Posts for Grades 4 and 5
Chromebooks for ALL – Accessibility Features
Chromebooks for All - Accessibility Features Our Chromebooks are amazing tools. They allow anyone to use them. This session is all about the accessibility features of the Chromebooks and how you might need to use them for different reasons or features. The goal is to...
Arts & Crafts – Creating with Google
One of the biggest knocks on Chromebooks is that you are not able to create on them. This is false. Chromebooks provided ample opportunity to create with them. One of the biggest downsides is that you cannot install many of the apps that people associated with being...
Camp is Over! – Fake News! Using and Gathering Quality Resources
Continuing on a loose theme of Digital Citizenship and understanding following module 10 on cyberbullying, it is important to recognize that the old saying by Abraham Lincoln "If it is on the internet, it must be true." This is demonstratively false, as Abraham...
No One Likes a Cyberbully
The internet is a wild place. There is tons of information, pictures, and more being exchanged. Some of it is nice. Lots of it is not. Messages sent over the internet is also massive. This gives users access and lots of choices on how to act. In this module, learn...
Folding the Sheets – Getting to Know Google Sheets
A spreadsheet seems like something that adults need. Numbers, cells, and formulas, oh my! Learning how to use a spreadsheet can be an incredible time saver down the road. Spreadsheets and their formulas can make things a lot easier for you. Need to find the average?...
Sliding Headfirst – Getting to Know Google Slides
Google Slides is an essential piece of technology incorporated into Google Workspace. Google Slides is the presentation tool that comes with our Google accounts. Slides is amazing and has 1000s of different uses, everything from linear style slideshows to "choose your...
Let’s Go See the Doc – Getting to Know Google Docs
Google Docs is not your typical doctor. In fact, Google Docs has zero medical knowledge. Please don't see Google Docs for your medical needs. Instead, use Google Docs to create outstanding documents and share ideas in ways never before imagined. Google Docs is Google...
Undo the Knots – Staying Organized with Google Drive
Staying organized is essential to maximizing and maintaining your school work and your grades. While Google Classroom is extremely helpful in keeping your organized, there are some more steps and things that you can do to maximize your organization. In this module,...
Navigation Skills – Navigation and Bookmarking
Finding your way around is no easy task! In order to maximize your use of the Chromebooks, you should set the device up for you to be most comfortable working on. In this module, you will learn about how to maximize your Chrome web browser, how to request apps and...
The Easy Hike – Shortcuts for the Win!
Shortcuts are super helpful in accomplishing tasks that you may need to do quickly or repeatedly. Learning these basic shortcuts can allow you to quickly master a few skills to help you accomplish more. Learning these shortcuts can help you complete tasks quickly,...