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KWL - DIGITAL ASSESSMENT TOOLS & STRATEGIES

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KWL - DIGITAL ASSESSMENT TOOLS & STRATEGIES

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Digital Assessment Tools & Strategies - KWL

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West Bridgewater Middle-Senior High Sch Online Resources (A-Z List)

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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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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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Find and save recipes, parenting hacks, style inspiration and other ideas to try.

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AnswerGarden is a new minimalistic brainstorm tool for online brainstorming, real time audience participation and classroom feedback.

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It's common knowledge that Google Apps is a great cloud-based tool for collaboration, but the recent Q&A feature in Google Slides really kicks it up a notch.

The benefits of the cloud are real. In fact, a 451 Research report we recently commissioned found that, for end users, the major benefits of cloud applications included enhanced data synchronization, improved collaboration, and less dependence on email.

Google Slides is no exception. With this interactive Q&A feature, you can collaborate with your audience by allowing them to submit questions and vote on them during Slides presentations. Here's how to use this handy feature.

In Slides, click the dropdown arrow next to Present in the top-right corner, and click Presenter view.

Click on Start new to start a presentation session.

You'll see a URL displayed as a header across the top of your presentation. This is the URL that attendees can use to submit questions based on your presentation.

When audience members visit that URL, they'll see a very simple interface where they can type a question into a box at the top of the screen. They have the option to ask the question anonymously if they don't want to be identified.

Audience questions will appear on your (the presenter's) screen in real-time. If you want to show a question to the audience, you can click on Present and the question will be displayed in your presentation for everyone to see. This really creates engagement between you and your audience.

Audience members can also vote up or down (using the thumbs up and down icons) for questions. This is useful for very large presentations where a presenter might only have time to answer a few questions, and can focus on the ones that receive the most votes.

A few notes from Google on this feature:

The Slides Q&A feature works on desktop computers, Android mobile devices, and iOS mobile devices.

You can only use Slides Q&A if you have edit or comment access to that Slides presentation.

By default, any user in your domain can submit a question. If your organization permits external sharing, you can allow external users to submit questions as well.

Click here to watch this video on YouTube.

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How to Use the Q&A Feature in Google Slides

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Instead of droning on in your next presentation, liven it up by making it interactive and collaborative. With the Q&A feature in Slides, your audience can submit questions and vote on them during your presentation. Here's how to use this feature.

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Public speaking can be intimidating - even for veteran speakers with phenomenal ideas and experiences to share. Take Shree Bose, for example.

At just 17 years old, Shree took home the top prize at the first ever Google Science Fair for her research on drug resistance in ovarian cancer. Now, a senior at Harvard, she's met with President Obama twice, crowdfunded a Minecraft computer program to support STEM education, and has given talks across the globe. But she still gets nervous every time she's asked to speak at events.

When Shree recently visited our New York office to present to 200 middle school students, we invited her to try a new feature in Google Slides: Slides Q&A. This update - rolling out globally today - helps speakers connect with their audience and collect real-time feedback. With a simple link displayed on a Slides presentation, audience members can submit questions from their phones, laptops, and tablets - and vote on those they want answered the most.

Hear what your audience has to say

Slides Q&A is great for audience members, too. During Shree's talk, students submitted more than 170 questions and voted 800 times. They enjoyed being able to submit questions online the moment they thought of them instead of having to remember them until the end of the presentation. Some students also chose to submit questions anonymously.

At the end of her talk, Shree left time for Q&A, but she couldn't possibly answer all 170 questions. So, she sorted the questions based on audience votes - and responded to the top ones. The question with the most overall votes was submitted by a seventh grader named Leila. She says, "I was so surprised when I saw my question was the most liked. I probably wouldn't want to stand up and ask the question because I'm kind of shy."

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Talk with your audience - not at them - with Slides Q&A

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Public speaking can be intimidating - even for veteran speakers with phenomenal ideas and experiences to share. Take Shree Bose, for example. At just 17 years old, Shree took home the top prize at the first ever Google Science Fair for her research on drug resistance in ovarian cancer.

