Presents for Students and Teachers!

Tech Tip Tuesday (December 19, 2023)

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🎁Chromebook Presents for Students and Teachers🎁

Chromebooks are amazing devices that have revolutionized how teachers and students engage in education and collaboration.

A few quick tips before the holidays and cool features you might not know about that are built into Chromebooks!

Quick Tips!

1. Turn off your Chromebook daily if you can! It helps with required updates, helps maintain its performance, and extends the battery life. Once students get into this routine, it might even remind you that your device also needs this care!

2. Settings (both device and accessibility) are meant to help, not distract. Chromebooks have a lot of versatility that allows them to help students when they need the help. However, clicking on random things might be a disaster for your device!

3. Monitor your tabs! I'm guilty of this often, but provide reminders and assistance to close tabs when no longer needed. Chromebooks have a finite amount of power, and if too many tabs are open, you won't be able to load what you need to!

⬇️ Check out some cool things you might not have known Chromebooks could do! ⬇️

Use Screencast to record and share on your ChromeOS devices

This page is for users. If you are an administrator and want to learn more, see Screencast. Using the Screencast app, you can record and share lessons and demos with a transcrip

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How to access Chromebook's Clipboard Manager

Here's an easy way to access recently copied items on your Chromebook

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How to Use Google Lens in Chrome - Chrome Story

Google Lens is now available on Google Chrome. In this article, I will show you how to use Google Lens in Chrome.

chromestory.com

Create drawings with Canvas

You can create your own designs with Canvas. Your drawings are synced to your Google Account, so you can get to them from your Chrome browser. Tip: Canvas works best with Chromebooks, Chromebases, an

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☃️Last Winter Holiday Classroom Resources of the Year!☃️

Use these if you have a few minutes of downtime at the end of class to keep the spirit up!

Art Coloring Book - Christmas Edition - Google Arts & Culture

Color your favorite Christmas artwork

artsandculture.google.com

Code a Snowflake

Explore, play and learn with Santa's elves all December long

santatracker.google.com

Share Copy of🎅🎄⭐Holiday Games Choice Board@TeachersUsingTech

⭐Holiday Choice Board Created and shared by www.teachersusingtech.com ⭐Enjoy this seasonal choice board and add your own Bitmoji (if you wish) then share this slide with students using File > Publish to the Web (share the published link) Choice board created by ©www.teachersusingtech.com Resource...

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*note: Please make your own copy before sharing with students!

❄️Share Copy of ❄️Snow themed How Its Made Virtual Trips @TeachersUsingTech

Virtual Field Trip slides created by @TeachersUsingTech www.teachersusingtech.com Video Resources used listed on each slide ***View this presentation in Present/Slideshow Mode to make slides interactive***

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*note: Please make your own copy before sharing with students!

SnowCrystals.com

Snowflakes and Snow Crystals

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The Christmas Truce, Winter 1914

On Christmas Eve of 1914, along parts of the Western and Eastern fronts in Europe, a spontaneous truce was declared among the weary, entrenched combatants of World War I. Was this a miracle?

theworldwar.org

Beginner Level Digital Breakouts - Winter

Winter Digital Breakout

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The Snowstorm Stumper Breakout

Snowballs, snowshoes, and snowmobiles all come out for the coldest time of the year. You have 45 minutes to solve this breakout which is all about the fabulous things centered around WINTER! Your mission is not to get stumped!

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2024 Calendar Templates and Images

Download free printable 2024 Calendar Templates that you can easily edit and print using Excel. Quickly print a Yearly 2024 Calendar.

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🎁Free Illinois PDHs on your time!🎁

Do you have some downtime and want to knock out some of those required professional development hours before your license is up?

Check out these free online courses that come with certified Illinois PDHs!

Online Courses

The Learning Technology Center offers a variety of online courses, focusing on educational technology trends and best practices in a format that fits educators' busy schedules. From self-paced to guided learning, educators learn practical skills to begin implementing in their classrooms immediately.

ltcillinois.org

*Note: all Google tools courses are free; ISTE courses are at a reduced rate

All Ditch Summit Videos | Ditch That Textbook Digital Summit

Watch any of the 90+ video presentations below, ranging in topics from technology to pedagogy to Google to inquiry to student relationships. When you're done, generate your certificate of completion and download the presentation notes. Content stays open until January 5, when the summit closes.

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All Illinois PDHs are issued by TeachIllinois.

Complete the reflection for each watched video and submit on your TeachIllinois account

*free account creation required

Illinois

ELN's provides educators the professional development content and professional network needed to do what's best for your students and learning community.

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EdLeadersNetwork is free for all Illinois educators, provided by a grant from the Illinois Principals Association.

No need to pay anything to use their coursework!

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