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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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If your students have Google accounts you might consider having them use Google Slides to help them organize research. With the tools available for searching next to the slides it is an easy way for them to begin to organize their materials. Richard Byrne has created a video that walks you through what to do. 
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"There is GREAT news!! You can now insert an image into a GOOGLE FORM!!!
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Google continues to add features to Google forms. This post shows you how to add images to Google Forms. If you would like to see a video that walks you through the steps please visit the link below from Richard Byrne's blog FreeTech4Teachers at http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/05/video-how-to-insert-images-into-google.html.
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Did you know that Google now has a "stock image gallery" with more that "5,000 images that are labeled for re-use." The images are for use with Google Drive while creating documents or presentations. "To access these images select 'image' from the 'insert' menue when you're working on a document or presenation. Then select the 'search' option and finally select 'stock image' to search for a stock image to use..." You may also search Google images and Life images.
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Dropbox and Microsoft’s SkyDrive allows you to retain your copyright and IP rights to the work you upload to the service.
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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!
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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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"One of the components of Close Reading is annotation, in which the students read short, complex text adding annotations as they read. Students might circle words or phrases that are powerful, underline those that are confusing, indicate big events or when a character shows strong emotion, and write questions or thoughts. They use metacognitive markers or “Thinking Notes” as a means to move beyond just highlighting..."
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Close Reading covers a wide range of materials: poems, news articles, short stories, plays, photos, paintings, videos and more. This post provides five tools to help students annotate a wide variety of media. They are listed below, More detailed explanations are found in the post. * Doctopus - this program is great if you use Google Apps (and therefore Google Drive). * Diigo is a great tool for annoting text and images found online. Drawing tools are also available. * Markup does not require an account. "It provides tools for drawing, highlighting, adding text, and sharing via a link. It does require the installation of a bookmarklet or the Chrome extension." * PDFzen is a free tool that works with Google Drive. It will open the following types of files: pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlx, odt and rtf. * VideoAnt allows you to annotate videos hosted on YouTube as well as HTML5 and flash videos and works in a number of browsers. As we begin to prepare our students for new testing the ability to annotate is critical. These tools provide a variety of options that you may want to explore and use in your classroom.
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"It’s just a little easier to find your apps these days and to discover and connect to new ones. On Friday Google announced a new feature in its Drive interface. The Create menu now expands to list a lovely variety of third-party Drive-connected apps. These apps may now be conveniently added to your Create menu in a list to the right of the official Google Apps–documents, presentations, spreadsheets, forms, and drawings. You may either search for the apps you want to list or browse for them in a pull-down menu. After you connect them, they are loaded directly from your Drive."
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If you are using Google Drive this is welcome news. Once you click on the Create button you click on the Connect More Apps and are taken to the App store where you may search by category (perhaps education and productivity would be on the top of the list for educators). Click on one you want available and it will ask you to Connect...and lickety split it shows up in your Drive interface!
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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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From the Google Official Blog: Just like the Loch Ness Monster, you may have heard the rumors about Google Drive. It turns out, one of the two actually does exist. Today, we’re introducing Google Drive—a place where you can create, share, collaborate, and keep all of your stuff. Whether you’re working with a friend on a joint research project, planning a wedding with your fiancé or tracking a budget with roommates, you can do it in Drive. You can upload and access all of your files, including videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs and beyond.
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Google Drive continues to add new resources and at times it is confusing for folks to know where to go. This three page document provides you with a great visual of all the components you find when you log-in to Google Drive as well as an additional two pages that share Keyboard short-cuts as well as some other tips. One tip that was new to me is:
* Google Drive file types (docs, sheets, slides, etc.) DO NOT count against your Drive storage space.
This site will also lead you to a Google document that has this information that you may save in your Google Drive.