Student Chromebook Cameras not only scan QR codes but now they scan documents as well! 

Here is how fabulous it is...

📷 Open the camera app

🔍Press the scan button

📝Choose "document" to scan hand written work, Choose "QR" to scan in a code

👍🏽 That's it! 

The new Google slides features just rolled out and we are super stoked about the #perfectpear - Pear Deck add-on for Google Slides... WHAT!!!!!

Need I say more?


-Open a Google Slide, Powerpoint or Keynote with Google Slides

-Go to the Add-ons menu and install Pear Deck

-Once installed - Select from pre made formative assessment slides or make your own.



-Use the awesome features of Google Slides to Trick out your Slides

-When you are ready present with Pear Deck

-As you advance your slides your questions and their answers will appear on your teacher dashboard in real time. Answers can also be displayed anonymously in the classroom on the projector




Here is a little how to!

Remember as those review videos are being watched and rewatched and rewatched again, you and your students might find it useful to use VideoNot.es. Research is made easy with VideoNot.es after you sign in with your Google Drive. It is a very simplistic, bare-bones way of note-taking based on videos. Notes are taken with the time stamp of the video and can be useful in research, flipped-classrooms, inquiry learning and projects.

It is an extremely simple tool that you can use without any tutorial.

It is all on one webpage, and your notes will automatically live sync to your google drive into an automatically created doc in an automatically created folder.



Ideas, Ideas, Ideas

• Taking notes on review videos
• Research
• Inquiry lessons
• Noting examples of a theme
• Video source analysis
• Students note, comment, analyse or critique videos created by other students

Available on Chrome and Online (it'll work in Safari, but it is kind of a struggle)! Talk to your friendly local instructional technology teacher for more help.

I love Google Keep and here are three reasons to love Google Keep even more!

1. Handwriting Notes in Google Keep!
Click on the pen note to write a note or draw a picture



2. Annotate Images in Google Keep
Add an image note, click on your image and draw on top of it!



3. Google Keep Integration to Google Docs!
Open the Google Keep tool in Google Docs and Drag and drop your notes into your Doc

More Ways to Use Google Keep:

Use labels, tags, and colors to group notes together and identify them. Share your notes and colloborate together. Use the new image tool to snap a pic of a rubric and score student work, drop the rubric into student's docs. Save comments as Google Keep notes and drop them into your Google Doc. Check out this video and post for resources




http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/03/keep-grading-comments.html?m=1

Here are three great tools to use with Chromebooks to maximize your productivity!
1. Doc Hub - A great PDF annotation tool that also gives you some PDF tools that will make your life work! Another pretty great tool is Kami.




2. Google Keep - The ultimate notes tool that follows you whereever you go!
Use Google Keep like an agenda, keep track of your assignments, set reminders, make to-do lists, share with others and sync to your Google Cloud.



3. Inbox by Gmail - A clean and streamlined email app that lets you create bundles for messages. Get rid of your Clutter with Inbox.

• Download the app from the Chrome Web Store
• Launch the app and select your bundles. I recommend that you create your own bundles for Classes
• Pin the app to your Shelf. Right click on the app to pin it to your Shelf

Google Updates to Calendar and Slides are live in your GA account.

Google Calendar Reminders are a great way to manage your tasks and to do's. Last week the update went live on our Google Apps domain.

To enable this feature in your Google Calendar:

• Go to your Google Calendar
• Scroll down your My Calendars list until you see "Tasks"
• Click the dropdown next to tasks and select "Switch to Reminders"

We'll be putting together some training and support on how to integrate Calendar Reminders into your classroom workflow

Google Slides Q&A is Live!

Interested? Here is a quick guide to get you started

What are extensions?

Extensions are tools that you can add to your Chrome browser that enhance the functionality of your browsing, make you more productive, and streamline your workflow. Extensions on student Chromebooks will be managed by our Google Apps for Work accounts. As a teacher you can add extensions to your own Chrome browser. When you are logged into Chrome, no matter the device, your extensions travel with you. Below we have a guide on logging into your Chrome Account. Browse for Extensions in the Google Webstore: Chrome Webstore

Some extensions that we have already added to Hilton GA accounts:

Save to Google Drive - Add files and images directly to drive with the click of a button

Share to Classroom - Create Google Classroom Announcement, Assignments, or Questions from any website, article, file, video etc. with the click of a button.

Jacquie's Extension of the week....

Black Menu - Easily jump between Google apps right from your browser with out ever leaving the window you are on. Drag and drop apps to rearrange or add more from the bottom.

Managing your Google Accounts

Signing in and out of Google Accounts in the same browser window can become tedious and, when you start using different add-ons and extensions, can become an issue.

