Useful Google in education posts this week #82

ore often than not, we have to sift through a vast body of knowledge to get the information we need, and this can take hours rather than minutes. This is why Bright Side has put together a list of the most effective methods for searching Google to help you find the precious material you’re looking for in just a couple of clicks.

Google Forms is the best thing since sliced bread. Get started with creating a Google Form in seven steps. Start at forms.google.com

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Don't lose your best ideas. A few reasons on why you need Google Keep . Remembering the little things are difficult, but incredibly useful.

Instead of telling you about the features of Google Keep (Which you can watch from the video below), let me tell you how it’s made my life so much simpler by using it every day for several months.

In a recent #gafechat (Twitter chat centered around Google in Education), Kelsey Flynn shared a Chrome extension she recently discovered c...

Google is constantly developing new features and sometimes eliminating old features from the tools that many of us use every day. It can b...

Sometimes a table is the best way to represent data or to show differences between two or more things. Google Documents and Google Slides ma...

Google Earth can be used for all kinds of lessons in math (see Real World Math ), science (try these resources ), and language arts (try Goo...

Yesterday I talked about using Google Forms and Google Slides for exit or entry tickets. One addition I like to add to the slides is a countdown timer. It’s relatively easy. In Google Slides, go to Insert -> Video. In the search, enter the length of the timer you want, like 4 … Continue reading

Ladybug's Teacher Files: A 5th Grade Teaching Blog. let's be honest. Sometimes Google Docs can look a little...well, blah, for lack of a better word. Especially if you are used to creating documents with your favorite colors and fonts. In comparison, Google Docs can be a bit drab: But it turns out there are actually a few ways to really dress up your Google Docs and make them a bit more eye-catching: