"Once upon a time there was a Google Spreadsheets script that would create word clouds for you. When the new (current) version of Google Spreadsheets was launched that script stopped working. This morning I found a replacement for that old script."
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Tech tools that assist all students to be independent learners & teachers to become better teachers
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Beth Dichter
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"Take a close look at the Google Doc or Sheet you likely have open right now and you’ll see something new on a tab about the WYSIWYG tools. Last week Google launched add-ons–easily accessible tools created by Google’s developer partners that offer on-the-fly features for your documents and spreadsheets."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Google has just launched add-ons, tools that provide more resources for you to use with Google Doc and Sheet. Over fifty are now available (and more are expected to be added). A few are listed below. * EasyBib Bibliography generator allows you to search EasyBib and generate citations (MLA, APA and Chicago Manual) * Open Clip Art provides quick access to over 50,000 images you can insert * Kazena Shortcut allows you to provide audio feedback with Google Doc and Sheet * LucidChart allows you to insert a mindmap, flow chart or diagram directly into your doc (and LucidDiagram is also available) * ProWriting Aid - check for plagiarism, grammar and redundant phrases The post includes a short video as well as listing some of the other tools available. 
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"We’ve all endured “death by PowerPoint.” It’s a painful experience for the audience and probably not all that fun for the presenter either. To help my students deliver effective presentations—free of those deadly bullet points—I have my go-to applications."
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Richard Byrne shares alternatives to PowerPoint with a twist. He includes additional tools that help students outline their stories; find high quality images that are public domain and/or Creative Commons; and a variety of web-based presentation tools as well as Haiku Deck, and app for the iPad. In total he shares eight resources providing links to all as well as short descriptions.
Michael Kleven's curator insight,
May 22, 2013 4:15 PM
This isn't directly related to film production. Still, we all are called upon to make presentations. Some great resources here. Perhaps even helpful for producers, directors, DoP's.
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Learning how to write bibliographies and correctly cite sources has become much easier with the many tools that are available to help students through this process. This post looks at six tools available with options that "include browser extensions, templates, and online citation builders (where you plug in your resource and the citation is generated for you."
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If your school is using Google Docs this year here are three great tips that may make the process run more smoothly. Susan Oxnevad's school introduced Google Docs last year and has shared what she wishes she had done. Each tip provides resources to help you with the process. And the three tips are... * Encourage teachers to create an in box with a Google form * Teach teachers and students how to use the revision history * Encourage teachers to create and use templates
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"Microsoft 365 is an online version of Microsoft's well known Office suite. Office 365 for Education is free for schools and is already being used by many public school districts and colleges. Office 365 is cloud based and includes Microsoft Office Web Apps, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Lync Online. This is Microsoft's answer to Google Apps for Education. It can be a good option for schools that are heavily invested in Microsoft apps as there would be almost no learning curve or training required. It includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Email, Calendars, web sites, and much more, including the ability to collaborate online with others and even run an online course."
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"Google is always looking for ways to enhance user experience and they are particularly good at integrating more tools into their existing products. This time they are offering some useful refinements to Google Docs. If you’re a researcher you’re gonna love this. Now when you are composing in Google Docs you will have access to a research pane which can bring up information relevant to what you are writing about. So if you are writing a paper about George Washington and you forgot to document a fact about his life, all you have to do is go into tools and bring up the research pane." I have tested this tool and it allows you to quickly find additional information without leaving the document you are working on. For many students this would prove valuable.
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From Richard Byrne, "a new guide, Google Documents for Teachers. The 40 page guide (embedded below) is designed to help teachers who have never used Google Documents." Please note, this is part of a larger project he is working on, so changes may be made down the road.
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These days a good way to capture the attention of an audience is to present information visually. For this reason, I created a glog of popular ways to use Google Docs for Learning to share with the teachers at our middle school. Just look at the glog, find something that interests you, and click on a link to see snippets of samples implemented by our teachers.
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Last week, Texthelp announced that a surprise was coming soon in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week. Today that surprise was revealed - Read&Write for Google is now Free for Teachers!
Beth Dichter's insight:
ReadWrite Gold for Chrome is a great tool...and is once again free for educators! What does it do? It is a Chome "extension that provides comprehensive reading and writing supports for Google Docs and the Web as well as PDFs, ePubs, and KES files stored in Google Drive." Specific features include: * Read Aloud that has dual highlighting * Word prediction * Talking and picture dictionaries * Annotations and much more. If you already have ReadWrite Gold installed you can upgrade by going to this link: http://rw.texthelp.com/drive/home/RegisterTeacher If you do not have it yet download the 30 day trial. You may register for the free version afterwards.
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Are you using Google Docs? This post explores many of the options available to you in Google Docs including: * Google Docs for Research - Look under Tools to access Research. As well as allowing you to research within Google Docs this tool streamlines " the process of creating hyperlinks and appropriately formatting citations." * Google Docs for Collaborative Writing - Some of the features of this tool include sharing and commenting, built-in dictionary, smart spell check and grammar check, one click footnotes and citations, Easy Bib connection and revision history. The Common Core stresses the need for students to collaborate. Google Docs may assist your students in the process. The post also contains quite a few screenshots.
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Once again Susan Oxnevad has created a great tool in Google Docs. This one will elp students with multimedia presentations
"The Google Docs Presentation is well-suited for use as a starting point for short student driven research projects because of the availability of efficient integrated research tools right on the page. To introduce students and teachers to the built in features, I created a simple template to guide the learning and help everyone discover the usefulness of the tool." The post goes on to share tips on how to use the template, a look at the template, how to access the template and how to make your own.
Nuno Magalhães Ribeiro's curator insight,
January 21, 2013 10:26 AM
Uma ferramenta interessante para suportar o desenvolvimento multimédia diretamente no GoogleDocs.
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Introduction to and directions for using Google Drive and Google Documents. Just updated by Richard Byrne, this book provides great information on using Google Drive and Google Documents.
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This post looks at many of the tools one may find in Google that help with writing including Google docs, spreadsheets, forms, drawing and presentation tools. Ideas of how to use the tools are provided as well as samples, and there are also connections to Common Core Standards.
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Explore our collection of Google tricks to find new, faster ways to search, read email, manage your time, and more. In 2009 Online Colleges published '100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School" and with all the new products Google has developed a new list of tips has been developed. Topics include: Search Tricks, Google Specifically for Education, Google Plus, Google Docs, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Mobile, Google Chrome Tips and Extensions, Google Books, Google Voice, and Handy Google Services and Apps. Lots of time saving tips!
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Readability is one of my favorite tools, a tool that removes 'clutter' from webpages, creating a page that is clean of ads. This post looks at combining Readability with Google Docs, making "an effective and efficient method of taking digital notes." This provides another way that students may choose to take notes. There is a Google Presentation that provides additional information about how to work with Readability and Google Docs. I also like to use Readability with Natural Reader, a free program put out by Natural Soft, that will read text to students.
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These Google Docs tips inspire awesome ideas and tricks for collaboration, sharing, and staying productive. "Google Docs is such an incredible tool...but there are so many options, both hidden and obvious, that there’s a good chance you’re not using Google Docs to its fullest capability. We’ve discovered 52 great tips for getting the most out of Google Docs ..."
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If you or your students use Google Docs they can quickly generate a word cloud when their document has 100 or more words. Richard Byrne provides clear instructions in this post as well as suggestions on how your students might use the word cloud to help them revise, to find words the may have over used and more!