You can set up users where you can bounce between Chrome users without having to log in or log out.
1. Click on the hot dogs on the right hand side of your browser

2. Click on Settings



3. Scroll down to the bottom and select people



3. Edit your people and add people so that you have a Work account. For example I have Jacquie Work and Jacquie... I also have all of the other accounts I manage.

4. Once you have all of the accounts you need at the top of your browser click on the person icon and make sure you are signed into Chrome.



5. Right click on your users in the top of your browser to jump between accounts.

Cadet Tech On Demand Offerings

Google Classroom 1.0

- Get to know Google Classroom! This introductory component will teach you the basics of accessing, building and utilizing Google Classroom. We will be covering:
Setting up your Google Classroom
Updating your "About" Tab
Creating and posting announcements and assignments
Creating and asking Questions to your class
The basics of Grading and managing your Google Classroom

Google Classroom 2.0

- Amp up your Google Classroom! Dive into using the question tool to create and foster digital conversations with students, provide feedback using Google Docs and annotating tools on turned in assignments, export grades and manage grades, and explore different integration strategies.
Tools Include:
Google Docs - Options and advanced features
Goobric- Grading rubrics within Google Docs

Google Forms 1.0

- Meet Google Forms and see what Forms can do you for you. Find out how to use Google Forms for summative and formative assessment. Link up your forms with Flubaroo for automatic and hassle free grading. Automate individualized feedback, review documentation and email grades with the click of a button.

iMovie

-iMovie is a great tool that allows students to demonstrate learning by creating videos on their iPads. You can also use this to create your own instruction and to make videos to hook students on a new topic. For some examples on how to use iMovie as a student tool, check out these higher level examples: http://www.appsinclass.com/imovie.html
You will learn the basics of inserting video, images, and audio then expand upon the basics to using transitions, filters, cropping, finishing your video and sharing with your students.

Flipped, Tossed or Gently Shaken 1.0

- iMovie is a great tool that allows students to demonstrate learning by creating videos on their iPads. You can also use this to create your own instruction and to make videos to hook students on a new topic. For some examples on how to use iMovie as a student tool, check out these higher level examples: http://www.appsinclass.com/imovie.html
You will learn the basics of inserting video, images, and audio then expand upon the basics to using transitions, filters, cropping, finishing your video and sharing with your students.

One Note 1.0

-OneNote is a great solution to create an online binder with multiple notebooks, sections (similar to tabs), and pages. You can organize your subjects with all your notes using text, images, web clips, video and audio. You will learn the basics of creating notebooks and how to add various media. OneNote is available online and also can be viewed and edited on mobile devices. This course is a pre-requisite for a future course on OneNote Classroom Notebook; a great way to allow your students to have online binders that you can view anytime.

Notability Soup to Nuts

- This app has proven to be very useful on student iPads for students to write on PDF files that you share with your class (less paper!) and to create documents with more than basic typing. Learn the basics of how students can annotate and type on Notability files and more advanced topics including organization, inserting web clips, bookmarking, searching, recording voice and creating a video playback of their work. Notability supports differentiation for creation of documents. This class is open only to those using Notability on iPads.

Be sure to check out the details in MLP!

The Cadet Tech Chromebook pilot is up and running and off to a good start. Last week all six of our fabulous Chromebook pilot teachers came to training on Chrome OS and familiarizing themselves with the new devices.

Last week Chromebooks were officially rolled into classrooms and are being used with both elementary and secondary students. Here are some of the great features of Chromebooks:

Here is an overview of Chrome OS

HCSD Chromebook Pilot Process and Application

The HCSD Chromebook pilot looks to evaluate Chromebooks as a viable student technology in both the 1:1 and shared environments.

Pilot Program Particulars

• Three classroom sets of chromebooks will be distributed throughout the course of the pilot
• Each teacher will have 100% access to a classroom Chromebook cart for 8 weeks
• We will select 3 teachers for session 1 (10/20 - 12/21) and 3 teachers for the session 2 (1/4 - 3/11)
• The pilot program is open to all teachers who submit an application
• Selection process will be based on application to achieve a representative group of all types of users
• Support will be provided throughout

Chromebook Pilot Timeline


Program Requirements/Time commitments
Upon applying for this program please keep in mind that all selected candidates must do the following:

• Attend training sessions on October 19th and December 14th
• Fill out a midterm reflection form
• Complete final reflection and data collection survey and interview

Application

Please fill out this application to apply for the chromebook pilot Chromebook Pilot Application


Please contact Jacquie Gilmore with any questions pertaining to the Chromebook pilot program and application process.