World History
My wife has not yet seen the wisdom of being completely on the cloud, one of the reasons being that she has more fonts in Microsoft Word. Well, it is almost ridiculous, but according to Docs Blog, as of May 2nd, you now have 450 fonts to choose from in Google Docs. All you need, as you can see above, is to click the fonts tab in a Word document and at the bottom hit the tab that says "Add fonts" and then start scrolling for as long as you can take it!
- Scribble Maps
My students draw a lot of maps in Google Drawings, but if you want to do more than just labeling, you might want to consider Scribble Maps. Scribble maps allows you to put pins in locations, but then to add descriptions as well as Youtube video...
- Integrating Google Docs Into The Classroom
Today George Coe and I are co-presenting at our annual social studies in-service on how to integrate Google Docs into the social studies classroom. As part of the discussion we will start with the slideshow above. Can you answer...
- How To Integrate Google Docs/apps Into The Classroom
Today I am presenting at Lake Braddock High School (Burke, VA) on how to integrate Google Docs into the social studies classroom. As part of the discussion I will start with the slideshow above. Can you answer the questions and imagine...
- Pdf To Word
There seems to a ton of times in my life when I have wanted to convert a pdf to a word document but have been unable to do so. While it is a feature of Google Docs, it does not work as well as Pdftoword which allows you to convert short (3-4 pages)...
- Google Docs On Youtube
There is now a youtube channel for Google Docs. Most people know about Google Docs (ie word documents) and Presentation (ie PowerPoint), but few know about charts and my new favorite - drawings which is better than Microsoft Paint. Above is how to make...
World History
450 Fonts Now in Google Docs
- Scribble Maps
My students draw a lot of maps in Google Drawings, but if you want to do more than just labeling, you might want to consider Scribble Maps. Scribble maps allows you to put pins in locations, but then to add descriptions as well as Youtube video...
- Integrating Google Docs Into The Classroom
Today George Coe and I are co-presenting at our annual social studies in-service on how to integrate Google Docs into the social studies classroom. As part of the discussion we will start with the slideshow above. Can you answer...
- How To Integrate Google Docs/apps Into The Classroom
Today I am presenting at Lake Braddock High School (Burke, VA) on how to integrate Google Docs into the social studies classroom. As part of the discussion I will start with the slideshow above. Can you answer the questions and imagine...
- Pdf To Word
There seems to a ton of times in my life when I have wanted to convert a pdf to a word document but have been unable to do so. While it is a feature of Google Docs, it does not work as well as Pdftoword which allows you to convert short (3-4 pages)...
- Google Docs On Youtube
There is now a youtube channel for Google Docs. Most people know about Google Docs (ie word documents) and Presentation (ie PowerPoint), but few know about charts and my new favorite - drawings which is better than Microsoft Paint. Above is how to make...