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AnswerGarden " What types of things do you search for online?

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AnswerGarden is a new minimalistic brainstorm tool for online brainstorming, real time audience participation and classroom feedback.

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Slides with minimal text

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Infographics

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Flyers, Newsletters, etc.

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Smore | Communicate effectively with interactive school newsletters

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Cut through the noise and communicate effectively with Smore. Create interactive newsletters that parents and staff actually read. Get started with free school newsletter templates.

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Engaging Presentations

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Create a comic

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AWESOME presentations/videos!

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This month is a short Tech Tuesday month (only two sessions)!  We are going to be creating "Choice Tic-Tac-Toe" boards.  Here is an example:

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This month is a short Tech Tuesday month (only two sessions)!  We are going to be creating "Choice Tic-Tac-Toe" boards.  Here is an example:

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http://www.shakeuplearning.com/blog/interactive-learning-menus-choice-boards-using-google-docs/

https://www.pinterest.com/ShakeUpLearning/learning-menus-and-choice-boards/

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1. watched video
2. Chrome Web Store Apps:
a. Exactly: English Dictionary & Personalized Learning List~ student add to chrome and pull up whatever they are reading. With a double click over a word they are not familiar with the definition comes up and they can add to a list they create. Great for differentiation!
b. Alice Keeler Classroom Split~ allows students to have Google Classroom assignment ( details, rubric, etc) on a split screen so they can see it while they are working on it.

3. E dPuzzle~ exactly like Playposit : Beowulf flipped video for Beowulf/ Grendel section.   https://www.playposit.com/delivery/159182/628220/clash-of-the-gods-beowulf-full-piece

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Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Menu #1:

Digital Citizenship

Directions: Start with number 5 and then make two other choices to make your tic-tac-toe.

Create a Google Slide show comparing art from the past with art from historyFive pieces from history compared with five contemporary pieces.Compare in content, message, material or other. | Create a website of a “gallery” that is placed in history.  The virtual gallery should:Have a content theme of works.Have artist’s statements.Be period specific.Be geographically accurate and specific.
| Create a video acting out Five contemporary or historical pieces.  Video should include:Sets.Costumes.Period appropriate language.Script that explains the piece’s message.

Create an original piece that combines a contemporary piece with one from history.  The two exemplar pieces should be of opposite content, material and/or message. | Write a one paragraph summary of what you have learned so far comparing Contemporary Art with a piece from history and collaborative slide deck. | Create an original 3-Dimensional piece inspired from a 2-Dimensional contemporary  or historical piece.
Write an original short story that illustrates a contemporary or historical piece.  Character development, plot plan and tone are required. | Using Photoshop take an historical piece and “transport” it to contemporary times changing settings, clothes, styles, colors, etc. | Using a contemporary or historical piece create a music video that illustrates the tone, meaning and message of the piece.

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2. Pinterest Board:
http://www.shakeuplearning.com/blog/5-chrome-apps-for-student-creation/
*This pin shows Chrome Apps for Student Creation.  Students can demonstrate their learning in new ways via: Canva, PicMonkey, Powtoon, and more.
*http://www.shakeuplearning.com/blog/8-fantastic-ways-to-find-anything-in-google-drive/
This pin shows 8ways to find anything in Google Drive...because I should be much more organized than I am and spend way toomuch time looking for files!
3.  Database of Chrome Apps and Extensions
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/alice-keeler-classroom-sp/ifkgpacemihiplnocjocpgmoiefcojik?hl=en-US
*Alice Keeler Classroom split is great-Students can have Google Classroom directions up side by side with their work.  Less repeating.
*https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/announcify/mmiolkcfamcbpoandjpnefiegkcpeoan?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon
Announcify reads out loud any website. This will help with some struggling readers and students who have text to speech in their IEPS

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I am going with projects in my Sociology class and in my APUS history class.  Students have a choice to complete their projects using Adobe Spark, Pixton, or Google Slides.  

