Google Add On Sharing Summer 2020 MAP 501 SLIDESMANIA.COM
JAMIE BERGSMAN ■ Dualless (Check it out!) ■ Dualless allows for… ○ Split screen feature ○ Customizable sizing for info on screen ■ Putting to use: Students can… ○ Watch a video while taking notes SLIDESMANIA.COM
○ Reference an article while they write a paper ○ Compare and contrast two different articles
Kimberly Tretiakow ■ Read Aloud (check it out) ■ Read Aloud is a Chrome and Firefox extension that uses text-to-speech technology to convert webpage text to audio
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Read Aloud is aimed at users who prefer to listen to content instead of reading, people with dyslexia or other learning disabilities, children learning to read, or simply to provide users with alternative way to consume web content. Helps students:
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Who are unable to read yet
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Who struggle with reading & Dyslexia
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With pronunciation of unknown words
Clarence Bucaro ■ BeeLine ■ Creates readable versions of websites ○ By removing ads, comments and other distractions from text sites ○ Uses a color gradient to assist in faster reading SLIDESMANIA.COM
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Effective for reading text heavy pieces like news articles.
Kate Kelly Exploring the Add on- Group Maker! -
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Allows the teacher to create a roster for students to be assigned into specific groups. Students can use this tool to see what group they are in at the beginning of a project or can use it as a simple reminder. This tool makes it easy to adjust groups and add in important detail information about each group in specific.
How can you use Group Maker in the classroom? -
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Check out Group Maker here!
This google add on makes it so simple to organize or specialize group work. You can use it as a tool for students to check online from home what group they are apart of as well as, the topic of study. Lastly, you can use this to control the groups- partner students who might have challenges with those who may have more ease with certain material.
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OpenDyslexic (Check it Out!)
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OpenDyslexic allows: ○
Students with dyslexia to change the font on any webpage automatically
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The font increases the “gravity” of each word as to help the student from flipping or switching words around
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As someone who suffers from dyslexia, this font helps my reading comprehension by making the
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words appear heavier on screen so that my mind doesn't move them while I read.
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Share to Classroom Allows teachers to share and organize content all in one space for students. Content can be edited directly
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Share: Announcements, webpages, assignments, exemplars Students can share websites with teachers and classmates.
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Students can share articles or other academic resources for class projects. This will save time and allow online collaboration for completing assignments.
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Sarah Novak ■ Mercury Reader (Click here!) ■ Helps create easier reading online because it removes clutter and distractions such as adds and comments ■ Font size, text type, and color can be adjusted ■ A person diagnosed with ADHD would enjoy using Mercury Reader because it takes away SLIDESMANIA.COM
distractions that would inhibit learning and comprehension.
Ashley Watson Speak It -
Aids students with reading and google documents. They can select sections of the text to hear out loud. Can use this add on, for any website as well.
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Great for all students at various ages and learning stages! This can specifically aid students with disabilities, such as dyslexia. Add on offers multiple different languages so our ELL students could hear the text in their native language.
Molly Farkas ■ Kami Extension (Check it out!) ○
Providing students with documents that they can complete
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Simplifying the return of completed documents for grading
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Using Kami as a digital whiteboard overlay for an on-screen document
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Sharing documents for collaborative annotation or discussion with others
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Engaging in paperless pedagogy
This resource is helpful for students and teachers to have a more interactive class via
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online. Students have access to using multiple tools on the extension to personalize assignments and make them unique and their own!
Morgan Mattimore Move It! -
Move It, is a great way to incorporate movement within the classroom.
How it works: “Simply add the Move It extension to your browser, set the notification interval, and your screen will present you with a random brain break and exercise to complete. Once you complete it, hit done and the next will arrive after the designated interval elapses again.”
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Reflect in Seesaw Extension (Check it Out!) ❏
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Quick way to bring work from Seesaw for added layers of creative thinking and reflection. Use this extension in addition to Seesaw to quickly capture your screen and annotate. Works well with full Google suite! Seesaw is a platform that combines 3 main things: student portfolios, an activity library for teachers, and family communication.
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Great tool for writing essays and peer reviews. It provides immediate feedback. Also, great for researching scholarly work and providing annotation for research purposes, references, and brainstorming.
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Google Translate (Check it out!)
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Some teachers may not want students to use this support as a crutch. However, ELs have many other opportunities to read, learn and be immersed in English. If I was attending school in another country, I would like the translate option to help me produce accurate work.
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If students will be using Google Classroom, they probably have school Google accounts. When students are using the Chrome browser (logged into their Google account), helpful extensions will read text aloud and provide second language translations when needed.
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The Google Translate extension can be added to the Chrome browser to allow users to highlight text and hear speech to text. The Google Translate extension will play the English audio as well as a wide selection of other languages. In addition, this extension gives students the ability to translate the entire website.
Deneil Bolden Digication ●
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Digication is an eportfolio, (similar to D2L for Ursuline students) Students can publish their work for teachers and classmates to see. ○ This tool has the capability to share and make, videos & photos if necessary for the assignment. ○ Allows the teacher to grade and focus on the content of the course rather than keeping up with multiple papers and going through different emails to find a students work. This add-on would be good for a teacher to use in the pandemic or within a classroom. It possesses everything necessary for remote learning and minimizes stress on the teacher, because everything is able to be graded and tracked within this addon.
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