Do you visit the same websites every day? There are three straightforward ways to access your frequently visited sites? Watch this video for a demo of all three methods or scroll down for quick descriptions: Bookmark Icons Load a webpage you visit frequently Bookmark the page using the star at the end of the URL/Omni […]
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Split Screen On A Chromebook
Remote and hybrid teaching is challenging. It’s exhausting, and things never really go as planned. One of the top tips that I can give to teachers, students, and parents right now is to split your screen for better efficiency. On a Chromebook, you can drag a window into a corner to get it to take […]
Google Classroom Menus
The new school year is underway, and Google has added two menus to their Classroom interface that make teaching online or hybrid just a bit easier. First on the Classroom homepage is a menu with “To-Do,” “To Review,” and “Calendar.” To-Do– students can easily view work for assignments in all of their classes To Review– […]
EdTech Tip
During this emergency teaching time my social media feeds have been full of personal pictures, mostly from my walks, of cool and unique things in my town. While I am working a ton, supporting teachers, it is not really pictured worthy work. So, I’ve decided to start a weekly EdTech Tip. Head to my social […]
Screencastify Tutorials
Screencastify has been one of my favorite online tools for the last 2-3 years. In the past, I used and loved Camtasia. Screencastify has easily become my replacement. Screencastify allows you to record a tab, your screen, and your webcam. It also can easily trim the video or open up the editor to cut out […]
Kami Tutorials
Kami is quickly becoming one of the favorite online tools. In the past, I posted about it on this blog twice (https://ariellegoldstein.com/?s=kami). Recently I became a Kami Hero and the online Kami community is so supportive. To help teachers in using Kami, I’ve created several 30-90 second tutorial videos. Many of these can be shared […]
Online Whiteboards
Online Whiteboards are a fantastic teaching tool, especially with touchscreen Chromebooks. They can be used to screencast, for digital assessments, to collaborate on an assignment, and much more. Here are some fantastic examples, find one that works for you: Kami- install the Kami extension to open a blank, lined, graph, or music sheet. Saves to […]
Wakelet
Wakelet! I kept hearing about it at ISTE in June and seeing friends and colleagues blog about it, podcast about it, and take over Twitter sharing all the amazingness of Wakelet. Of course, I went forth and explored. I mean, I couldn’t ignore everyone’s advice. I found it to be a fantastic tool for collaborating, […]
Grasshopper Coding
If you have not accessed Grasshopper Coding yet, get on it. By no means am I a coder. After years of teaching coding concepts to elementary school students, I felt confident in the basics. When I wanted to make things with a Raspberry Pi, I learned Python, but only the elements I needed for each […]
Kami
The Kami extension in Google Chrome is quickly becoming one of my favorite tools. Kami allows you to annotate PDFs, documents, and images. It integrates directly with Google Drive. You can share and collaborate in a file. Users have the option to start with a file or begin with a Blank Paper Lined Paper Grid Paper Music […]