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Tutorials for students on various digital platforms, apps and extensions
IDEA GATHERING / CURATION
Wakelet is a good service for organizing and sharing collections of your favorite bookmarks, videos, and pictures. You can also use it to collaboratively create a collection of notes and documents. Wakelet can be a Google add-on.
Check out Richard Byrne's 6min tutorial on how to get started.
Teachers and Students may use Google Keep to:
Save notes, check lists, websites and more
Share with others just like other Google Suite apps
Use for individual or group research
Works with Google Docs so text and images can be dragged to documents
Padlet organizes websites, videos images and discussion notes into a virtual bulletin board. You can have a hidden link for student privacy. The free version is limited to 3 padlets.
CITATION
PROJECT & IMAGE CREATION
"Canva is a graphic design platform, used to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents, video editing and other visual content. The app includes templates for users to use. The platform is free to use and offers paid subscriptions as well."
It has a library of images with search interface. Integfates with Google Drive
Can be used with Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and Chromebooks
Ziovo gives us a 10 minute tutorial on basic uses for Canva in this video.
PRESENTATION PLATFORMS
Adobe Spark is a program used to create media designs, templates for websites and mobile apps. It has numerous features for graphic and web design. Adobe Spark allows you to add audio content to individual slides, unlike most other platforms.
You can find in on Clever.
To the right is Richard Byrnes giving an overview of how to create images, web pages, and videos in Adobe Spark.
Create. Read. Publish.
Free plan allows up you to store up to 40 books.
Can add Flipgrid to BookCreator.
Google Slides
Google Slides
Got the basics down and want to improve your Google Slides skills? Here is Google Slides advanced...
For touch screen devices. Free interactive whiteboard that allows you to write and draw with a stylus. Search Google and insert images and webpages. Drag and size with fingers. Image recognition technology converts your sketch into a polished image. Add Google docs, slides and sheets into Jamboard. Can collaborate with any device.
PROJECT CREATION TOOLS
AUDIO / PODCASTS
Quick audio recordings that can be sent in emails or added to presentations.
Can be used as a platform for podcasts
Can be used for podcasts, interviews, and presentations.
AUDIO / MUSIC & SOUNDS
Music is royalty free but with licensing limits. Can be used on online videos, websites, animations, etc. Depending on licensing, sounds may be free to download or give you the option to purchase.
Large variety of original music. Artists add their own music to the site for use by the public. Best to search one of three ways:
Instrumental Music for Film & Video
Free Music for Commercial Projects
Music for Video Games
PHOTO & EDITING
Google Slides Add-On
Free photos from a community of photographers. Easy to search, save and copy.
Google Docs Add-On
Free images and royalty free stock, including photos, illustrations, vectors, videos, music and sound effects. Easy to search.
Access safe, free images for educational projects. Automatic citation. Licensed by Creative Commons for public use.
Free photo background removal site.
100 % automatically - in 5 seconds - without a single click.
TEMPLATES
Free PowerPoint (PPT) temples and Google slides themes for presentations
Free PPT temples and Google slides themes for presentations
VIDEO & SCREEN RECORDING
Simple, free video discussion platform. Great way to share information in groups or classes and connect clubs.
Free for education. Up to 5 minute video and screen recordings.
Chrome extension available.
AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY PROJECTS
Provides interactive experiences through immersive coloring activities. Get the Quiver App to make coloring pages turn into 3D images. Offers free augmented reality experiences in CA state parks.
Google AR & VR
Google AR & VR
"A new way for your devices to be helpful."
Thank you to Linda Doughtery @ljdougherty for sharing these tools and resources.
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