromebooks. It presents you with an interactive whiteboard interface and a set of tools to place and move content around on screen. Just press Record and speak. The end product is a video that you can distribute to others.
4. Create and Edit Video
Chromebooks aren't the ideal tool for capturing video - but they can be used quite effectively to edit it. Record the video with any mobile device or webcam and then save the video to a Google Drive account. From there, you can import the video into the web-based editor which has a full range of editing tools. It works across all devices and you can even have multiple editors collaborating on a project.
5. Take a Virtual Trip
Stories and events always take place in a specific location so it makes sense that you could detail them with a geographic mapping tool. Google has two wonderful mapping tools - and . Find locations on a map and drop interactive markers. Add notes, images, links or videos to each marker on your map. Save and share it with others. Map the history and culture of a country. Map the events of a book in a "lit trip". Map the journey of an explorer. You can even map a virtual cross-country trip complete with mileage, stops and expenses.
6. Record a Mock Interview
Mock interviews allow students to identify with the life of another person. Have them work in pairs to ask and answer questions using a tool such as Adobe Spark Video or . Add an extra challenge and have students study someone's life and then use that knowledge to answer live, unscripted questions.
7. Guess a Mystery Location
Guessing the location of a mystery classroom is a game that develops critical thinking and geographic skills. You use Google Hangouts to connect with another classroom. Each class tries to guess the location of the other by asking and answering Yes/No questions. You can find partners by using the Google Plus Mystery Hangout Community where you can connect with others searching for partner classrooms.
8. Create a Multimedia Poster
Students have been doing poster board projects for ages. Now with digital posters, you can add design your poster using elements such as text, images, audio, video and links to the web. Create and share a digital poster using the web-based tool, .
8 Ways To Get Creative With Chromebooks; image attribution; Kevin Jarrett

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Chromebooks have become popular educational devices that are used in thousands of schools across the US and worldwide.

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FAQs for CVCA Chromebook /Technology Use

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FAQs for CVCA Chromebook /Technology Use

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This guide answers the most frequent questions about Chromebooks as well as other issues related to technology at CVCA.

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Be sure to set norms and enforce norms for Chromebook usage. 

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Be sure to set norms and enforce norms for Chromebook usage. 

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Post and reinforce usage norms. Charging, logging out, and organizing are particularly important.

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Getting Started- Complete Google's Device Training

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Getting Started- Complete Google's Device Training

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These six modules will help you develop your understanding of the unique capabilities of Chromebooks.
Also consider completing the Google Education Fundamentals module.

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SAMR-Technology Integration with Google Apps

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SAMR-Technology Integration with Google Apps

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SAMR stands for Substitution, Augmentation, Modification and Redefinition
Ideal technology integration moves student/staff technology from Substitution(using technology to complete an old task) to Redefinition(using technology to create tasks).

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Flipping when you don't have support at home

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Chromebook Apps  Extensions for Learners w/ Dyslexia

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Chromebook Apps  Extensions for Learners w/ Dyslexia

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ChromeBook Tools for Learners with Dyslexia / Reading and Writing Difficulties

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Chromebooks are now used by pupils in local authorities across Scotland. The latest updated version contains a mix of Apps, extensions and website resources.

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Chromebook Apps with Bloom's Taxonomy in Mind

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Chromebook Apps with Bloom's Taxonomy in Mind

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Kathy Shrock's Google Suite to support Bloom's Taxonomy.

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Includes all the Bloomin’ versions in one place!

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Best Music Software for Chromebooks & BYOD Schools – Midnight Music

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Help! Which software can I use with mixed devices or Chromebooks? In the past few years, a large number of […]

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

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August, 2014
Chromebooks are making gigantic inroads in the education sector. Several school districts here in Canada and the States are adopting them as teaching tools within classrooms. Their growing popularity among the education community is attributable not only to their reasonably cheap price but also to a host of excellent features that you can not find in other devices. Chromebooks are easier to handle, faster and more secure. They are also " instantly personalizable by each student or teacher, and easy to manage, making them an ideal solution for bringing the power of the web to your classrooms".

Here are some of the things K-12 schools can do with Chromebooks:

Scale access to the web with computers that are simple to use and easy to distribute

Share devices among students, with no manual set-up for different users

Enjoy constant connectivity through integrated Wi-Fi and optional 3G, for always-on access without relying on school networks

Administer machines throughout the school, no matter how many Chrome devices you have, or where they're being used

If your school is integrating Chrombooks or if you are planning to use them with your student, the video tutorials below are definitely something you want to watch first. They will help learn more about how to manage and operate Chromebooks.
1- Chomebooks for Education : Overview

2- How to Log in for The First Time on Your Chromebook

3- Set The Background Are of your Chromebook

4- The launcher

6- Window Control

7-How to enable Caps Lock, use the special keys, and more on your Chromebook

8- How to create a new document (and find it later) on your Chromebook

9- How to print from your Chromebook

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Everything Teachers Need to Know about Chromebooks (9 Tutorials)

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August, 2014 Chromebooks are making gigantic inroads in the education sector. Several school districts here in Canada and the States are adopting them as teaching tools within classrooms. Their growing popularity among the education community is attributable not only to their reasonably cheap price but also to a host of excellent features that you can not find in other devices.

