Rivet: A Free Reading App

The Google team has created a new literacy app called Rivet. It is available to parents, students, and educators for free on Android and iOS. There are over 2,000 titles available in the app and many include an audio component. All are interactive enabling students to tap on words for text help. At this time, the app is only available with a Google account (NOT G Suite for Education). They state, "Rivet should be installed on a parent's device and a parent should log in with their Google account. You may set up individual profiles within Rivet for each child in your family" here.

View the video below to get started:

NOTE: The video shows a user skipping the log in process.

After a book has been read, students receive fun feedback and provide an easy emoji-style review. See how:

Resources

About Rivet

For Android | For iOS

Google Tasks

I have a confession to make, this is what the monitor at my desk looks like (and let's be honest, the top of my laptop too). I am a writer and I worry that I won't remember the little things I need to.

However, for those of you like me, Google has a solution! 

Google Tasks can help you keep track of daily tasks, organize multiple lists, and track important deadlines. 

• Tasks can be found in Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sheets and Slides on the right, click Tasks. 
• Or download the app to your mobile device. Tasks synchronizes across all of your devices.
  1. Tasks opens with a Default List - but of course you can create your own.
  2. Click Add a Task to your list - it's that simple.
  OR right click a Task and Add a Subtask.
  OR drag an email from Gmail to your open Tasks window. The Task is the email subject. Clicking on the link will reopen the email.
  
  3. Add Details and Due Date and/or Time using the Edit pencil.
  
  

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       4. Move Tasks around by clicking and dragging through your list. 

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Find more on Google Tasks here.