Mark It Up With Kami

How can I get students to edit a pdf file?

To truly edit a PDF file, you need a program like Adobe Acrobat, however, if you are ok with edits being made over the top of a PDF, then Kami is for you!

Kami is a Google extension that gives users the ability to mark up a PDF file with text, underlines, strikethroughs, drawings, basic shapes and lines, and even leave comments to the side.  This tool would be a valuable addition to the Chromebook to use in conjunction with Schoology.

Go to the Chrome Web Store and search for PDF Markup. Install the Kami extension and you are in business.  Kami is also available as an app. Please note that XODO is also a pdf markup tool. I have looked at both and prefer Kami because saving was easier, however, the choice would be your own. One thing that XODO has that Kami didn’t have was the ability to apply a signature.

Mystery Animal in 20 Questions

Mystery Animal is a new spin on the classic 20-questions game. The computer pretends to be an animal and you have to guess what it is using your voice. Ask any yes-or-no question you want, like “Do you have feathers?” or “Do you sleep at night?” Play it on a Google Home by saying “Hey Google, talk to Mystery Animal,” or try it on your PC or laptop with access to the microphone.

 

Story Speaker With Google Home

Encourage students to write a story in a Google Doc that includes twists and turns for an exciting story. Stories lead down one path or another where outcomes vary based on prompts you write in your story. Story Speaker lets anyone create talking, interactive stories with no coding required. You just write your story in a Google Doc with a basic template, add your directives for making it interactive, then play your story with Google Home.

If you have a Google Home device, you will want to add the Story Speaker extension! Storytelling has never been more fun.  Watch this short video to see how easy it is to use Story Speaker.

Google Math Add-On for Google Drive

Google Drive Math Add-on

Create and insert Math Expressions and Graphs in Google DOCS, SHEETS and FORMS using a new add-on for Google Drive called g(Math).  This guide has instructions for accessing the g(Math) add-on and step-by-step instructions for using it.  Use g(Math) with Google Forms to create online math quizzes and tests.  For multiple choice quizzes, you can use the Flubaroo add-on in Drive to grade the quiz for you!

Google Math Images showing directions

Google Add-On showing ways to use