Science in the Classroom is a free resource for teachers from Science Magazine. On Science in the Classroom you will find research papers containing interactive annotations to help students understand the content of the papers. In the right hand margin of each paper you will find a section called "learning lens." The learning lens offers seven types of interactive annotations that students can enable. Of those seven types of annotations, the glossary annotation is the one that students will probably use most often. The glossary annotations highlight key words and terms in the article. Clicking on a highlighted annotation reveals a definition.
Applications for Education
In addition to the interactive annotations for students Science in the Classroom provides teachers with discussion and reading comprehension questions. At the bottom of each article on Science in the Classroom teachers will also find a list of suggested teaching activities.
Friday, June 4, 2021
Three Good Options for Annotating PDFs
In last week's Practical Ed Tech newsletter I shared three good options for adding audio comments to Google Docs, Word docs, and PDFs. That prompted a couple of readers to ask me about options for annotating PDFs. I have a few recommendations for annotating PDFs. The one you pick may depend upon whether you prefer to use tools that work with your Google account or ones that work with a Microsoft account.
Annotate PDFs in OneNoteOneNote has lots of neat features built into it. One of those neat features is a tool for annotating PDFs. In this short video I demonstrate how you can do that.
Annotate PDFs with Lumin PDF
Lumin PDF is a Chrome extension that enables students to draw on top of PDFs that you open in Chrome. After drawing on the PDF students can save the PDF as a new copy or replace the existing copy of the PDF that was sent to them in Google Classroom. Here's my video overview of how students can use Lumin PDF to write on PDFs that are assigned to them in Google Classroom.
Annotate PDFs with Kami
Kami is a service that enables users to annotate and comment on PDFs. You can do this directly on the Kami website or in Google Drive with Kami's Chrome extension. Kami also works with Word and Pages files.
Here's a couple of videos about how Kami works.
Here's a couple of videos about how Kami works.
An Easy Way to Digitally Sign Documents
This blog post was inspired by my mother who asked me how to do this a couple of nights ago.
In the following video I demonstrate how to use HelloSign to fill-out and sign documents online.
Applications for Education
If you have permission slips or other forms for parents to sign, consider sending them the link to this video to show them how easy it is to sign and send documents to you.
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Plan Safe Routes for World Bicycle Day
Today is World Bicycle Day! By the time most of you read this I'll be on my way to Kansas to participate in Unbound Gravel 200, a 200 mile bike race across gravel roads around Emporia, Kansas. You don't have to punish yourself like I am this weekend to enjoy riding a bicycle. All you need is a bike, a helmet, and a safe place to ride. To that end, Google Maps and Strava can help you plan safe biking routes. In the following videos I demonstrate how you can use both of those tools to map safe bicycling routes.
This post originally appeared on FreeTech4Teachers.com. If you see it elsewhere, it has been used without permission. Sites that steal my (Richard Byrne's) work include CloudComputin and WayBetterSite. Featured image captured by Richard Byrne.
My Most-watched Tutorials in May
In May I didn't publish as many videos on my YouTube channel as I wanted to, but still more people subscribed to the channel. There are now more than 36,000 people subscribed to get notified as soon as I publish a new video. My channel contains more than 1,000 tutorial videos covering everything from fundamental aspects of Google Workspaces to making your own Android apps and lots of stuff in between those ends of the spectrum. Below are the ten videos that were watched the most in May.
1. The Basics of Creating a Quiz in Google Forms
2. How to Create a Video With Canva
3. Zoom Tip - How to Flip Your Camera or Stop Mirroring
4. How to Create Comic Strips in Google Slides
5. How to Use Adobe Spark to Create a Video
6. How to Create Your Own Online Board Game
7. How to Add a Timer to Your PowerPoint Slides
8. Wheel of Names - A Random Name Picker and More
9. How Create Your First Google Site
10. How to Share Videos Through Google Drive
This post originally appeared on FreeTech4Teachers.com. If you see it elsewhere, it has been used without permission. Sites that steal my (Richard Byrne's) work include CloudComputin and WayBetterSite. Featured graphic created by Richard Byrne using Canva.
1. The Basics of Creating a Quiz in Google Forms
2. How to Create a Video With Canva
3. Zoom Tip - How to Flip Your Camera or Stop Mirroring
4. How to Create Comic Strips in Google Slides
5. How to Use Adobe Spark to Create a Video
6. How to Create Your Own Online Board Game
7. How to Add a Timer to Your PowerPoint Slides
8. Wheel of Names - A Random Name Picker and More
9. How Create Your First Google Site
10. How to Share Videos Through Google Drive
This post originally appeared on FreeTech4Teachers.com. If you see it elsewhere, it has been used without permission. Sites that steal my (Richard Byrne's) work include CloudComputin and WayBetterSite. Featured graphic created by Richard Byrne using Canva.
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