Using Chromebooks with Elementary Students

Click this link to to view the slideshow presentation: http://www.haikudeck.com/p/r8R88E8BNZ/chromebook Click a category to learn more! Google Apps
Educational Apps Last Pass Additional Apps

Google Drive
How to access and use Google Drive Google Docs for Collaboration Google Forms Going paperless and student portfolios More Ways to Use Google Docs

Web Resources
Visit any website with the click of a button Reading Street Additional Web Resources Create an Online classroom Learn More from schools that use Chromebooks

Google Apps
Educational Apps
Browse a variety of apps comparable to iPad apps. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/apps Recommended apps https://sites.google.com/a/lsr7.net/lsr7chromebookclassroom/classroomresources/elementary More Recommended apps and extensions http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/03/20-chrome-apps-extensionsfor-teachers.html#.UufVcBAo7IV

Last Pass
Last pass is a Google extension that creates one log in and password for every webpage you visit. Click here to watch a video http://quietube6.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM0fzHxMA SQ App: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lastpass/hdokiejnpimakedhajhd lcegeplioahd?hl=en-US

Additional Apps
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
How to access and use Google Drive
Web Link https://drive.google.com/ 15 Minute Intro Video http://quietube6.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0ZvYRU1 Y5Y

Google Docs for Collaboration

Share and collect assignments from students. Add comments to student assignments. (See photo below) Collaborate with fellow staff members, share resources. Click this link to learn how to share Google Docs
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/cons/groups/content/documents/webasset/con_

034793.pdf

Google Forms
A slideshow with 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 Use Google Forms for Reading and Writing Conferences http://www.3rdgradethoughts.com/2012/06/using-google-forms-forreading-writing.html#.UuRByhAo7IV

Going paperless and student portfolios

A slideshow: 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
Visit any website with the click of a button
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

Additional Web Resources

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/
Discussion Boards

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/

Create an Online classroom

Use Moodle or a classroom website to put classroom resources or assignments online 2nd Grade Moodle course http://courseweb.hopkinsschools.org/course/view.php?id=902 First Grade Moodle Course

https://www.myhaikuclass.com/showcase/misssmelsersclass/cms_ page/view Math Resource Moodle page https://www.myhaikuclass.com/showcase/mathresources/cms_pag e/view

Learn More from schools that use Chromebooks

http://www.schrockguide.net/chromebooks.html https://sites.google.com/site/chromebookclassroominthecloud/home