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Sociology - Small group project creating your own society -https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i31ck_uaPSrxmK6NgSej-Tqe5MnJqO4TbG5DwYIXEtA/edit

APUS History - Small group project
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OFZw3rm7hMOdQMnt7WrN5uVkfS79UytTHqYgnRqhpx8/edit

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I picked number one to check out some extensions I could use. The first one is a simple one but very helpful! It is Adblock! Have you ever been to a website in class and you have a very inappropraite ad, well I had that happen to me and I learned the hard way. This adblock keeps off any bad link on the site I am on. For example, I use a PacMan game that I can add my own questions to for students. It has ads, with the adblocker it is gone.

The next extension I tried was the blendspace, it was really cool, I am going to use it when I start my new unit on Egypt after break. Here is the link: https://www.tes.com/lessons/uQw0hHezTaW1Gw/

The next thing on the Tic Tac Toe board I made a "Meet the Teacher" Video for the beginning of next year. I used Adobe Spark, it is easy and user friendly. I took about 15 minutes altogether. I got to express myself and get to the point! https://spark.adobe.com/video/owFcR3sdd06pi/

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https://www.socrative.com/

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Socrative: A Formative Assessment Tool for Teachers

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nearpod.com

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Nearpod: a discussion setting where kids are interacting

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Technology in the last two or three years has dramatically changed how we teach. Nearpod is so different from a PowerPoint presentations. They are good, but with Nearpod I can have my kids in a circle and have eye contact with each one of them. Want to know more about Nearpod?

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There is no shortage of formative assessment strategies, techniques, and tools available to teachers who use formative instructional practice in their classrooms. Here is an extensive list of 75 digital tools, apps, and platforms that can help you and your students use formative assessment to elicit evidence of learning. We didn't just add any old tool to this list. Here are the criteria we used for those that made the cut:

Supports formative instructional strategies and ways to activate learners to be resources for themselves and peers

Is free or awful close to it (under $10 per year, where possible)

Allows both students and teachers to take the activator role when possible (sometimes teachers need to get things started)

Before you dig into the tools, I encourage you to spend some time thinking about exactly what you want to accomplish with your students. "How to pick the right digital tool: Start with your learning goal" by Erin Beard can help you wrap your head around goals and guide you in choosing the best tool for the task. "27 easy formative assessment strategies for gathering evidence of student learning" can help you decide what strategies work best for you and your students.

Record audio and video

Create quizzes, polls, and surveys

1. Crowdsignal Lets you create online polls, quizzes, and questions. Students can use smartphones, tablets, and computers to provide their answers, and information can be culled for reports.

2. Edulastic Allows you to make standards-aligned assessments and get instant feedback.

3. FreeOnlineSurveys Helps you create surveys, quizzes, forms, and polls.

4. Gimkit Lets you write real-time quizzes. And it was designed by a high school student!

5. Kahoot! A game-based classroom response system that lets you create quizzes using internet content.

6. MicroPoll Helps you create polls, embed them into websites, and analyze responses.

7. Naiku Lets you write quizzes students can answer using their mobile devices.

8. Obsurvey Designed to make surveys, polls, and questionnaires.

9. Poll Everywhere Lets you create a feedback poll or ask questions and see results in real time. Allows students to respond in various ways. With open-ended questions, you can capture data and spin up tag clouds to aggregate responses.

10. Poll Maker Offers unique features, like allowing multiple answers to one question.

11. ProProfs Helps you make quizzes, polls, and surveys.

12. Quia Lets you create games, quizzes, surveys, and more. Access a database of existing quizzes from other educators.

13. Quizalize Helps you create quizzes and homework.

14. Quizizz Guides you through designing quizzes and lets you include students in the quiz-writing process.

15. Quizlet Lets you make flashcards, tests, quizzes, and study games that are mobile friendly.

16. Survey Hero Designed to build questionnaires and surveys.

17. SurveyMonkey Helpful for online polls and surveys.

18. SurveyPlanet Also helpful for online polls and surveys.

19. Triventy Lets you create quizzes students take in real time using individual devices.

20. Yacapaca Helps you write and assign quizzes.

21. Zoho Survey Allows you to make mobile-friendly surveys and see results in real time.

Brainstorm, mind map, and collaborate

Present, engage, and inspire

Generate word or tag clouds

1. EdWordle Generates word clouds from any entered text to help aggregate responses and facilitate discussion. Word clouds are pictures composed of a cloud of smaller words that form a clue to the topic.

