chromebooks Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/tag/chromebooks/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Fri, 23 Jun 2023 19:58:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 5 tools for remote learning with Chromebooks https://ditchthattextbook.com/remote-learning-chromebooks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=remote-learning-chromebooks https://ditchthattextbook.com/remote-learning-chromebooks/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:55:20 +0000 https://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=16535 Students can do powerful remote learning with Chromebooks. These five tools can help make learning amazing. This post is written by Holly Clark, an education thought-leader, international speaker, best selling author and an advocate for students. She is a National Board Certified Teacher, Google Certified Innovator, and the Chief Learning Officer at The Infused Classroom, […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/remote-learning-chromebooks/feed/ 2 Tech for 2018: 10 things worth trying this year https://ditchthattextbook.com/tech-for-2018-10-things-worth-trying-this-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tech-for-2018-10-things-worth-trying-this-year https://ditchthattextbook.com/tech-for-2018-10-things-worth-trying-this-year/#respond Wed, 10 Jan 2018 17:50:06 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=6374 Tech tool options continue to grow. There's a lot out there. Here are some new -- and familiar -- ones to try in 2018. (Icons via TheNounProject.com)The joy of teaching in the 21st century is that there's so much available for teachers and students to use. Sadly, that's also the frightening, crippling thing about it. There's so […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/tech-for-2018-10-things-worth-trying-this-year/feed/ 0 22 killer keyboard shortcuts (and a challenge!) for busy educators https://ditchthattextbook.com/22-killer-keyboard-shortcuts-and-a-challenge-for-busy-educators/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=22-killer-keyboard-shortcuts-and-a-challenge-for-busy-educators https://ditchthattextbook.com/22-killer-keyboard-shortcuts-and-a-challenge-for-busy-educators/#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2017 14:25:54 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=5833 Hunting and clicking is so slow. If you’re navigating your computer, laptop or Chromebook primarily by using your mouse or touchpad, you’re squandering valuable minutes every day. The antidote: keyboard shortcuts. In a simple experiment, TheKeyCuts blog found that more than 10 minutes a day can be saved with keyboard shortcuts. Over a year, that can […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/touchscreen-chromebooks-the-ipad-killers-in-schools/feed/ 15 Google Drawings interactive posters (no glue sticks necessary!) https://ditchthattextbook.com/google-drawings-interactive-posters-no-glue-sticks-necessary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-drawings-interactive-posters-no-glue-sticks-necessary https://ditchthattextbook.com/google-drawings-interactive-posters-no-glue-sticks-necessary/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2015 10:31:10 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=3535 Forget the glue sticks, markers and magazines to cut for pictures. Create interactive posters with Google Drawings with links and Creative Commons photos. Here's how!Students have created posters in so many classes for so many years. They’re visual, eye-catching and chock full of information. They can be a hassle, though. There’s all of the supplies: markers, glue […]

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