More teaching, Less tech-ing: Google Classroom Launches – googleenterprise.blogspot.com
As of August 11, 2014, Google is starting to open Classroom to all Google Apps for Education users, helping teachers spend more time teaching and less time shuffling papers. Shared by +Allison Mollica
Oooh! A Google Classroom Chrome App! – plus.google.com
Classroom is a new tool in Google Apps for Education that helps teachers create and organize assignments quickly, provide feedback efficiently, and easily communicate with their classes. Classroom helps students organize their work in Google Drive, complete and turn it in, and communicate directly with their teachers and peers. Thank you +Sarah Woods for sharing this tool.
How Google Glass Is Being Used In Classrooms Around The World – www.edudemic.com
Amazing examples on how teachers integrate Google Glass in the classroom. Thank you +Roscelia Lavenant
Review Of Espresso Coding – www.ictineducation.org
Espresso Coding enables pupils to create programs by using code blocks. Great for teaching young kids how to code! h/t +Lee Webster
Seven Web-based Tools for Delivering Flipped Lessons – www.freetech4teachers.com
Some great tools and resources for teachers trying the flipped classroom approach to lessons for the first time. h/t/ +Samantha Vardanega
View and edit Office files in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides – support.google.com
You can open and edit Microsoft Office files using Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides on your Chromebook. If you don’t see this feature yet, you will have it shortly. Shared via +Asher Maslan
Stretch Hangouts Chatbox – plus.google.com
This is especially good when your collaborator writes a ‘letter’ in the chat box or for people with automatic text skimming tendencies. Posted by +Jane Vestil
Google Public Alerts – www.google.org
Another great resource shared by +Sarah Woods. Here you can get storm, flash flood, and other critical warnings.