2. Tagxedo Allows you to examine student consensus and facilitate dialogues.

3. Wordables Helps you elicit evidence of learning or determine background knowledge about a topic.

4. WordArt Includes a feature that allows the user to make each word an active link to connect to websites, including YouTube.

Get real-time feedback

Foster family communication

1. Remind Lets you text students and stay in touch with families.

2. Seesaw Helps you improve family communication and makes formative assessment easy, while students can use the platform to document their learning.

3. Voxer Lets you send recordings so families can hear how their students are doing, students can chat about their work, and you can provide feedback.

Strengthen teacher-to-student or student-to-student communication

Keep the conversation going with live chats

1. Yo Teach A backchannel site great for keeping the conversation going with students.

2. Chatzy Supports live, online chats in a private setting.

Create and store documents or assignments

1. Google Forms A Google Drive app that allows you to create documents students can collaborate on in real time using smartphones, tablets, and laptops.

2. Piazza Lets you upload lectures, assignments, and homework; pose and respond to student questions; and poll students about class content. This tool is better suited for older students as it mimics post-secondary class instructional formats.

Learn more

There are several resources for learning more about formative assessment and responsive instruction strategies. Consider our formative practices workshops, where school and district teams can gain a better understanding of the role formative practice plays in instruction and the four foundational practices to use in the classroom. Or for a quick start, download our eBook "Making it work: How formative assessment can supercharge your practice."

Jump in, try new tools and methods, and have fun!

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Differentiate, Communicate, Organize! - Lessons - Tes Teach

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150 CHROME APPS & EXTENSIONS FOR TEACHERS

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Search for the Best Chrome Apps and Extensions to Use in Your
Classroom!

There are now 150+ Chrome Apps and Extensions in this database.

I have put together a Google Chrome App and Extension Database for Teachers (also at the bottom of this post) that is loaded with apps and extensions for productivity and classroom integration. This database is searchable and filterable by category, subject area, and grade level!

If you have followed this blog for any length of time, you probably know that I love the Google Chrome web browser! Google Chrome is the learning environment for all things Google and allows you to customize your browser to fit your needs. Better yet, Google Chrome can be customized to fit the needs of our student learners. Check out some of my previous Chrome posts:

The magic of that customization comes from the Chrome Apps and Chrome Extensions available in the Chrome Web Store. I encourage you to explore the Chrome Web Store periodically for new apps and extensions to bring to your classroom. On the left-hand side, you will find categories, including a category for education.

What are Chrome Apps?

Apps are often enhanced shortcuts that optimize the website or app within the browser. Some require additional installation and set-up. Chrome must be running to access these applications. Below are a few of my favorite Google Chrome Apps.

What are Chrome Extensions?

Extensions are installed in the browser and give you added features and abilities to customize your browser.

Warning! Running too many extensions at once can slow your computer down. This list is a great place to start, but pick and choose what ones you need or want to try. And be sure to grab the Extensity extension so you can turn extensions off when you do not need them.

The Chrome Apps & Extensions Database

For a while, I have kept a list of my favorite apps and favorite extensions on this site, but my list just keeps growing! It has grown so much that a list just doesn't cut it anymore. I needed to find a way to help teachers find the best Chrome apps and extensions to fit the needs of their students, classrooms, and their own productivity. Thus, the Chrome Apps and Extensions Database was born.

The database includes 150+ Apps and Extensions and is searchable and filterable. I do not recommend every app and extension for every teacher. Rather, use this as a guide to find what works for you, your classroom and your students. There is something in here for everyone.

BTW, Did you know that Shake Up Learning has it's very own Chrome extension? Get it here and stay up-to-date with all of the Shake Up Learning posts.

