The tool I have to share with you this week is Be Internet Awesome by Google. This resource has a lot of great digital citizenship activities and resources for families and educators. Please share this resource with families! Teachers, check out the printable activities. These can be done without devices!
Check out Everfi and the free courses they offer, including digital wellness and safety. They added some new ones this year!
The tool I have to share with you this week is the Chromebook App Hub. This is a resource to help educators learn about Chromebook apps and get activity ideas. You can filter by idea, age range, subject, and learning goal. There are so many great apps! I recommend scrolling through to see what might be applicable to your unique context.
The tools I have to share with you this week are the Guardian’s Guide to Chromebooks and Google Applied Digital Skills. Please share the Guardian’s Guide to Chromebooks with parents and guardians. This resource provides more context and understanding of Chromebooks at school. Google Applied Digital Skills has a couple collections I’d like to point out; Back to School 2019 and Online Safety & Digital Wellbeing. These collections have great video lessons that foster digital skills and good habits for the year ahead.
If you are interested in becoming a Google Certified Educator, check out the Google Teacher Center. Summer is a great time to do this! For Level 1 certification, go through the Fundamentals training and then register for the exam. For Level 2, go through the Advanced training and then register for the exam. If you would like to meet for a study/tutor session prior to taking the exam, I’m happy to help you out.
There is a great bookmarking tool extension called Wakelet. This makes it easy to save and organize content you find on the web. The beauty of this is that Wakelet is Free and what you save is viewable on all devices. Imagine how this extension can transform teaching and learning! Check out the Educator’s Guide. Click here to add Wakelet to your Google Chrome extensions.
Google Calendar can help you set goals for yourself! These goals could be personal and/or professional. As we reflect on this school year and come up with goals for next year, this is the perfect tool to help hold us accountable for achieving our goals. To use the goals feature within Google Calendar, open the Google Calendar app on your mobile device, in the bottom right, tap “+”, tap Goal, choose a category or create a custom goal, follow the prompts, tap done. Sessions automatically add to your calendar and when life gets in the way, Google calendar will add it to another available time in your schedule. Check out their commercial here.
Google Earth has a new Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego Game! Check out Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego and share with students to get them acquainted with Google Earth in a fun engaging way.
Google has a library of lessons to help students learn how to navigate the web effectively and efficiently. These lessons are great for growing search literacy skills.
Google Tip: Add Audio to Google Slides
Google Slides will be adding a new feature this month. We will now be able to insert audio into Slides! When you click Insert and then Audio. The audio can be voice, music, narrations, sound effects that you already have the file for. *Note: This is not a way to create audio.
Google Tip: Insert Diagrams
Did you know Google slides has a variety of diagram templates to insert into your presentation? In the tool bar, choose Insert, choose Diagram and a sidebar popup will appear. From this sidebar, select your options and click insert. You can choose from several types of grids, hierarchies, timelines, processes, relationships, or cycles.
