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.
April 17th, 2019 PC Tech Newsletter
Greeting Card from Google Drawings
How Your Students can use Google Drawings to Create Greeting Cards. Link
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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"
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
Simple How To video to make a Google Slide Comic Strip
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)
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.
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