Padlet

Need a quick and easy assessment tool?  Create a Padlet in seconds hand have your students post to your wall!

The wall can be shared via email, with a link on your website, embeded on your website or with a QR Code!

There is a Padlet app at the chrome store!

Thanks for sharing Mrs. Polenzani and Mrs. Flessas!

Free ClipArt and Pictures!

Open ClipArt
Almost 60,000 clipart images that have been released to the public domain so they are free to use!

Pixabay

Over 260,000 free photos illustrations that have been released to the public domain!
You can use any Pixabay image without attribution in digital and printed form.

Gmail Tricks!

Get to Know Your Gmail Settings!

Desktop Notifications!
Have a notification Pop-Up when you receive a new email!
In Gmail, go to Settings and scroll down to see your desktop notification options!

More than just a Yellow Star!

Instead yellow starring a message, why not give it a blue star or an exclamation point?

Then the more time you click the blank star next to a message, the more icon option you will get!

Oct 7 Staff Meeting Tips

Make Chrome your default browser

1.  Click the little 3 lines on the top right of your Chrome browser

2.  Click Settings

3.  Click  Make Google Chrome the Default

Google Image Search - Safer Alternatives

Subscription Services
United Streaming
Ebsco Kids Search
Britannica Elementary
World Book Kids
World Book Students

Search Engines
KidzSearch
Google Junior
GoGooligans

Adding a Bookmark to Your Google Doc

 Create the bookmark first.

1. Click where you want to place the bookmark in your document.
2. Click the Insert drop-down menu
3. Select Bookmark
4. Create a link to a bookmark

 Then, create a link to a bookmark

1. Highlight the text you'd like to link from
2. Click the Insert drop-down menu and select Link
3. In the 'Edit Link' window, select the 'Bookmark' option to see the bookmarks you've created
4. Click the bookmark you'd like to link to
5. Click OK.

Powtoon

Powtoon is a free, simple, web-based presentation tool.  For chrome users, there is a Powtoon app in the Chrome store!


Teachers and students can use Powtoon for book reports, tutorials, current events, research reports, vocabulary development, study guides... Just log in using your google account and get started!

My Sample: Critical Vocabulary Chapter 3

(I know what your thinking!  You hit the jackpot by reading this today! Not only do you learn about an amazing presentation tool, you can get my answers to the Critical Vocab Chapter 3 Assignment... I can't guarantee they are correct, but use them however you want!!)