Right now, you will find this database is heavy in productivity tools. This is where I need your help. Help me make this database even better by sharing your favorite apps and extensions for your grade levels and subject areas. Please share with me and I will continue to add to this database so that it is loaded with resources for all educators. CLICK HERE to submit your favorite Chrome Apps & Extensions.

Please note that the database below was created with Awesome Tables. If it isn't loading, it could be your school filter causing the issue.

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50 APPS THAT INTEGRATE WITH GOOGLE CLASSROOM

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85+ Awesome Apps that Integrate with Google Classroom

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A little while ago, I wrote about my 5 favorite Chrome extensions for teachers. Chrome extensions, as noted in the original post, are these neat little programs that extend the functionality of your Chrome browser - and you should definitely be using them if you aren't already.

Not surprisingly, while writing my original post, I had a bit of trouble narrowing down my favorites. There are so many helpful, time-saving and just plain fun Chrome extensions, and choosing just 5 proved to be a difficult task.

So for today's post, I present you with: 5 more must-use Chrome extensions for teachers!

Goo.gl URL Shortener is a user-friendly extension that provides quick access to Google's URL Shortener service. This means you can easily shorten the URL of any webpage or Google Drive item - and if you're wondering why you might want to do that, have you seen how long those Drive links can be?! Another neat thing about using the goo.gl URL shortener is the analytics, so you can quickly monitor clicks and referring sites for each URL you shorten, if that's your kind of thing.

Goog.gl URL Shortener also doubles as a QR code generator, which makes sharing websites and resources with students (and parents) even easier.

I often post links for students to Google Classroom, but it can sometimes take a while for students to get logged in if they aren't already; therefore, projecting a shortened link or QR code is often quicker and more direct. You can also include shortened links and QR codes on handouts and/or posters for easy reference at any time. For example, during conferences this year, I made signs with a goo.gl link and QR code to our school's online newspaper; I then hung them on the backs of the chairs, which gave parents something to read while they waited in my crazy long line.

Need more QR code inspiration? Dr. Jenna Copper has a super informative post on how she uses QR codes in her classroom to enrich vocabulary instruction with interactive word walls. Make sure to check out her post for some neat ideas and a free download. You can visit the post here: How to Wow Your Students with QR Code Word Walls and her blog here: Doc Cop: Research-Based Resources for Higher-Order Teaching.

Similar to the Emoji keyboard extension from my original post, Bitmoji is another 100% necessary Chrome extension for anyone looking to jazz up their online communication. It's also available an app and keyboard option for iOS (and I'm assuming Android too, but I don't really know because iOS is life).

Before I knew about the Chrome extension, I saved all my favorite Bitmojis from the app to a Google Drive folder so I could easily insert them in my Google Docs and Slides, but the Chrome extension makes that process so much smoother. All my favorite Bitmojis are now at the tips of my fingertips, and the drag-and-drop feature can't possibly make using Bitmojis any easier.

I've been looking for a good PDF annotator for a while now. Thanks to Kami, my search is finally over. Kami is an extension that works with Google Drive and Classroom, so both you and your students can annotate PDFs, documents (Word, Docs, Excel, Sheets) and image files (.JPG, .PNG, .GIF) with a few simple clicks.

I personally love Kami because I HATE having paper around, but I constantly found myself having to print documents and lessons so I could highlight and color code them by hand. With Kami, I can do all of that digitally now, and my desk area is so much neater as a result.

Kami is also a great tool for teaching students how to annotate digital texts. Previously, my students had to do most of their annotations paper-and-pencil style, and there was no great way to annotate digitally unless the file was a Google Doc (so they could use the basic text colors, highlight and comment features). If you use Google Classroom, you can send out PDFs to students using the "Make a Copy for Each Student" feature, and students can open the PDF with Kami if they have the extension installed as well.

Love showing and sharing YouTube videos in class, but worry about having to skip through the ads each time you play a video? Adblock is a simple extension that eliminates the need to fret about inappropriate advertising content. Simply install the extension and you're good to go. No more ads!

