Using Chromebooks with Elementary Students

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Google Apps
Educational Games Quizlet: Nearpod Typing Club

Google Drive
Documents, Slideshows, Forms, and Drawings How to use Google drive Google Docs for Collaboration Google Forms Going paperless and student portfolios More Ways to Use Google Docs

Web Resources
Create a homepage Reading Street Study Island Tumblebooks We Give Books Web 2.0 Tools Online classroom Discussion

Google Apps
Educational Games
Browse a variety of apps comparable to iPad apps. https://play.google.com/store/apps/category/EDUCATION?hl=en

Quizlet:
Find or create flashcards to reinforce vocabulary. Sample:http://quizlet.com/27424947/science-test-plants-andanimals-2nd-grade-flash-cards/ App:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quizlet.quizl etandroid&hl=en

Nearpod
Engage your students by putting your presentation on their devices. Add interactive elements that provide immediate feedback. How it works: http://quietube6.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGTb 6L1zkxs App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.Nearpod&hl=en

Typing Club
Sharpen student typing skills and prepare for online assessments with this fun
app.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/typing%20club?hl=en

Google Drive
Documents, Slideshows, Forms, and Drawings
https://drive.google.com/

How to use Google drive

http://quietube6.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0ZvYRU1Y5Y

Google Docs for Collaboration

Peer edit and add comments to student assignments

http://www.stern.nyu.edu/cons/groups/content/documents/webasset/con_

034793.pdf

Google Forms
Interesting ways to use Google Forms http://area3ltc.wikispaces.com/file/view/79_Interesting_Ways_to_Use_Go ogle_Forms_in_the.pdf Parent Contact Forms http://mrsgascon.weebly.com/parentcontact-form.html Create student interest surveys and assessments http://swampfrogfirstgraders.blogspot.com/2013/11/creating-onlinetests-using-google.html Using Google Forms for Reading and Writing Conferences http://www.3rdgradethoughts.com/2012/06/using-google-forms-for-

reading-writing.html#.UuRByhAo7IV

Going paperless and student portfolios

http://sedcclint.com/?p=600

More Ways to Use Google Docs

5 Ways to Use Google Docs http://gettingsmart.com/2012/12/5-ways-touse-google-docs-in-the-classroom/ 40 Ways to Use Google Drive in your classroom https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OhZuPRWgT-eit2c4yEER4epRC3IumbOcTH2saONMeg/present#slide=id.g323f8ef1_2_14

Web Resources
Create a homepage
Set up a homepage with all the links your students need http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/firstgrade109?searched=true

 Reading Street
Access your reading curriculum online https://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/PsnLandingPage.jsp?s howLandingPage=true

Study Island
Assign stories and prompts to prepare for online assessments http://www.studyisland.com/

Tumblebooks
Watch your favorite storybooks come to life. Great for listening centers. http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/customer_login.asp (log in: remc13, password: learn13)

We Give Books
Find free, flippable ebooks to read in class. Great for guided reading. http://www.wegivebooks.org/

Web 2.0 Tools

Find a variety of web based tools to use with your students. http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

Online classroom
Use Moodle or a classroom website to put classroom resources or assignments online http://courseweb.hopkinsschools.org/course/view.php?id=902 https://www.myhaikuclass.com/showcase/misssmelsersclass/cms_ page/view https://www.myhaikuclass.com/showcase/mathresources/cms_pag e/view

Discussion
Have a classroom discussion on either of these sites which do not require log ins. Todays Meet https://todaysmeet.com/ and Padlet http://padlet.com/