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I. Chromebook 101
     A. Handout with info on basics
​     B. Work smart with Chromebooks in class

II. Teacher Productivity
     A. Gmail- conquer the mess
     B. Google Calendar Tips and Tricks
     C. Google Voice Search & Tools
     D.  Chrome Extensions

II. Integration Whole Classroom
     A.  Google Classroom
     B.  Class Dojo
     C.  Kahoot & Plickers
     D.  Padlet
     E.  Podcasts or Video Podcasts

IV. Sites and Apps for Instruction
Find some by looking here

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 Websites that work well with the Chromebook! Taken from Lee's Summit School District Resource Page

Creativity and Innovation
  • Read, Write, Think Tools (Can download most tools to Google Drive as a document)
  • Google Lit Trips -Virtual literature book trips with Google Earth
  • Go Animate - Make an online video
  • Time Glider - Create, collaborate, and publish zooming and panning interactive timelines.
  • Time Toast - Create a timeline and share it on your blog or website
  • Voki - Create a speaking Avatar
  • Glogster EDU (Also found in Chrome App Store; Students can use their Gmail to create a free account and use the free version)
  • What Should I Do in Computer Lab Scholastic Wheel of Choice 
  • ThingLink (Make your images interactive)

Communication and Collaboration 
  • Flat Stanley Project (Create a Flat Stanley and mail them to students around the world)
  • Monster Project (Work with students around the world on a Monster writing project)
  • ePals (Connect with other classes around the world)
  • Voice Thread (Also found in Chrome App Store )
  • Collaborative Projects 
  • Vocaroo - Online voice recorder

Research and Information Literacy
  • Fact Monster - Free student reference site
  • Kid Rex - Safe search for kids by kids
  • Ask for Kids - Safe search for kids
  • Kids Click - Safe search for kids designed by librarians
  • Safe Search for Kids - Google search engine for kids
  • Sweet Search - A search engine for students
  • World Book (In district use)
  • Wolfram (Also found in Chrome App Store as an app and
    extensions)
  • Wikipedia for Kids  - Safe Wikipedia search for kids
  • Son of Citation Machine
  • Blendspace (Create and find digital lessons)
  • Watch Know Learn (Free educational videos K-12)

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
  • Project Bird Feeder - Bird watching project
  • Journey North - Seasonal changes


Art
  • Art Project by Google - Museum Viewer
  • Pop Art Studio Online - Create your own pop art masterpieces
  • Sketchpad - Draw, sketch, create
  • Piktochart - Online posters
  • Canva - Design professional graphics
Audio, Photo and Video Tools
  • WeVideo - Video editor 
  • Brain Pop - Video of the day
  • Camera - Enable webcam to take pictures
  • Pic Monkey - Edit photos and create collage
  • Twisted Wave - Full featured audio editor
  • Cloud Audio Recorder - Audio and voice recorder
  • SumoPaint - Layer based painting and image editing
  • Slidely Photo Remix - easily pick any online image and apply beautiful custom photo 
  • Voice Recognition - Click on start dictation and start talking, easily save to Drive
  • Voice Recorder - Simple voice recorder just hit the red button and record
  • Pixler - Photo editor
  • Kaizena - Voice Comments
  • Movenote - Add video to Docs
  • Go Animate - Make videos 
Collaboration
  • Lucid Press - Flyers, brochures, magazines, newsletters 
  • Padlet - Online sticky note collaboration
  • Linoit - Online sticky note collaboration
  • Digital Clock - Display current time
  • Mind Mup - Create mind maps

Communication Arts
  • Spelling City - Learn, test, practice a list of words created by the student 
  • MeeGenius - Read or be read books online (teachers should go to the website and sign up for an educator account to download more free books)
  • iStorybooks - Free story books with pictures and text
  • Learn Dolch Sight Words - Sight word practice
  • Sight Word - Flash cards with sight words
  • Learn Elementary Sight Words - Sight word practice
  • Road to Grammar - Grammar practice
  • English Vocabulary Learn new words, adds picture and pronunciation
  • Word Joust  - English Space Invaders
  • Newsela - Choose and article to read and select a reading level

Math Apps
  • ADDieMath - simple and fun tool to learn and master basic facts
  • BuzzMath -  (Grades 5-6)
  • Calculator - Basic Calculator
  • Carrotsticks - Math practice for grades 1 - 5
  • Learn to Count Money - Teaches students how to count money 
  • Math Arcade - Improve math skills with math games
  • Math Invaders - Math practice
  • Math Training - Practice daily Math Skills
  • Pop Math - Find pairs of bubbles floating
  • Super Math Adventures
  • Lego Builder - 3D building with Legos
  • Visnos - Interactive Math teaching resources
  • 3D Tin - 3 D Modeling Tool - Create 3D models
  • Front Row - Differentiated Math instruction
Music
  • Cool Metronome - Improve sense of beat and tempo
  • Metronome - Practice timing and musical accuracy
Multi Subject
  • Khan Academy - English, Math, Social Studies, Science concept review
  • IXL - Math, Language Arts practice
  • Scoot Pad - Math and reading practice for K-5
  • CK-12 - Math and Science practice K-12

Quizzes/Formative Assessment
  • Study Stack - Flash cards, hangman, crosswords, and more
  • Lucid Chart for Education - Create graphic organizers
  • Socrative Teacher -  Like the clickers, engage and assess learners
  • Socrative Student -  Student response site, click app to type in the session pin from teacher
  • Blend Space - Blend videos, docs, websites, and quizzes together to create digital lesson
  • Nearpod - uses devices like Chromebooks, PCs and Macs. It combines presentation, collaboration, and real-time assessment tools into one integrated solution.
Physical Education
  • Food Dictionary - information of the food you need from A to Z. 
  • One Stop Health Calculator - BMI calculator and more, much much more calculators to check your health and fitness
  • Stop Watch - stopwatch that continues to run even if your browser is closed, buzz and pop-up notification

Science 
  • Planetarium - Interactive sky 
  • Weather Bug - Get local current conditions
  • Full Screen Weather
  • 3D Solar System - Earth/Space/Science
  • Suriyan - View of each of the planets in their orbit
  • Virtual Yeast Cell - Learn the basic structure of a yeast cell
  • Bio Digital Human - Interactive 3D human body
Reference/Research
  • Dictionary Instant - Dictionary
  • Google Search - Search engine
  • Instagrok - Narrow research topic and organize ideas
  • Quick Note - Take notes in Chrome
  • AR Book Search AR Book Search- Book searching tool
  • VoiceNote II - Speech to text

Social Studies Apps
  • Geography Puzzles
  • Country Flags - Geography Game
  • Google Maps - Mapping
  • Time Maps - World History Atlas
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