While Docs and Slides come with a variety of pre-set colors, sometimes those colors just aren't enough. ColorZilla is an extension that allows you to grab the hex code and RBG data from any pixel in your web browser, which you can then paste into any program of your choosing. So if you've ever seen a particular color on a website or image and thought it would be neat to use that exact color for your own project, or if you've ever googled color schemes looking for the perfect combinations for your slideshow or TPT product, then this Chrome extension is for you.

Need more extensions in your life? Make sure you've checked out my original post, 5 Must-Use Chrome Extensions for Busy Teachers.

Then feel free to browse additional extensions at the Chrome web store. Trust me, it's worth a gander.

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If your child has reading issues and uses Chrome, there are several tools that can help. Check out these six apps and extensions. (Extensions add functions to the Chrome browser.) These tools can be used on Chromebooks or on any device with a Chrome browser.
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Apps can be a great way to help your child learn, have fun or manage specific learning and attention issues. For ideas, check out these 10 new or recently updated apps for grade-schoolers. You can explore more options in Tech Finder.
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7 Chrome Tools for Kids With Writing Issues

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Apps can be a great way to help your child learn, have fun or manage specific learning and attention issues. For ideas, check out these 10 new or recently updated apps for grade-schoolers. You can explore more options in Tech Finder. Price and availability may vary but were accurate at the time of publication, on December 16, 2015.

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4 Ways to Use Google Keep for Feedback and Assessment

Google Keep is one of my favorite G Suite tools! One fun way to use Google Keep is for feedback. In this post, I've got 4 ways to use Google Keep for feedback and assessment.

Google Keep makes it easy to "keep" feedback comments, resources, references, badges, and images handy as you review and assess student work.

Google Keep is a very robust tool that can be used in many different ways by teachers and students. There are so many options, I have begun referring to Google Keep as the " Instant Pot of G Suite!" ( Listen to episode 41 of The Google Teacher Tribe to hear the reference.)

One of the coolest ways to use Google Keep is the integration with Google Docs and Slides. If you didn't know, you can open up your Google Keep notepad from inside Docs and Slides (Tools>Google Keep Notepad). This can help us as teachers make the most of this fun G Suite tool.

Below are 4 Ways for Using Google Keep for badges, common feedback, Bitmoji stickers, and GIFs!

1. Google Keep for Badges

One way to gamify your lessons is to create badges for reaching certain learning goals. There are several tools that make it easy to create and save badge images.

Tools to try:

(Also check out this 5 Awesome Resources for Badges in the Classroom.)

After you create your badges, upload them to Google Keep.

1. Create a new note in Google Keep.

2. Select the image icon in the note menu and navigate to your saved image.

3. Inside Docs or Slides, go to Tools>Keep Notepage, and your notes will appear in a sidebar to the right. You can also search your notes to find what you need more quickly.

4. Then You can open the Google Keep notepad in Docs and Slides and add the badge to student work.

2. Create a Library of Feedback for Common Errors

No matter what subject you teach, you probably find yourself giving the same feedback on common errors over and over again. (Like my example below on comma usage with quotation marks.) Make it easy on yourself and make you of the technology at your fingertips!

You can easily save written feedback to a Google Keep note and even add a link to a video or article that reviews the content or skill for easy reference. Once it is in Keep, you can simply copy and paste the text from your notepad into a comment in Docs or Slides.

3. Create a Library of Bitmoji Stickers for Informal Feedback

Bitmoji is a fun mobile app and Chrome extension that you can use for some fun, informal feedback on student work. A Bitmoji is a custom avatar maker. Create an expressive cartoon avatar and choose from a library of fun ideas that can express feedback uniquely. Students will love these!

1. Get the Bitmoji Chrome extension here.

2. Right-click on the Bitmoji you wish to use and choose "copy image."

3. Paste the image into your Google Keep note.

4. Then you can click and drag your Bitmjoi sticker from the Google Keep Notepad in Docs and Slides.
Shoutout to Stefanie Filardo for the original Docs Stickers idea!
4. Create a Library of Animated GIFs for Feedback

Animated GIFs rule the world! We see and use them just about everywhere these days so why not use them to spice up informal feedback? This is another fun idea that your students will love!

