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Google forms, add-ons and templates offer the educator many conveniences to make their lives easier.  Spending time exploring to find a few to utilize is key because there are so many - there's no possible way to use them all.  This week, I will highlight a few I found this week to use in my own classroom.  I'm excited about the additions of these new-to-me features!  

First of all, let me introduce Flubaroo.  This is a wonderful add-on from Google documents and spreadsheets to assist teachers in grading.  After the first year of transferring tests to Flubaroo-this will save countless hours of time.  The program grades the tests for you and reports the grades to you.  It averages and gives information useful is helping us use data to drive the curriculum.  Great for formative as well as summative assessments.  View this short overview and add Flubaroo to the top of your list to use!  

Google also has add-ons-there are so many - there's something for everyone!  I've added another video and hopefully you will be curious enough to discover what's available.  A few I'm excited about...Easy Bib, Thesaurus and Pro Copy and Editing Quote.  There are so many options;  it's also very easy to use and will save educators more time once added and used! 

The templates available from Google are also amazing.  Risking sounding redundant-there are so many, everyone can benefit from exploring the options.  This school year, I am going to have my students use a resume template as part of our career unit, they will also use a scrap-booking template to illustrative a narrative story and also I will use a rubric template to create professional looking rubrics for projects, assignments and essays with ease.  Peruse this article to find a few you find valuable.  Google Template Gallery is a great place to look at a few to get you started.  Also, you can use this link to peruse even more.  Happy Hunting-you may discover something even better than a

Thanksgiving turkey if you look hard enough!