Below are the top shares from our Google+ community last week:
Previewing a new Classroom – googleblog.blogspot.com
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Day, Google announced a preview of Classroom, a new, free tool in the Google Apps for Education suite. It helps teachers create and organize assignments quickly, provide feedback efficiently, and communicate with their classes with ease. Classroom is based on the principle that educational tools should be simple and easy to use, and is designed to give teachers more time to teach and students more time to learn.
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Thank you +Allison Mollica for sharing this very wonderful news.
New mobile apps for Docs, Sheets and Slides—work offline and on the go – googleblog.blogspot.com
Every year, phones and tablets get better, and more of you are starting to use your mobile devices, not just to view, but also to create and edit content. And while the Drive app is a convenient place to store your stuff, we want to make it easier for you to quickly find, edit and create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on the go. Google announced that you can now download new, standalone mobile apps for Docs and Sheets—with Slides coming soon.
Shared via +Christine DiPaulo
20 Excellent Free Tools for Interactive Classroom Collaboration – www.emergingedtech.com
Check out this listing of 20 top notch free tools that are being used in schools and classrooms to collaborate and interact on assignments, projects, and other active learning efforts. Many of these applications are totally free, while others have levels of functionality starting at free and then adding additional capabilities through paid options.
Shared via +Charlene Sirlin
Introducing Boxes and your Kaizena Profile – blog.kaizena.com
Many Kaizena users have found themselves with too many documents in the dashboard cluttered up in one place. This latest feature update introduce a much better design and workflow with Boxes. Boxes is a simple and elegant solution. With Boxes, you can organize documents by course, assignment, team — anything you’d like.
Thanks to +Sue Gorman for sharing this.
Google Docs now lets you crop, rotate, and add borders to images – thenextweb.com
Google updated Google Docs with some basic image-editing tools. You can now crop, rotate, and add borders to images in a document without leaving Google Docs.
Shared via +Bjorn Behrendt
Recommended iPad Apps – drive.google.com
+Sam Rosenfeld shared a copy of a handout they use in their school containing recommended iPad Apps for both parents and teachers. It has a list of many of their favorite apps, including those that allow for teachers to easily save and export work to Google Drive (such as Explain Everything, GarageBand, Book Creator, and more). Thank you Sam!
Big changes to Google Sites coming soon?
