Long time Teacher List member, Joel Heffner, told me that if I haven’t seen this one yet, you’re gonna like it. Well, I hadn’t seen it and I do like it! The site invites users to “Easily turn Google Spreadsheets into Flashcards and Other Cool Stuff.” And it works well – just download the template and follow the instructions. Be sure to check out the other gadgets too – like the trivia game that looks like a gameshow teachers love to emulate in the classroom…—
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This one is pretty self-explanatory. We all know The Google is huge but how huge is it? Check out this interactive infographic that loads live data about what’s going on with Google.—
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My pal, Bill Lomax, sent me this the other day. On Monday, Google “announced the launch of Computer Science Custom Search, a customized search engine for finding K-12 computer science education (CS)resources. Developed using a collection of over 550 CS education websites, such as Khan Academy, Google CS First, Girl Develop It, Bootstrap, ScratchEd, Code.organd Made with Code to name a few, CS Custom Search connects you to computer science education materials and programs. By focusing on a list of websites that provide primarily free and open K-12 CS education resources, the customized search engine ensures that you will find materials that can be readily adopted for your class, after school program, or enrichment for your child.
“CS Custom Search has been designed to support a range of users with varying degrees of experience with CS. For those with extensive experience, CS Custom Search has been optimized to support queries for unique CS topics across a wide range of languages and platforms. For those with less experience, the custom search solution provides recommendations on a range of search topics to ensure that a lack of CS vocabulary doesn’t negatively impact your results.”
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The URL: http://www.cs4hs.com/resources/cscs.html
My students are using Google Sites as a portfolio to hold all of their creative work. There are a lot of questions about how to use the many features, so we’ve been “Asking The Google” and found this good site. Google Trainer, Tony Amsler, offers a range of tips for beginners and experts alike, including his very helpful articles in the “Good to Know” section.—
The URL: https://sites.google.com/site/amslerclassroom/
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N-grams are graphs that are derived from collections of text, showing how the frequency of a word or phrase changes over time. Google’s N-Gram Viewer was implemented last fall. Or at least, that’s when I noticed it whenever I typed “Define:—
The URL: http://bit.ly/1fDZaPy ]]>
If you’re getting into Google Apps for Education, you’ll be interested in this list compiled by blogger Med Kharbach (@medkh9). This list will offer you a variety of tutorials and guides that will bump up your game in the world of all things Google.—
The URL: http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/03/50-google-docs-tips-every-teacher.html ]]>