The Purple Parade

This year our district switched to Google Apps for Education.  All students in the district were given a Google account.  Then, our district bought a few of the Nexus 7 tablets powered by Google.  (As I wrote about previously in this blog, one of our buildings is trying out the bring your own device and the tablets work well for those students who don't have an internet enabled device to bring).  The tablet works seamlessly with Google Email and the Google Drive.  According to USA Today , the Nexus 7 is more flexible than the Amazon Kindle Fire.  What I have found is that you can download many free educational apps from the Google Play store to the Nexus 7 and use the Google Drive and Email, too. Today, I was working with a teacher to set up the Nexus 7 for a special education student.  That student has a hard time writing. So, the teacher wanted a voice activated app that would type what was said and then print it out so it could be edited by hand.  The best app that I foun

I have blogged about Google before, but I'm doing it again!  I am really loving Google Apps for Education the more and more that I use it.  Everyday I learn something new!  One of the best things is Google Forms.  With Google Forms, you can create surveys and assessments for the students to take online.  It is great for student engagement and achievement.  I found a great article online about the many things you can do with Google Forms.  It even has a slide show of over 80 more ideas for using Google Forms in the classroom.  Just click the link below and start enjoying all that Google Forms can do for you!  http://edte.ch/blog/2008/08/23/10-google-forms-for-the-classroom