Google Tips & Tricks

Advanced Power Searching
With videos
Power Searching Quick Reference (one-pager)
10 Student-Tested Chrome Extensions
Edutopia 7/30/19
Originality checker added to Google Classroom
8/14/19
35 Google Drive Tips You Can't Afford to Miss
PD Magazine 8/22/19
Handy Google Drive Search Tips for Teaches and Students
Ed Tech & Mobile Learning 3/11/20
Google Forms: The Basics
Five Search Tools Students Often Overlook Free Technology for Teachers, 4/6/20
LIBRARIANS TURNED GOOGLE FORMS INTO THE UNLIKELY PLATFORM FOR VIRTUAL ESCAPE ROOMS Librarians are using the activities to keep communities entertained and informed
The Verge, 7/15/20
Google Drawings Helpful Tips
KQ Blog 11/25/20
Top Google Slide Add-Ons
KQ Blog 1/7/21
Ten Google Workspaces Features for Teachers You Might Be Overlooking
4/26/21
Organize and Spice Up Google Drive
KQ Blog 9/22/21

7 Time-Saving Google Docs Features You Need to Know
6/28/22 How-to-Geek
How to organize your Google Drive with these 5 tips
ZD Net 7/28/22
6 Google Scholar Tips From Its Co-Creator
Tech & Learning 1/9/22023

Database Searching

Organizing High School Research Using Database Tools
KQ Blog 1/27/20

Library Websites Tips & Tools

Embed Instagram Posts into Your Library Website
KQ Blog 1/10/20
9 New Ways to Use Flipgrid in the Classroom
Edutopia 1/27/20
Using Canvas in an Elementary Library
KQ Blog 9/10/20

Audio/Voice Over Tools

Novel Effect app Read aloud with your favorite print books and our free, award-winning app follows along playing music, sound effects, and character voices at just the right moment.

Social Media

Using #Bookstagram to Enhance the Library
KQ Blog 7/21/20
The Educator’s Guide to Social Media
Librarians Are Meeting Younger Readers Where They Are: TikTok
NYT 12/30/22

Royalty Free Photos & Image Sources

All4Ed-American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action nearly 500 original print-quality photos of real preK–12 students and teachers. These royalty-free photos are available for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 license (CC BY-NC 4.0).
37 Free Stock Photo Sites for Your Blog & Social Media
8/7/20
Unsplash.com
The internet’s source of freely-usable images, mostly photographs
All4Ed - Real Students, Real Teachers, Real Schools
12 Good Places to Find Historical Images to Spark Inquiry
Free Tech for Teachers 8/16/21

Citing Visuals

A One-Page Site for Using and Sharing Creative Works
KQ Blog 9/1/20

Protecting your Online Presence

8 Easy Ways to Stay Anonymous Online
PC News 9/8/21

Email Tips

Four Email Tips for School Leaders
ASCD 10/6/21

Free Courses & Webinars

Power Searching with Google
Syllabus
Pre-course assessment
Unit 1 - Introduction
Unit 2 - Interpreting results
Unit 3 - Advanced techniques
Mid-course assessment
Unit 4 - Find facts faster
Unit 5 - Checking your facts
Unit 6 - Putting it all together
Post-course assessment
Power Searching with Search Experts Video
Hang Out with Search Experts Video
5 Summer Certifications to Add to Your Tech Toolbox
KQ Blog 6/5/20
Tips for Updating Your Skills with Technology Certifications
KQ Blog 5/28/21

Search Tips in Google

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Video Tips

How to start making awesome videos!

In this webinar, award-winning educator Josh Stock shares practical methods for making simple but awesome videos that help boost learning outcomes.

Slides at this link.

AASL Best Digital Tools Annual List

AASL announces Best Digital Tools for Teaching and Learning

AASL has released its annual list of Best Digital Tools for Teaching and Learning. The recognition honors electronic resources that provide enhanced learning and curriculum development for school librarians and their educator collaborators. These user-friendly tools are recognized for fostering the qualities of innovation/creativity, active participation, collaboration, exploration, and information/reference. The technology resources are also evaluated for their application of AASL’s National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries....

American Association of School Librarians, June 22