Annotating and Collaborating on a PDF

Use this slide tutorial to help students work together or on their own as they annotate of a PDF document. DocHub is a free Google Add On that is easy to use and creates an smooth workflow for working with PDFs. The key to using this beyond substitution level of tech integration is to create tasks which allow students to collaborate on the same document using the share settings.

Share how you are using DocHub with students on Twitter at @tsgivets or in the comment section below.

Addressing plagiarism

Blogger Tutorials

Listen Current - ELA Claim 3 Listening and Speaking

Listening Comprehension like any other skill needs to be taught and practiced to improve student performance. Listen Current is a great resource to help teachers find relevant podcasts that align to their contents. Free accounts allow teachers to search by topic, provide a link to a podcast along with several comprehension questions. There are more features available for a fee, but the free version provides the important resources that teachers need. 

Readers Theater and Student Created Book Recommendations #ELA

Have you ever thought about having students digitally review novels they have read and cataloging their comments? Ask students to review their books by creating a digital presentation or video, collect their links on a google form and share the results with your class. Students can then use that resource as they decide what book they might be interested in reading next. 

Writing with Forms and Autocrat

Have you ever tried to use Google Forms to help support student writing? 

Forms are a great way to help students organize writing. You can create the outline or graphic organizer using a form. Students complete the form and answer questions like: What's your claim, what evidence are you using, explain your reasoning, write a short conclusion... Teachers can then run the Autocrat add on to turn the form responses into a personalized essay outline for students. As a teacher, it makes it easy to look at specific elements like reasoning by going through the reasoning column on the spreadsheet (as opposed to reading the entire piece). If you add comments in another column before you run autocrat students can have feedback added to their outline. 

Create a Form

View the columns on the spreadsheet that you want. 

Run Autocrat and create a student created personalized outline for each student

Lit Trips/Google Earth Tours on Chromebooks

How to Convert a Google Earth Tour For Use On A Chromebook

I love my Samsung Chromebook! Sure, it does not have all the bells and whistles that my macbook does but it's light, durable, CHEAP and does almost everything I need it to do. However, I have always been frustrated that it is not possible to run Google Earth on the Chromebook. As a former geography teacher Google Earth gave my class access to the world. As Chromebooks continue to fill classrooms around the country it is important to know how you can convert tours and lit trips that have been created using Google Earth onto My Maps (formerly maps engine lite) which is accessible to Chromebooks. Google Lit Trips

Screen Shots from Google Earth

Screen Shots from MyMaps (maps engine)