The app usually discussed with notetaking is Evernote, but Google has a contender with Google Keep. Each note takes on the form of a post-it looking note. Formatting is pretty limited, with a few font formatting options and the ability to include pictures. Instead of being only for text, a note can also be a…
Google has now added a new feature to its note taking app Google Keep. Your notes will now automatically be categorized, such as books, food, quotes, etc. and will let you search by these automatic topics. Once I created a couple of notes with quotes in them I did a search for quote Google Keep, which…
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…
Tool discovery is often a challenge for teachers interested in finding ways to use technology that will change the way they and their students work. With so much going on in the classroom, many teachers don’t have the time to test out various apps and find the perfect tool to meet their needs. Luckily, several…
Although Microsoft Word offers the ability to record a meeting while taking notes, this option is not available to Chromebooks or other platforms where Microsoft Word is not available. That’s where Mic Note comes in. Mic Note is available for macOS, Chrome, Windows, Linux, and Android. It allows you to take notes while simultaneously recording…
Sway is a Microsoft tool that can be used for digital storytelling, presentations, and reports. Once signed in (Sway requires a Microsoft account), you can create a new sway or upload a Word, PowerPoint or PDF to use. The presentation is created with different types of media that is added to the story line. I added…
YouTube offers a bunch of handy editing tools that often go overlooked by users. One of those is the option to rotate videos that have been shot in vertical mode when they should have been shot horizontally. Source: Free Technology for Teachers: Handy, Overlooked YouTube Features A great video showing off these YouTube features.
Using the open source MindMup MapJs software, Mindmup 2.0 offers free online mind mapping software with Google Drive integration. Mindmup works like other mind mapping software, where you can map out thoughts and ideas through the use of children or siblings boxes, all interconnected. The node can consist of boxes or images, although there isn’t a clip art library…
Axiom is a Chrome application that can organize your digital media plus annotate and collaborate with them. The service can be used to collect documents, including multimedia, for various uses, such as collecting homework or brainstorming ideas by marking up the documents or multimedia. There is a free level which allows you to store 10…
Story Wars is a collaborative online workspace where stories are written, one chapter at a time, by different authors. This website is great for two reasons: 1. Loads of books, and 2. The ability to create your own. Unfortunately, the quality of the books vary, so you’ll want to vet any stories before recommending to…