{"id":1626,"date":"2015-03-30T09:51:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T15:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sedcclint.com\/?p=1626"},"modified":"2015-03-30T09:51:46","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T15:51:46","slug":"chromebooks-creative-apps-classroom-intro-for-enterprise-elementary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sedcclint.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/30\/chromebooks-creative-apps-classroom-intro-for-enterprise-elementary\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Apps for Chromebooks &#038; Classroom Intro for Enterprise Elementary"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h5>Permalink: <a href=\"http:\/\/chart.googleapis.com\/chart?cht=qr&amp;chs=400x400&amp;choe=UTF-8&amp;chld=H|0&amp;chl=http:\/\/goo.gl\/wHtxYo\" data-lightbox=\"on;width:400;height:400;title:http:\/\/goo.gl\/wHtxYo;titlePosition:float\">http:\/\/goo.gl\/wHtxYo<\/a><\/h5>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/usoe.truenorthlogic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">OnTrack<\/a> Section #: 73153, Course #:\u00a059500<\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n<p>It&#8217;s great to be in Washington County with you all today! Here&#8217;s what we&#8217;ll cover:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sedcclint.com\/?p=1238\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Chromebook Apps<\/a>\u00a0(Google Presentation)\u00a0&#8211; Web apps that you and your students can use to create amazing projects on the Chromebook<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chrome Web Store<\/a> &#8211; Browse what is available, or jump right to the <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/category\/app\/8-education\" target=\"_blank\">Education<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/category\/collection\/chromeos_elementary_school\" target=\"_blank\">Elementary School<\/a> categories. You may want to add the <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/category\/app\/8-education\" target=\"_blank\">Google Classroom app<\/a> as well.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/edu\/products\/productivity-tools\/classroom\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google Classroom &#8211; Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Google Classroom\" href=\"https:\/\/classroom.google.com\/h\" target=\"_blank\">Google Classroom<\/a> &#8211; Join me for a tour of this amazing Content Management System (CMS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/edu\/training\/get-trained\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google in the Classroom<\/a> &#8211; Self-paced lessons on 20 different Google services and tools, including\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/edu\/training\/get-trained\/drive\/introduction.html\" target=\"_blank\">Drive<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/edu\/training\/get-trained\/docs-suite\/introduction.html\" target=\"_blank\">Docs<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/edu\/training\/get-trained\/classroom\/introduction.html\" target=\"_blank\">Classroom<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/edu\/training\/get-trained\/chrome\/introduction.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chrome<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/edu\/training\/get-trained\/chromebooks\/introduction.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chromebooks<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/edu\/training\/get-trained\/youtube\/introduction.html\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, as well as a module on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/edu\/training\/get-trained\/digital-citizenship\/introduction.html\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Citizenship<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Some other Chromebook apps\/tools that teachers are using:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scootpad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scootpad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/activities.macmillanmh.com\/reading\/treasures\/\" target=\"_blank\">Treasures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.typingpal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Typing Pal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keyboardingonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keyboarding Online<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With Classroom, you can use a combination of a Google Form as a quiz building tool and a great add-on called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flubaroo.com\/flubaroo-user-guide\" target=\"_blank\">Flubaroo<\/a> to grade your quizzes, evaluate the results, and even automatically email students their scores! This is a great combination to use for formative assessment in your classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Another option for formative assessment are classroom &#8216;clickers.&#8217; Since you have access to Chromebooks, or even student cell phones, you can utilize\u00a0some great (and FREE) web based student response and feedback systems\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0without the need to purchase additional single-purpose devices.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a rundown of some great options out there, and what it&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;Killer Feature&#8221; is:<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 191px; width: 90%;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Platform:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Killer Feature:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socrative.com\/\">Socrative<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Great overall features, has <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/teacher-clicker-socrative\/id477620120?mt=8\">Teacher<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/student-clicker-socrative\/id477618130?mt=8\">Student<\/a> apps, but not required<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/mentimeter.com\/\">Mentimeter<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Unlimited responses &#8211; great for school wide surveys<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polleverywhere.com\/\">Poll Everywhere<\/a><\/td>\n<td>SMS\/Text voting from student cell phones, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polleverywhere.com\/plans\/classroom_response_system_k12\">free teacher accounts<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/nearpod.com\">Nearpod<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Presentation and assessment in one tool, great solution for classroom iPad labs, same <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/nearpod\/id523540409?mt=8\">app for teachers and students<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/getkahoot.com\">Kahoot<\/a><\/td>\n<td>&#8220;Gamified&#8221;, colorful and fun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plickers.com\/\">Plickers<\/a><\/td>\n<td>No student device needed &#8211; uses paper cards and a teacher cell phone or iPad camera<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/docs\/answer\/87809?hl=en\">Google Forms<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flubaroo.com\/flubaroo-user-guide\">Flubaroo<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Easy to build, no additional logins for teachers or students needed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Permalink: http:\/\/goo.gl\/wHtxYo OnTrack Section #: 73153, Course #:\u00a059500 It&#8217;s great to be in Washington County with you all today! 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