Sure, you could use the web based app with Google Jamboard, but if you have access to an Android device you have access to a few more features if you switch. And you may have access to the Android app if you have a Chromebook from the last few years.
RSS is an acronym for Real Simple Syndications – It can be used to follow your favorite sites. Once you follow a site, only new articles are pushed to you. And, once you read them, they are marked as read so you don’t re-see the same articles over and over. You also have more control…
Google offers all sorts of neat little tricks with the URL of a Google Drive document, and the /preview trick is one of the best. I’m going to demonstrate the /preview trick with Google Slides, since that’s when it’s most noticeable. For my classes, I have prepared lessons in Google Slides. This is a pretty…
Source: Unpinterested! – Chrome Web Store There are times that you find out a thing exists that you didn’t know you needed. Unpinterested! is one of those things. Pinterest is fine for a lot of things, but it’s usage diminishes for me when I’m looking for something. Unpinterested! is a Google Chrome extension that will…
Google announced last week that it is shutting down the goo.gl URL shortening service. A URL shortening services is an online service that takes long, unwieldy addresses and creates a new, shorter address that it is easier to share. I’ve covered the Chrome extension before, which made it very easy to use. The timeline for…
With its highly collaborative, online/offline format — and its attractive price tag (free!) — many schools, businesses and other organizations are ditching their expensive, clunky software for this powerful suite of tools. The way that Google Apps is interactive and easy to share is powerful. My students can share ideas in real time with other…
Source: Write an If-Then Adventure Story – Applied Digital Skills If you haven’t realized, I like interactive fiction (IF) and have written several posts on creating IF. Someone at Google likes is to because Google has created an entire lesson plan on creating IF in Google Slides. Although it is broken up into 4 lessons,…