April 1, 2019

Voice-over Narration on Google Slides 

Do you want to narrate or add your own voice to your Google Slides for a flipped lesson or review?  Do you want your Students to add their voice to Google Slides so you can review their project at your leisure?  Well then you want the AudioPlayer for Slides extension!  Install the extension and then right click on the Google Slide you want to add audio to - any audio - but that includes your voice recorded right there on the spot!

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/audioplayer-for-slides/anlkfbpodhealnhnmdaflcekcmcjpnil?hl=en-US

Applied Digital Skills

Are you wanting to incorporate more digital skills in your lesson?  Feel overwhelmed at having to learn how to do that AND how to teach your students the skills needed to complete such an assignment?  Well Google has your back - there are lesson plans tied to SC State standards, tutorial videos within each lesson (for the students to learn on their own), and a super easy search page to find just the project you are looking for!

https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/c/en/curriculum.html

Import Your Google Classroom Grades into PowerTeacher

Want to put grades into Google Classroom for students and Parents to easily see but don't want to have to go back and re-enter grades into Gradebook?  Here's a simple tutorial (seriously - it's easier than you think) on how to import grades from your Classroom assignment into your Gradebook assignment. Once you do it once you'll see how cookie cutter easy it is!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/11TxUNoww82YYw011k5uDsGReMXY9TuRCr3ytOS0zbII/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks to Stephanie Harbert for her assistance in creating this tutorial!

Discovery SOS Strategies

 Discovery Education is bursting at the seams with AMAZING resources but perhaps one of the best things is their Spotlight On Strategies.  Here you will find tremendous resources that are tried and true (aka - teacher tested) strategies.  There's a mind boggling amount of great things here and it's updated regularly!