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Friday, November 13, 2015

Fantastic Friday Finds 11/13/15

Chromebooks
Many people have asked for a device that will allow the Chromebooks to hook to the projector. That device is called a dongle, which according to the dictionary, a dongle is a small piece of hardware that attaches to a computer, TV, or other electronic device in order to enable additional functions. The dongle you need is a HDMI Male to VGA Female Adapter Converter.

Canvas
You can delay posting an Announcement until a specific date by selecting the Delay Posting option and setting a date and time.

Google
Booktrack Classroom - Read and create stories with a soundtrack - Google for Education teachers and students qualify for $200 in free ebooks if you register by December 1st .

4 Math Add ons for Google Docs that allow teachers and students to use Google and math together. You can add any of these features to a Google Doc by selecting Add-ons --- Get Add-ons.
g(Math) allows you to create expressions and graphs which you can insert directly into your Google Doc. Check out gmath guru for help.
Calculator is a simple calculator
WizKids CAS is a graphing calculator that you access from the sidebar of a Google Do
Formula Editor is a simple tool that lets you type and edit mathematical equations in the sidebar of any Google doc

Website
Buncee is a tool that students can use to create multimedia stories.  Students create their Buncee stories by adding custom background templates to Buncee slides. To each template students can add animations, pictures, text, drawings, and videos. Buncee provides a large gallery of media that students can use in their stories. Here’s a Quick video tutorial.