IT tips for the new year

A poignant and powerful demonstration of the value of reading

When reality meets Fahrenheit 451 and People of the Book

Assistive Technology for Chromebooks

Dear Profile faculty,

the following free features were presented to Special Education teachers and Paraprofessionals. Let me know if you'd like to know about some of them:

Accessibility:

Large mouse cursor

Home button

Touchpad speed

Zoom

Adds on:

Speech Recognition

Tools:   

Voice typing

Spell checker.

Changing the language of the spellchecker

Dictionary

Apps:

Text to speech  app

High Contrast app

Hide Images app

Google Docs quick create

How to add a printer to your school computer

Barracuda, or how to navigate the Orwellian cyberspace

Coding for a humanist - A Humanist for coding

Straddling Silicon Valley's Techie-Fuzzie Divide
By Marisa Messina

Three great tutorials about Google Classroom

In preparation for,  reinforcement of,  or even in lieu of (if you can't attend)  Josh's upcoming presentation on Google Classroom Friday Sept 18th, PLC:

1.Getting started: Set up your class

2. Teacher and Student view: What's happening

3. All the possibilities, by an expert: The sky is the limit