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Applications used for Online

Teaching and Learning in the new


normal education
 Online learning is both a convenience and a challenge. It gives you a
great deal of flexibility…but with that freedom comes great
responsibility (to quote Eleanor Roosevelt). When you study online,
you need dedication, self-discipline, and likely many cups of coffee.
1. Google Classroom
 Their service for educators is a great way for
online teachers to stay organized and track
progress through their lesson plans. No matter how
many students or courses are being taught, Google
Classroom is an incredible resource for staying on
track.
 2. Zoom
 Zoom is a powerful cloud video conferencing
platform that allows you to host “meetings”
with hundreds of participants. Using the
Zoom app, educators can share lesson plans,
give instruction, swap files with students, and
communicate directly with the group or
individuals via chat, all within the app.
 3. Google Meet, also known as Google Hangouts Meet, is
built to let dozens of people join the same virtual meeting,
and speak or share
How to use Google Meet, free
 Go to meet.google.com (or, open the app on iOS or Android,
or start a meeting from Google Calendar).
 Click Start new meeting, or enter your meeting code.
 Choose the Google account you want to use.
 Click Join meeting. You'll have the ability to add others to
your meeting, too.
 video with each other from anywhere with internet access.
4. Video chat
 Skype for 1-on-1 online tutoring sessions
 Google Hangouts for group online tutoring sessions. Invented for online
instructors. It not only lets you create free videoconferences for up to 10
people, but also records the session via YouTube and turn the conversation
into an archived presentation for other students and later viewings.
Both Skype and Google Hangouts (free for unlimited use, though Skype
offers a premium plan for group calling) are mature products that work well
and provide most of the same features: free 1–1 video or voice calls, screen
sharing, file sharing and chat.
 Messenger
 Google chat - Google Talk, also known as Google Chat, was an instant
messaging service that provided both text and voice communication..
4. Document collaboration
 Google Docs, enough said. Simply the best
online document collaboration tool for
tutoring.
 There’s only one king of the Online Shared
Document Jungle.
 Google Docs is free for unlimited use.
Google Hacks
 Google Hacks: Tips & Tools for Smarter Searching is a
book of tips about Google,
 Less known (but super useful!) Google Search Tips

1. Double Exclude
 

Search Command: Results Include:

All pages that rank for brownie recipe except those that


brownie recipe -milk -eggs
include milk or eggs.

You can mix and combine all of these Google Search commands to better
refine your query.

Add a space and then another negative keyword to omit more than one. This
example search will give you brownie recipes that include neither milk nor
eggs.
 2. The Boolean Search

Search Command: Results Include:

dog AND cat Pages that have both the words dog and cat

dog OR cat Pages that have either the word dog or cat

dog|cat Same as using OR


3. The Tilde to Thesaurize
 
Search command: Results Include:
Pages that have words similar to large, such
~large
as big, great, massive, and others

The tilde symbol generally means approximately, about,


or around in English, and placing one just before a search
term will broaden your query to match. Note that synonym
searches are the default now, so this is all but redundant.
4. Temperature, Weather & Forecast
 

Search Command: Results Include:

forecast Your local weather and forecast summary

temperature Your local weather and forecast summary

weather 11106 Weather and forecast summary for 11106

forecast 11106 Weather and forecast summary for 11106

temperature 11106 Weather and forecast summary for 11106


6. Determine That Date
Search
Results Include:
Command:
easter The current year’s Easter date

You can easily use Google Search to remind you of an


upcoming holiday, so you can plan accordingly. Note that
if a holiday has just passed, it will show you that one—
the current year’s date, rather than the future date.
7. More Unit Conversions
 

Search Command: Results Include:

2 kg to lb How many pounds in two kilograms

32 fahrenheit to celsius How many degrees celsius equal 32℉

100 usd to eur How many euros equal 100 US dollars

12 inch in cm How many centimeters in 12 inches


 More Advanced Mathematics
 

Search Command: Results Include:

solve rhombus Rhombus dimensions based on other input

solve triangle Triangle dimensions based on other input

solve rectangle Rectangle dimensions based on other input

solve circle Circle dimensions based on other input

solve pentagon Pentagon dimensions based on other input

solve hexagon Hexagon dimensions based on other input

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