Activity 5- Apps, Add-On's and Extensions

Apps-I have played with lots of different apps for the Chromebooks.  Today I tried out TimeMaps which is a interactive world history timeline.  It is pretty cool to click through and check out all the information.  My stress for apps is getting them installed on the student chromebooks.  Don't we have to go through a huge rigmarole to get apps put on the student computers?

Add-On's-I tried out a couple of chart making add-on's.  Lucidchart and Gliffy.  Honestly, they were a pain in the booty to try and figure out :(  I gave up.  Then I tried docASSIST which is a rubric maker or has pre-made rubrics.  This looks somewhat viable for my use.  The one add on that I use consistently is Flubaroo.  This add-on allows me to grade student responses on a google form instantly.  It works great with multiple choice type quizzes you develop using google forms.  It doesn't work as well for short responses.  Google forms plus flubaroo is very similar to socrative.....great for formative assessments :)

Extensions-I tried to do a gradebook splitter extension...it was super unfriendly to use.  It is called the Alice Keeler gradebook splitter.  I think what it was supposed to do is give me the ability to have a split screen showing the student work on one side and the gradebook on the other side of the screen so one doesn't have to click back and forth.  Instead what I got was Alice's teacher teach bloggish thing.  The good news is that it has lots of good info in the blog.  The bad news is that was not at all what I was expecting.  Maybe some of my fellow campers had better luck finding an extension that is awesome.