Chromebook Tips,
Lessons, and Resources

Simple Story Builder

June 10, 2018

ELA, Elementary, High School, Middle School, social studies

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Chromebook Lesson Ideas Simple Story Builder About the Project Dialog and character interaction is what makes fiction immersive and engaging. Learning how to write engaging dialogue is difficult, but with Google Story Builder, students can practice the writing process in a fun and interactive way. Students can add multiple characters and background music to set […]

Flipped Book Reviews

June 10, 2018

ELA, Elementary, High School, Middle School, social studies

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Chromebook Lesson Ideas Flipped Book Reviews About the Project Have you ever sat through a series of book reports or student presentations and watched the clock tick away as one student after another comes to the front of the room to give their report? Have you ever longed for a more efficient way to allow […]

Create a Collaborative Study Guide

June 10, 2018

ELA, High School, math, Middle School

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Chromebook Lesson Ideas Create a Collaborative Study Guide About the Project The best way to learn something is to teach it to someone else. For this activity, students who need to learn materials for an upcoming test will use the Ziteboard whiteboard extension to solve a math problem while recording their solution using the extension Screencastify. […]

Get Cultured!

June 9, 2018

ELA, Elementary, Middle School, world language

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Chromebook Lesson Ideas Get Cultured! About the Project Pairs of students work on a cross-curricular project which blends culture and language. Not only does this assignment build skills related to language usage and composition, it introduces students to distance collaboration. Lesson Overview Pair up students from language arts and world language classes. Each pair is […]

Create Your Own Home Page

June 9, 2018

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Chromebook Lesson Ideas Create Your Own Home Page About the Project Students love to customize their Chromebooks. Let them! During this lesson, students will create a personal home page with access to all of the tools and information important to them. This lesson is ideal for the very beginning of the school year, when students […]

Numbers & Spelling with Sheets

June 9, 2018

ELA, Elementary, math

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Chromebook Lesson Ideas Numbers & Spelling with Sheets About the Project Google Sheets is a surprisingly effective way to teach elementary students basic spelling and number patterns. The clear division of the sheet into cells and the ability to move around the page using the arrow keys make these lessons easy for PK-K students to […]