Above the Line in Elementary

The web browser, Google Chrome has a library of add-ons and extensions. If you have not explored these options, you can visit the Chrome Web Store  HERE In this post, I'm going to share some of my favorites!    With Bitmoji, you can create custom avatars in a variety of settings,  and with a variety of sayings or themes.   These images can be sent in text messages or emails,  or saved as a .jpg file to be inserted into other documents or files. Grammarly is a tool that provides spelling and grammar check to anything you are typing on the internet (emails, docs, blog posts, forms, etc...).  I have found it very helpful with catching mistakes and improving my writing. Nimbus Screen Shot is an add-on that is used to take screenshots.  This can be very helpful when creating tutorials for your students.   You can also annotate and draw on the screenshot that you captured.  Images c...

My students seem to be obsessed with emojis and avatars these days, so I decided to indulge them and allow them to create a custom bitmoji to use as their Google student account profile picture.  Bitmoji  is a free app and Google Chrome extension that is fun and easy to use. The students were able to quickly customize a Bitmoji and save the image as a .png file. We uploaded the .png file and changed their Google profile picture.  Now their customized Bitmojis are attached to their presence in our Google Classroom and Seesaw learning journals. I did not want to use the students' actual photos for safety/privacy reasons, but I wanted their icon personalized. How cute are these student feeds now?!?!