Pushing Chrome Apps to Students + RealTimeBoard Application

Pushing Chome Apps to Students with Google Play

Chrome Apps are web-based applications that run in the Chrome browser. Teachers can push these applications to students' Chromebooks by following these simple steps:

1. Go to Google Play for Education (play.google.com/edu). If you haven't logged into your isd624 Google account already, log in when prompted.

2. Click on "Chrome Apps" on the left side of the screen. The apps are broken down by subject area.

3. Click on the desired app and click "install."

4. Type the email of the student or group of students that you want to push the app out to. Click here to see a short video on finding pre-made groups for your classes. Your student groups should populate upon typing the name of your class(es).

There are many great content applications, but there are also general tools that you can explore! For example, you could push students the Google Keep application covered in last week's tips! Students find the applications that have been pushed to them by clicking the circle in the lower left corner of their Chromebook screen.

NOTE: Not all applications available in the Chrome Webstore are available to be pushed out to students through Google Play for Education. If there is an application you available in the Webstore that you wish to push to students, please submit a Bear Tech Ticket with this request. Google Extensions that are available in the Chrome Webstore add features to the Chrome Browser. They cannot be pushed from Google Play for Education. If you would like your students to have a specific Google Extension, please submit a Bear Tech Ticket. 

RealTimeBoard: A Chrome App for Collaboration

RealTimeBoard is a Chrome application currently available in the Chrome Webstore or at https://realtimeboard.com/app that serves as a collaboration space. You can add pictures, drawings, videos, sticky notes, Google Drive files and more on an endless whiteboard canvas. Watch the following video for a quick preview of this application:

Digital Presence & Communication + Image Search + Graphing and Converting with Chrome

Digital Presence and Communication

Many teachers are using Schoology, Google Classroom, or a blend of the two in their classrooms. After questions about expectations for using these tools, we constructed two models that meet the criteria for digital presence and communication.

Teachers should clearly communicate which approach below is being used and select the combination of tools that makes classroom information most accessible for your students and parents. We want to provide teachers with the flexibility to leverage the tools that make the most sense for each subject and grade level.

Click here for a short video on how to add your Classroom Calendar to your Schoology page.

Search Smarter for Images

This video will show you how to search for images that are labeled for reuse so that you (or your students) do not need to obtain permission from the owner of the image to use it. In addition, this video will show you how to search images by size, color, or style. 

Graph with the Chrome Browser

Google can now graph any function entered into the search bar if the word "graph" is entered before the trigonometric function. Example: graph cos(x)

Convert with the Chrome Browser

Google can convert measurements entered into the search bar if the word "convert" is entered before the measurement quantity followed by "to" the unit of measurement you want to convert to. Example: convert 5 gallons to liters