Flipgrid
What does it do? Flipgrid is Video question and answer… You record yourself on video asking a question ask a question – then students leave video replies, you end up with a video class discussion. Why? This works well Read More …
Author: MrCaffrey
Awesome Screenshot – Chrome Extension
What is it? Awesome Screenshot is a useful chrome extension which allows you to grab screenshots and more usefully sections of screens to use as an image. It also has a useful editor so you can label and edit the images Read More …
Clipboard History – Chrome Extension
What is it? Clipboard History is a useful chrome extension which remembers text pasted to your clipboard – useful if you want to copy and past more than one thing at a time – as a teacher this is useful Read More …
RM Books
This post was originally written for the Google for Education Blog. As a teacher, I know what a gift reading can be — we all wish we had more time to tackle the books on our own lists — but Read More …
Quizlet
What does it do? Back a long time ago when I had to revise I remember making lots of index cards with key words on – Quizlet is basically a digital version of this – loaded with a lot of Read More …
EdPuzzle
What does it do? EdPuzzle allows you to edit videos and assign them to your class. You can crop the videos, insert questions to check understanding and prevent skipping when the students watch the video. The content comes from a variety Read More …
DocentEDU
What does it do? DocentEDU allows you to edit webpages, to add questions, discussions and other information, to design a student friendly webpage. You can then share your edited page with others. Why? Often you want students to read or Read More …
Meta – File Searching
If, like me you have multiple Google Accounts and other files elsewhere – Meta (still in Beta) – looks like a really useful tool – it links to multiple accounts (in my case a few different Google Accounts and Dropbox, Read More …
Getting Started with Google Expeditions
Google Expeditions allows teachers to use Virtual Reality in the classroom to take students to locations around the world (and in some cases out of this world). Essentially the teacher selects the location and controls the view, but the students Read More …
Google Expeditions – Equipment
Google Cardboard To run expeditions successfully each student needs a Google Cardboard. There are a number of options here – Google list a few on their Get Cardboard website – these are probably quite high quality – but on the whole Read More …
Google Cardboard Camera on Geography Fieldwork
Much of the Google Expeditions content is focused around students experiencing in Virtual Reality places you are not able to take students. However the Cardboard Camera App opens up a new possibility for Geography Fieldwork (or to be honest any Read More …
Google Expeditions – World Map
Google Expeditions contains a growing number of journeys from around the world – but what seemed to be missing was a way to search the available content. So I produced a searchable map and table of the current expeditions: CLICK HERE TO Read More …