If you want to learn more about GIFs, I have done some previous posts that show you how to find and insert GIFs in G Suite files, and how to create screencast GIFs, but we are about to break the rule shared in those posts. To save a GIF to Google Keep, you must download the .gif and upload into Keep, which is contrary to the image URL method used in those previous posts.

1. Find or create your GIF.

2. Save it locally to your computer. Be sure the file ends in .gif.

3. Upload your image to Google Keep using the directions in #1 above.

4. Then you can click and drag your GIF from the Google Keep Notepad in Docs and Slides. (Easy peasy lemon squeezy!)

While some of these methods may take a bit longer to set-up, the power lies in the fact you have created a library of options that you can access at any time-saving you time in the long run.

Be sure you check out my other Google Keep resources, including the Google Keep Cheat Sheet and some other fun blog posts.

Do you love Google Keep as much as I do?
Please share your ideas in the comments below!
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4 Ways to Use Google Keep for Feedback and Assessment

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Google Keep is one of my favorite G Suite tools! One fun way to use Google Keep is for feedback. In this post, I've got 4 ways to use Google Keep for feedback and assessment. Google Keep makes it easy to "keep" feedback comments, resources, references, badges, and images handy as you review and assess student work.

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John Nenopoulos - I love that Ms. Jen is a resource that will work one on one with me in my development of Technology and who will collaborate with us next year a bit in social studies department to progress towards poignant technology integration.  This year she and I have worked on the incorporating additional playposits, a powtoon, a pixton, and a Tic Tac Toe into several of my classes.  I used a few of these in Sociology, CAI, and in my APUS history course.  For May  She and I will work on integrating my personal photos into my google and team drives so that I can share out the folder with my colleagues in social studies for use in our classes, etc.  Jen worked with me on my photos taken from my Boston trip to the North End to share with other members in my department for use in either the US courses or in the new elective: Boston - a City Upon A Hill.  

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John Nenopoulos - I love that Ms. Jen is a resource that will work one on one with me in my development of Technology and who will collaborate with us next year a bit in social studies department to progress towards poignant technology integration.  This year she and I have worked on the incorporating additional playposits, a powtoon, a pixton, and a Tic Tac Toe into several of my classes.  I used a few of these in Sociology, CAI, and in my APUS history course.  For May  She and I will work on integrating my personal photos into my google and team drives so that I can share out the folder with my colleagues in social studies for use in our classes, etc.  Jen worked with me on my photos taken from my Boston trip to the North End to share with other members in my department for use in either the US courses or in the new elective: Boston - a City Upon A Hill.  

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This is a goformative "opener" that I used when introducing a new chapter.

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WKplKaac9uhkGm0UXhj9wNRE6W24jb-o5mAaoUhDF8Q/edit?usp=sharing

I also use Google Q & A during presentations. It increases attention and allows all students to participate and ask questions in real time.

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Art II Mid Year Exam

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Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.

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Art IV Mid Year Exam

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Example of an Art IV Mid Year

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My thoughts of the outcome of these assessments;Justin FinleyJan 30

Art II exam worked great for having it open at a certain time and because most of the answers were opinion or interpretation having the internet at their fingertips didn't matter.

The Art IV exam was great in that they had to create all the connections and present them and with google Q and A everyone was involved.

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My Tic Tac Toe

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This is a project activator/critique to get the students talking about what they are seeing. WIth this Q & A on slides they are able to talk without speaking or being judged.

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Here is a link to Playposit for a lesson on Shakespeare. Students can use this Playposit to be exposed to background information about Shakespeare.

https://www.playposit.com/play/721151/new-bulb-20180129-133344-22

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Completing a Tic-Tac-Toe Board

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Creating a Tic-Tac-Toe Board

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dFNxgYDwwkai6Y0qOCOtFpaFGV7kA8apmoIp9V90IKQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Infogram Example

https://infogram.com/comparison-1hzj4ojlp9yp6pw

Student Created Infogram

https://infogram.com/step-by-step-charts-1hxr4zm9w9k52yo

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Student Created Pixton

https://pixton.com/ic:jkhcycxu