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Collaborate on documents with Storillo

Byryan July 9, 2020July 6, 2020

Source: Storillo | Putting the “group” back in group work!

Storillo is a writing tool for group work. Think of it as Google Docs version history on steroids. You can track each student’s contribution to the document in an easy to use format.

The teacher can look at the finished document and see exactly which student did what:

The site is free for 3 classes/year and 2 projects/class. Pricing starts at $60/year/teacher for unlimited classes and projects. They do offer school pricing, but you have to contact them for a quote.

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Google’s Canvas is a whiteboard for your projector and a canvas for your students

Byryan May 2, 2019May 2, 2019

Canvas is a free drawing tool from Google that is pretty cool. Students can use it to draw and sketch, while teachers can use it as a chalkboard or sketch noting with a projector. The tools are limited to sketch, there isn’t a text tool or any shape tools. That being said, if you have…

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Easily create photo slide shows in Google Slides from photos in Google Photos or Google Drive

Byryan November 12, 2019November 10, 2019

Source: Photos To Slides – G Suite Marketplace For certain tasks, Google Slides is a good solution. However, creating a photo slideshow in Google Slides is a tedious and laborious process. That is, unless you have the Photos To Slides add-on. This add-on uses albums created in Google Photos. Once you have the pictures you…

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Riv.yt makes sharing Youtube videos easy and distraction free

Byryan March 6, 2019March 6, 2019

Source: Enhanced embeds & landing pages for YouTube videos. Sure, you can simply send the address of a Youtube video to your students, but then there is the aftermath of related videos and comment sections. There are ways to view Youtube distraction-free, but what if there was an easy way to share a video distraction free…

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Create interactive lessons with Sutori

Byryan June 16, 2021June 16, 2021

Source: Presentations for the classroom | Sutori I’m surprised I haven’t read about Sutori before. Sutori is based around its concept of stories. A Sutori story is a lesson that can be displayed as a web page or as a presentation. What’s cool is that you can plan out the lesson with activities and information…

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Harvard’s Music Lab is here to test your music skills

Byryan February 2, 2019February 1, 2019

Source: The Music Lab The Department of Psychology at Harvard University has opened The Music Lab, an attempt at learning how humans use music. Right now there are four different tests you can take online. I took the tone-deafness test, and was better than 60% of the people who have taken the test. I’m a little disappointed…

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Flashcard Stash :: Flashcard games and study tool optimized for vocabulary

Byryan July 29, 2016July 28, 2016

Flashcard Stash is yet another online flashcard builder. Students can play games on the pre-build flashcards or create their own. There are several different ways to use the flashcards to help remember the terms. Teachers can create an account and then assign lists to students. Unfortunately, the site does not allow Google or Microsoft accounts to…

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