Author: Hala Dakroub

Did you know that it is possible for students to project their Chromebook screens onto the same board teachers use?  Now students can use Google Cast for Education to share their work with the class right from their workspace.  No more huddling around Chromebooks! After a quick, initial set up, teachers can use Cast for…

More and more, teachers are asking about websites for students to listen to stories being read to them aloud.  While you may be tempted to create your own videos of staff and students reading stories out loud and posting them on blogs, please be aware that in most cases, copyright will be broken and the…

Did you know you can embed a YouTube video into a Google Slide?  And it’s pretty simple, too! When in Google Slides, navigate to the slide in which you want to embed your video.  Click the Insert menu, and select Video.   You can search for the video on YouTube, or, if you have the URL…

Students love to unleash their creativity by creating elaborate tri-fold boards or brochures.  Can we give students another option?  How about using Google Drawings to create interactive poster boards? By using Google Drawings, students can create colorful multi-media projects to present information they have gathered and learned in an engaging and interesting way.  Add background…

Chromebooks have many accessibility options, but the one most frequently seen is the onscreen keyboard.  The onscreen keyboard may take the place of the physical keyboard, if necessary.  To turn the onscreen keyboard on or off, click on the settings in the bottom right hand corner of the Chromebook screen, and choose Accessibility.  This may…

For those of you who use Google Classroom, you may have noticed that it looks a little bit different than it did last school year.  Google is seemingly always changing it’s products for more of a user-friendly experience.  Here’s a quick lowdown of some of those most recent changes. Stream With the new version of…