Backup and Sync from Googles an app for Mac and PC that backs up files and photos safely into Google Drive and Google Photos, so that they are no longer trapped on your computer and other devices. Just choose the folders you want to back up, and the app will take care of the rest.
Here are a few good articles on the ins and outs of Backup and Sync:
3 Things To Remember When Installing Google's New Backup and Sync App
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Emoji have managed to find their way into just about every aspect of our online lives these days — but the other day, I discovered that you can in fact add them to the names of your Google Drive Folders.
How to add Emojis to your folders? You just need to right-click the folder and click rename. Then go to this Copy Paste Character and copy the emoji you want, then paste it into the rename box.
I've even included a how to video this week in case that's a better way for you to learn 😉
The link above is to a wonderful BrainPOP on the English mathematician Ada Lovelace. She is widely considered the world's first computer programmer for her invention of the computer algorithm.
Born in 1815 to the poet Lord Byron and Anne Isabella Byron, Lovelace's mathematical talents led to an ongoing collaboration with mathematician Charles Babbage, who called Lovelace the "Enchantress of Numbers." While translating an article by an Italian engineer on Babbage's Analytical Engine, a proposed early version of a mechanical general-purpose computer, Ada added her own extensive set of notes which contained a tremendous breakthrough -- the first computer program or algorithm.
Lovelace is also credited with making the conceptual leap to develop a vision of the potential of computers to go beyond simply running calculations; in her notes, she raised questions about the possibility of individuals and society using technology as a collaborative tool. For example, in 1843, she speculated on the potential use of computers in music composition, writing: "Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent."
-From A Mighty Girl
Building Language for Literacy, offers three language activities from Scholastic. It is Interactive White Board Ready and is web based. This is good for PK, K and possibly 1.
Spell Up is a Google Chrome Experiment. Spell Up is a game in which you hear a prompt to spell a word then have to speak into your laptop to see the word spelled on your screen. If you spell the word correctly it stays on the screen where it becomes part of a tower of words. If you spell a word incorrectly, it will fall off the screen and you will be prompted to try again (you can skip a word after a few tries). This app is great for students who can already spell many words s I would say grade 3 and beyond. There is no control as of yet over what words you're given.
web based is a fun and challenging game that tests your ability to match definitions to words. You're given the first letter of the word and a definition and you need to spell out the word. This would be great for grades 5 and 6.
Could you win the National Spelling Bee? Vox's spelling challenge presents you with the final winning words from twenty past national spelling bees. You will hear the word pronounced then you have to type it in the spelling box to submit your answer. Before submitting your answer you can hear the word used in a sentence and see the origin of the word. This could be fun for grade 6.
