Apps & Extensions That Improve Productivity & Learning
Integrates with all Google suite apps. It provides unlimited storage for school accounts, and 15 GB for personal. Use it to create shared files and folders to organize documents by subject, and for real-time collaboration.
Students should always start by opening the appropriate folder, and creating a document from there, so it’s automatically saved in an organized hierarchy.This is Microsoft’s version of online storage. It integrates with all Office Online/Office 365 apps. Storage for school accounts depends on the plan purchased, and personal accounts come with 5 GB. Use it to create shared files and folders, and for real-time collaboration – students can work together in files at the same time.Personal accounts are limited to 2 GB of storage, and schools do not typically purchase accounts for students. It is not built into any particular suite of tools, but allows for installed drive access on most devices. Use it to save shared files and folders.Writing takes a huge amount of concentration, and that can be very difficult for students with attention issues. Many have great ideas in their heads, but releasing them in an organized fashion is a big challenge. Dictation tools can remove that obstacle.Built into Google Docs and Google Slides, this hidden gem is accessible from the Tools pulldown and uses your Chromebook’s built-in mic to work. This works best in a flexible classroom where students can find quiet corners to work, or for doing homework.This extension adds a microphone to the browser for voice-to-text functionality outside of Google Docs. After speaking into the microphone normally, words show up.On the iPhone and iPad keyboard, use this tool with any app by speaking into the device instead of typing.Dictate: Activate this button — built into Office 365 (Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook — and then speak into the built-in microphone on your device.Text-to-speech functionality is available on most devices, and it can help provide audio to aid easily-distracted students when reading long passages.
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