Inspire Student Creativity with Chromebooks – from Greg Kulowiec 

This post first appeared on Daily Genius. While access to information does not make a student instantly knowledgeable, it does change the role of the teacher. This transformation leads to the question of, why creativity? One needs only to examine the current landscape and intersection of technology with education, business, and society to quickly recognize the dramatic shift that has taken place over the past few years. With technology potentially impacting the required and desired skill set for future work, education is being impacted in a way that fundamentally transforms the vision of what meaningful work looks like the in…

Three Simple and Powerful Ways to Provide Feedback in Google Docs – From Tom 

This post first appeared on Daily Genius. Many teachers know that Google Docs serves as a great platform for providing feedback on student writing, but may not have an efficient system that encourages both student critical thinking and ownership of the editing process. Here are three simple but powerful ways of providing efficient feedback to students: 1. Use Highlights for Grammar Feedback It’s time-consuming to write out grammar and syntax explanations on student papers. Imagine having to write out grammar explanations on each student essay to explain, among other things, why one must capitalize the word “President” in the phrase…

EdTechTeacher Now Google for Education Partner 

EdTechTeacher is proud to announce its acceptance in the Google for Education Partner Program.  EdTechTeacher is now an official provider of Google for Education consulting, training, implementing and technical services to schools. Google for Education Partners are a select group of organizations recognized by Google for their delivery of high-quality professional development to educators around the world. EdTechTeacher‘s staff includes seven authorized Google Education Trainers and the organization provides customized professional development for teachers and school administrators around the country. Its services include onsite workshops at schools in the U.S and abroad, summer workshops in seven U.S. cities, full-year blended professional development programs, an “Innovation Summit” in…

Create Multiple Chrome Profiles to Use Multiple Google Accounts – from Ben Sondgeroth 

This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. As more schools adopt Google Apps For Education (GAFE), increasingly teachers and students are dealing with multiple Google Accounts – one for work/school and one for personal use. When this situation happens, we often want to keep our two worlds separate.  Google has a way to make this possible that is built into Chrome.  Users can establish multiple Chrome profiles tied to specific Google accounts.  As the Director of Technology in my school district, I often see teachers attempt to solve this problem by adding a second account by selecting their…

Annotating PDF Files on Chromebooks with Kami – From Avra 

This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. As a teacher, for years, I loathed the PDF file.  It was that file that I couldn’t edit or manage very easily.  I’d print off hard copies for my students, but when I started teaching technology, I was eager to discover a way to digitally annotate PDF files.  I wanted students to be able to highlight information in a variety of colors, underline key terms, and draw or type on a PDF file using a computer or Chromebook Kami, formerly Notable PDF, is the streamlined, easy-to-use solution to my PDF hopes…

My Maps: a Customizable Way to Log Student Learning – from Greg 

This post first appeared on Daily Genius. While typically viewed as a navigation tool for mobile devices when traveling to a specific destination, or possibly as a research tool when attempting to learn more about a specific geographic region, there is a hidden gem inside of Google Maps that allows students to leverage the tool in the classroom.  Within Google Maps, the “My Maps” section allows students to create, edit, share and collaborate on a custom created Google Map. Within a map created in the “My Maps” section of Google Maps, students can add pins for locations and within each…