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Need an idea for how to use the Chromebooks in your English class? Check out this resource!

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The Digital Daily 5 in the ELA Classroom

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With Common Core standards and with so many of our assessments moving to an online format, it is essential that students are able to navigate technology

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Best Apps and Extensions for Chromebooks

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Best Apps and Extensions for Chromebooks

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LSR7 Chromebook Classroom - Resources 7-12

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" With Apps for Google Chrome, you can do things like create documents, edit photos, and listen to music. They're like desktop software programs you install on your computer. The main difference is that you use apps directly within your browser. If you use Gmail, Google Maps, or sites like Pandora, you're already using apps."

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Post shortcuts on your classroom walls or on desktops. 

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Post shortcuts on your classroom walls or on desktops. 

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Teaching students to utilize these resources will improve students efficiency when using Chromebooks.

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Chromebook apps for teaching and learning

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Chromebook apps for teaching and learning

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Chromebook integration and Blooms Taxonomy to redefine student learning

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Chromebook integration and Blooms Taxonomy to redefine student learning

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Chromebook Overview, Guidelines and Management

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Chromebook Overview, Guidelines and Management

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Math and Science Apps for the Chromebook

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Math and Science Apps for the Chromebook

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Explore apps and extensions for Chromebook use.

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The web is an indisputable source of information for every teacher and student. But since there are a lot of websites and endless sources for news as well as viral videos, it is very much easy for a student to get distracted while looking for information for their project, assignments, research, homework or on a particular topic.

It becomes tougher to search and learn about a subject/topic from great reliable resources. In this bombardment, one good resource for learning Math is Google Chrome. Google's Chrome browser offers many effective web apps and extensions to assist students to create a focused and productive way in their study.

Here is the list some of the most helpful Maths apps and extensions for your Chromebook.

GeoGebra is free vibrant mathematics app for all levels of students. It brings spreadsheets, geometry, graphing, calculus, algebra and statistics all together. You can share the resources, interactive learning, and created resources on GeoGebra with any one over the Internet. Here what you can get from this app:

Free app for evaluation learning and teaching

User-friendly interface and highly interactive

GeoGebra available in many languages

Flexible to any curriculum or project

At Khan Academy, learners can watch, practice Maths easily. Here, you can learn not just Maths but almost anything for free. Students can make use of our extensive video library, practice exercises and calculations using computer while accessing to the Internet. Teachers and parents have unparalleled visibility in what their students or kids are learning at Khan Academy.

Mathground is a website. It is like math library that has everything required to learn Maths. From beginners to university students, each and every one can find useful math videos, articles and other educational stuff. The site has funny side of the algebra that helps kids in learning it.

Mathground main objective is to make math a pleasurable experience for everyone. That's why it includes math games. Math games includes preschool education, children can practice; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

There are several Maths quizzes also available here for helping students to test their knowledge of mathematics. There is no boring math lesson here, everything is funny and interactive.
Wolfram|Alpha
Wolfram|Alpha definitive destination to get computable knowledge in all domains that includes Maths, finance, food, medicine, spacecraft, stocks, weather and wordplay. Whatever you wish to evaluate, at Wolfram|Alpha, you will get faster calculation with the Google Chrome Extension.

LearnBasket offers mathematics videos on a number of topics. Learners would be able to look through in a lot of sections, watch videos on a number of topics and concepts on topics like algebra, trigonometry, etc. The LearnBasket admin will be add new subjects like very science soon. Install this app today for time saving process to learn Maths quickly and easily.

CK-12 is an app to aid teachers, students, as well as parents to enhance K-12 learning worldwide. Here at CK-12, one can learn in their own pace and style. With lots of images, videos, and interactive objects, it's fun learning here. Presently and constantly growing units comprise:

Science: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, Life Sciences

Maths: Algebra, Geometry, Arithmetic, Measurement, Probability, Calculus, Statistics, Trigonometry

Other: History, English, Technology, Engineering

These Math apps and extensions for your Chromebook can definitely give rise to your kid performance. However, this is not the complete list; you can see the complete list of apps for the Chrome on the Chrome Web Store. The Chrome Web Store positioned on the new tab page. I hope these apps are helpful to your and for your will make your learning interesting and funny.

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The web is an indisputable source of information for every teacher and student. But since there are a lot of websites and endless sources for news as well as viral videos, it is very much easy for a student to get distracted while looking for information for their project, assignments, research, homework or on a particular topic.

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All CPS students have access to google classroom. This is one of the best ways to distribute assignments and collect student assignments.