Beautiful Editor is almost Audacity for Chromebooks.
Source: Beautiful Audio Editor
I hope you like green gradients, because Beautiful Audio Editor is a full feature audio editor that runs in the browser. Students can record directly in to the editor, copy/paste or duplicate audio. Final projects can be exported as mp3 and wav.
There is a browser limitation for large projects, but most students won’t be working on >45 minute audio productions.
Source: Jumpstart Your Essays and Papers | WriteWell WriteWell is a combination of an online writing app and writing resources. After signing in, students can select from a list of essay topics and outlines to help them get started with their writing. These templates can be downloaded as .docx files, so the student does not have…
Getting started with blogging can be an intimating process. WordPress is the big dog when it comes to blogging, but setting it up for the first time is not as user friendly as I would like. You could try bloggin at Twitter or on Facebook, but that locks your content into their systems and limits…
Writing a multimedia ebook or magazine can be a good way for students to illustrate and or further explain portions of fiction and non-fiction stories that they develop. Multimedia publishing tools that include a collaboration component can further help students as they work together with each other or with you to improve their work. Source: Free…
Everyone once in a while, you may need a timer for an activity in your classroom. I prefer to project a timer instead of setting a time because it’s more noticeable for the students. Here are three quick and dirty online timers. Google Timer In the Google search box or in the Chrome URL field…
Source: Explain and Send Screenshots – Chrome Web Store I’ve been a big fan of Nimbus Screenshot for awhile, but I have a feeling that Explain and Send Screenshots is going to be my go to screenshot tool now. The tools are pretty standard, but my favorite is the numbering text tool. With it you…
Source: Free Technology Curriculum from Google – Applied Digital Skills Applied Digital Skills is a free website by Google that offers technology lessons for staff and students (middle school and older). There are tons of lessons available online to help you or your students learn new skills. When I use online lessons like this, I…