Engaging Tech
IKCA December Tech Newsletter
Are you preparing students to compete in a Digital Economy?
We are on the precipice of what the World Economic Forum calls the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Artificial intelligence. Automation. Mobile supercomputing. Intelligent robots. Self-driving cars.The evidence of dramatic change is all around us and it’s happening at exponential speed. Look at the diagram below and ask your self, "How can you prepare students for the coming changes to the workforce?"
TECH SPOTLIGHTS
Cunningham's Class
Iftikhar's Class
Blanco's Class
TECH TRAINING & RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS
Classroom Screen
The best screen for every classroom! Quickly get a timer, textbox, qr-code, noise meter, drawing tool, worksymbols and more. 100% Try it and love it!
Tools and Capabilities:
- Choose a background or upload your own
- pick a random name & dice roll
- classroom sound level monitor
- generate a QR-code
- draw in-screen or full-screen
- type your instructions in the text area and zoom
- choose a work symbol
- set a timer/stopwatch
- show the clock & calendar
- use the traffic light
- use the calculator
- use exit poll
- drag and drop the icons in the right place
Web Page: Classroom Screen Explanation
Videos:Google adds a ‘.new’ shortcut for making G Suite files
Google has just introduced a little time-saving trick for those who use G Suite apps. You can now instantly create things like a Google Doc or Sheet by using a keyword plus domain .new right in your browser address bar.
Before, you had to navigate to the app you want to use and click on “new” to begin a fresh project. This new method lets you skip a couple steps, and works with any sort of document that is under the G Suite umbrella.
Docs can be created with domains doc.new, docs.new or document.new; Sheets with sheet.new, sheets.new, or spreadsheet.new; Slides with slide.new, slides.new, deck.new, or presentation.new; Forms with form.new or forms.new; and Sites with site.new, sites.new, or website.new.
These shortcuts work across any browser and are live now.
By Dani Deahl @danideahl Oct 25, 2018, 5:58pm EDT
ViewPure
ViewPure removes all comments and related videos, allowing videos to be watched without distractions, or more likely, without "inappropriate content".
How do you use it?
Step 1: Find a YouTube video you like.
Step 2: Paste it into the field on the homepage that says "Enter YouTube URL or search term..."
Step 3: Click Purify and enjoy.
Epic Activity Calendar
SOCIAL LEARNING OF THE MONTH
Podcast
Google Teacher Tribe #60 - Slide to the Left - Using Google Slides in the classroom
Hashtag
Kahoot!
IDEA OF THE MONTH
Josh Van Tassel - Student Engagement Coach
Email: Josh.vantassel@imagineschools.org
Website: imaginekca.org
Phone: 1412
Twitter: @TheEngagingVT