EP 112: News, Nuggets, and the GWAEA Corner Booth

The EdTech Take Out

Feb 24 2023 • 37 mins

News and Updates:

Include Captions with a Google Meet Recording

Padlet has added a slideshow (Tony Vincent)

Bing AKA Sydney

AI - Chat GPT for positive use in the classroom

Create & Edit a Timeline View - Google Docs Editors Help

Table Templates in Google Docs

Tech Nuggets:

Mindy:

Take the background out of your iPhone pictures (iOS16)

Force captions on in YouTube: Thanks, Amber!  ?cc_load_policy=1 (embed code comes after video ‘name’)

The Achievery: Has Learning Units, essential questions, standards, grade level, video clips, and lesson plans. Thanks, Lynn!

Eduprotocols in Google Slides from @MrsGearhart

Gina:

ScreenPal for video feedback in any textbox

Curipod - AI-powered lessons

Iorad - great for creating tutorials

Slides Timer - Chrome extension for a timer in Google Slides

Cloze Reading Assignment with Drop Downs in Google Docs - via Eric Curts

Stacy:

Conker - topic and grade level and will give multiple choice quiz that can go into a Google form or PDF

QR code - Canva Apps

Checkboxes in docs- can add to tasks

About spaces and group conversations - Google Chat Help

The GWAEA Corner Booth:

Computer Science Pedagogy & Best Practices: Principles 7-12

PreK-12 teachers join us for a six-week virtual course exploring six of twelve pedagogical principles from Hello World's "The Big Book of Computing Pedagogy."

When: March 22 - April 19, 2023, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Virtual via Zoom

GWAEA & CSTA Iowa CS Pedagogy & Best Practices Course 2

Course #204370

Section # 313928