Technology Takeaways
Leanne NeSmith,
leannenesmith@cpresa.org
Coastal Plains RESA
Instructional Technology Specialist
and Georgia Connects Specialist
leannenesmith@cpresa.org
Coastal Plains RESA
Instructional Technology Specialist
and Georgia Connects Specialist
See a list of training classes that Leanne can bring to your district
Note: The BEST way for an educator to access GaConnects is through the district student information system. Some features are only available when you log in with your school district email address.
GASuitcase = Standards
GAInspire = Resources aligned to standards
includes curriculum maps, units, GAVS content, Velocity interactive lessons, & moreGaDOE Community = online professional learning communities for all areas
Georgia Learns = on-demand professional learning
Magic School AI: an AI platform designed for educators. Quickly create rubrics, change the reading level of any text, generate YouTube video summaries and questions, create questions based on a text you upload or select, plan lessons or units, adapt lessons with accommodations, and many more useful tools.
AI Chatbots to Try:
Quick tips to detect AI-generated images:
Look closely at the hands of any people - count the fingers! Watch for extra appendages. Also pay attention to teeth and eyes.
Look for strange blending together of elements or objects with wavy outlines where there should be straight lines.
Check anything on the image containing text for strange misspellings or "made up" words.
Look at lighting in the image. Many AI-generated images have an "AI shine" or too-bright highlighting, especially on faces.
*Caveat: AI image (and video) generation is getting better and harder to detect! I created the image to the right with a free AI image-generator. It looks good at first glance but has all of the problems mentioned above.
Get the full article from LifeHacker.
Google Classroom Updates: January 2024 edition of updates to Google Classroom from Eric Curts at Control Alt Achieve. Expect a new set up dates in August/September time frame.
Google Tools to Support All Learners: Eric shares accessibility options for the Google Chrome browser on PCs and Chromebooks, including text to speech.
Canva: Not just a platform for presentations and cute classroom signs, Canva offers a powerful range of templates for just about any graphic arts application, including websites and social media; mail-merge for certificates and other documents; interactive whiteboards; AI-generated images; and video editing.
Vocaroo: Need to make a quick voice recording, on the web and for free? Vocaroo will let you record yourself, then download as an mp3 file, embed into a website or presentation, or generate a QR code.
Classroom Screen: A free interactive online classroom management screen with 25 widgets including a timer, calendar, a stoplight management tool, classroom polls, a student name randomizer, a sound level monitor, and a timetable.
My current favorite tech resources to follow:
Tech Tips 411 (Jen Hall)
Control Alt Achieve (Eric Curts)
Tech You Can Do (Sarah Kiefer)
Training that Leanne can bring to your district:
Georgia Connects
Suitcase
Inspire
Learn
Community
Canva
Beginner (newsletters, posters, presentations, social media)
Intermediate (mail merge, videos, Magic Studio AI)
Artificial Intelligence
for teachers
for school leaders
Google Workspace for Education
Google Classroom
Google Apps for Education
Want a class or topic you don't see here? Contact Leanne to discuss it.
Leanne's Videos: How To:
Install Read & Write for Chrome and have any website read aloud
Use Chrome Reading Mode to display a text-only version of a website and adjust text size and more