PC Tech Newsletter

"PC Tech Newsletter - A place I share the latest and greatest projects, ideas, and tech tools!

May 1st, 2019 PC Tech Newsletter

Voice Typing in Google Docs

Laura Martin, the Middle School Tech Coach made a great instructional video on Voice Typing!

5 Google Calendar Tips!

These 5 Google Calendar tips will help you get so much more out of this productivity app. Be more effective and efficient with your schedule by using these overlooked Google Calendar features.

51 Genius Teacher Hacks

Get the most out of your school year with these ideas that will save money, time, and patience. -- Link

Getting Started with Google Draw

Google Drawing is really powerful and easy to use! Use Google Drawing to make your posters and flyers. by Alice Keeler -- Link

Driveslides

Create a Google Slides presentation out of a Drive folder of images. -- Link

April 17th, 2019 PC Tech Newsletter

Greeting Card from Google Drawings

How Your Students can use Google Drawings to Create Greeting Cards. Link

Random Number Generator

Ever need to generate some random numbers? Well look no further

38 Gmail Tips

Google's free email service has come a long way since its debut 15 years ago. It's time you became a Gmail power user. Link

Google Slide Instagram Template

Use the Google Slide Instagram Template to promote digital citizenship! Link

Google Slide Animal Reports

A nice Google Slide template that students can use to create an Animal Report. Link

April 10th, 2019 PC Tech Newsletter

Data Gif Maker

Data GIF Maker This simple website lets students pick between three type of graphs (Rectangles, Circles, and Racetrack), and then add multiple data entries. As a result, a cool animated GIF is created showing the data, which the students can link to or download and embed in their Slides, Docs, or other project.

Whiteboard Online.mp4

Online Whiteboards

Here's a movie to review some options you have with using an Online Collaborative Whiteboard

Shortcuts: Mac Users: Hit Shift + Ctrl + Cmd + 4 to snip any part of your screen and paste it (Cmd + V) directly onto BitPaper. Position the image and then double click to add it to your board.

GMail Tips

21 of the Best Gmail Features You Might Not Have Found Yet: Link

Poly

Poly is a website created by Google for users to browse, distribute, and download3D objects. It is intended to allow creators to easily share and access 3D objects. It features a free library containing thousands of 3D objects for use in virtual reality and augmented reality applications.

Semantris

Word association games powered by machine learning. Link

April 3rd, 2019 PC Tech Newsletter

Formula for a GREAT Movie Trailer

Link - Every great movie trailer has a formula that builds excitement and interest about the film. This is a movie trailer about this "thing" meaning anything!

Bitpaper

Multiple Pages, unlimited whiteboard space, document imports, PDF exports and everything else you need to work together in real time. Link


Peardeck Math Templates

Click on the link for some great Math Templates in Peardeck. Link

Google Forms in the Classroom

Google does an amazing job of creating tools that simplify our lives in and out of the classroom and Google Forms is a perfect example. Link

BFlex Opportunity

Springhouse Middle School

Parkland Teacher Tech Con is a full day celebration of the best tools, resources, and strategies that educational technology has to offer!

MAY 4, 2019

7:30 AM - 3:00 PM - 7 hours BFLEX

Throughout the day, educators choose from concurrent sessions on topics they are interested in, including tech tools & time savers, multimedia & digital storytelling, formative assessment, STEAM, innovative practices and more.

March 28, 2019 PC Tech Newsletter

Gradebook in Google Classroom

This new gradebook feature enables teachers to keep their assignments and grades in one place, and keep this important task more organized.

Google Drawings in the Classroom

Look at some of these top recommendations from educators for bringing this versatile tool into the classroom.

Insert Learning

Insert Learning is a chrome extension that allows you to take any article, website, or published google doc and allows you to add questions, prompts, additional comments, youtube videos or a self-recorded video.

NewseumED

NewseumED houses an incredible online collection of primary sources, news artifacts, and lessons that help teachers teach media literacy, civics, and all aspects of the First Amendment, giving you and your students an up-close look at history.

Autodraw

AutoDraw is a tool that uses artificial intelligence to guess what you’re trying to draw. You start with a blank screen, begin sketching something, and AutoDraw gives you a strip of professionally illustrated images to choose from, based on what the tool thinks you’re trying to draw.

