Knudge.me is an Android and iOS app to be used to improve English skills through mini lessons and games. As Android apps come to Chromebooks, apps like Knudge.me can be used in the classroom.
Once launched, the Knudge.me app will ask the student to sign up or log in. They can use a Google login, which makes the app really easy to integrate into a Google school.
Amazon Rapids offers a playful approach to children’s reading, with illustrated and original short stories written in a unique chat style that brings stories to life, one message at a time. Source: Amazon Rapids Amazon Rapids is a subscription service that offers short stories for kids aged 7-12. The interesting aspect of this program is the format…
Canva, the design tool that’s free for educators, has a built-in screen recording tool. Screencasts Screencasts are a great way to present information to your students, and there are a plethora of options to use to create them. The idea is to record what’s on your screen while you narrate what you are doing. The…
This week at ISTE Google announced Quizzes in Google Forms. It adds the ability to automatically grade quizzes in Google Forms, as long as the questions are multiple choice, checkboxes, or dropdown. The other types of questions are not supported. To create a Quiz in Google Forms, start a new form. Click on the gear…
Join millions who never stop learning! Curiosity brings you the world’s most inspiring articles and videos so you can learn something new every day! Source: Curiosity Curiosity.com is a site that can not only show you something new every day, it can also be used as a resource in your classroom. I did a quick…
Search Google Drive from your Google Chrome address bar. Google Chrome has the ability to add searches to the url with a keyword, so why not set it up to search your Google Drive. To get started, right click on the URL bar in Google Chrome and select Edit search engines… Click on Add on the right…
Google search results can be a little overwhelming for students. A search for volcano leaves you with 100,000,000 results. Google Search Filter is an extension for Google Chrome that allows you to highlight results from certain sites and hide results from other sites. Once installed, head over to Google.com to configure the extension. It will first ask for…