March 20, 2019 PC Tech Newsletter

WeVideo Linked Resources

Learn about the new Linked Resources in WeVideo! When working on a video project, there may be times you want to reference external resources like scripts, notes, project briefs, project instructions, etc. WeVideo offers Linked Resources, which are these elements tied to your video projects directly accessible within the WeVideo interface.

Google Drive IOS & Android Redesign

A big redesign for Google Drive has arrived, putting its look in line with other Google apps like Gmail. Link

G Suite Learning Center

Get the most out of G Suite in your workplace with training guides, tips, customer examples, and other resources. Link

5 New Things in Google Slides

Some new things you might not know about! Link

March 7, 2019 PC Tech Newsletter

Google Slides: Create a Copy & Save it

Here is a small video to show you how to create a Google Slide and then share that file quickly(making a copy) into a shared team folder.

Share to Google Classroom Extension

An Old on but a good one... Learn how to use the "Share to Google Classroom Extension".

Online Coloring Books

A treasure trove of online coloring books from historical societies and libraries from around the world. Link

Google Form - Locked Mode

By enabling locked mode, teachers now have the ability to prevent students from navigating out of the Google Form quiz until after the questions have been submitted. Link

WeVideo - Projects explained

There are three types of projects - Individual, Collaborative, and Shared. Link

February 6, 2019 PC Tech Newsletter

WeVideo for AM Announcements 2019.mp4

Using WeVideo for AM Announcements

Here is a short video explaining how to use WeVideo for AM Announcements. Even if you don't use it for AM Announcements, you can still use the skill sets for using the Green Screen.

A Roller Coaster in your Backyard

Here is a short video of a dad who built a roller coaster in his backyard! This is a great video to show your students that anything can be attained with a little knowledge and drive!

NewsMap

Newsmap is a news aggregation tool that organizes news stories, by popularity and volume of reporting, in a visually pleasing treemap—making it extremely simple to see what's going on and how much coverage it's receiving. Link

Telepromter App

Welcome to the free web-based online teleprompter from Autocue! Simply enter your text in this box, select the options above and start scrolling. Link

January 30, 2019 PC Tech Newsletter

Screen Shots and Downloads into Google Drive.mp4

Save JPG's and Screenshots to Google Drive

A small video to show you how to save your JPG's and screenshots to your Google Drive from a Chromebook.

BASD Take 2

Get a glimpse of the exciting Sound Engineering courses offered in the Bethlehem Area School District.

Get the Word Out Episode # 7

Meet the man behind the media, "Tom Braun" BASD Media. Who we are "

GTWO - We are just trying to get the word out about learning at Bethlehem Area School District"

Link

Symbaloo

Manage, organize, and share your favorite websites and educational resources in a safe, online environment. Built for educators!

A webmix is a collection of tiles for a specific subject. There are two types of webmixes:

1. Webmix that contains tiles (links, bookmarks, widgets, embedded content)

2. Webmix that contains RSS tiles (larger, 3x3 tiles with RSS feed shown inside)

Adobe Spark

Create stunning Visual Stories

January 23, 2019 PC Tech Newsletter

Google Slide Comic Strip.mp4

Google Slide Comic Strip

Simple How To video to make a Google Slide Comic Strip

Scan a Q Code on a Chromebook.mp4

Scan a Q-Code on a Chromebook

Small video to show you how to scan a Q-Code on a Chromebook

Google Jamboard

Collaborate, share and present "its like a collaborative whiteboard software product"! (we'll use it to start projected from our Chromebooks)

How To PearDeck

Peardeck

Use the new Peardeck "Add-on" within Google Slides to "Transform presentations into classroom conversations with an array of interactive and formative assessment questions. With Pear Deck, every learner engages with the interactive activity on his or her own screen, and knows their response will be seen by the teacher, but anonymous to the rest of the class". (from PD.com)

Adding Printers

Click on the two links below from our ServiceDesk website to learn how to add printers to your Mac and Chromebook.

Add Printer on Chromebook

Add Printer on a Mac

Pat Connolly -- You Can Book Me - Book an integration time with me

Google Sites - Create and Insert Image Carousels

We’re making it easier for site editors to share a selection of images in new Sites by creating a new image carousel. Link

Google Sites - Create and Insert Image Carousels


Using Android Apps on Chromebooks