Beyond candy corn: unwrapping tech treats

Facilitator: Peggy Reimers | https://ly.tcea.org/candycorn

SessioN Description

Ready to ditch the tricks and score some treats when it comes to some Halloween fun? Join our annual spine-tingling session for some wickedly awesome tips and tools that will have your students and staff shrieking with delight. Don’t be a scaredy-cat; this hauntingly informative webinar is a graveyard smash!

Check-in!

FLippity.net

Flippity.net has two new tools:

Group Game (NYT Connections Game)

Video Game

Try out my Halloween Group Game.

Just a fun note, with the release of these two tools, Steve of Flippity.net now has an even-steven 30 count of tools for teachers!

SPin a Spooky Story

Spin a Spooky Story

Three wheel spinners : character, setting, and plot!

By: Tony Vincent

Tony also suggests that you can use the story spinner for Spooky Computer Generated illustrations!

What’s scarier than drawing your own illustrations? Asking an artificial intelligence to generate them for you! An AI text-to-image generator can create art from the text you enter. There are image generators in Canva and Adobe Express for students to use. Teachers can use sites like Microsoft Designer and Ideogram.

Canva Bulk - Create

The add-on or feature in Canva that allows you to bulk create designs is called "Bulk Create".

Key points about Canva's Bulk Create feature:

It's an app within Canva that can be found under the "Apps" section in the Design Editor.
Bulk Create allows you to quickly create multiple variants of a design using data from a CSV file or manually entered table.
It's a Canva Pro feature, meaning it's only available to users with a paid Canva Pro subscription.

Steps to use Bulk Create

Set up your design template (certificate) first
Make sure you clicked into your certificate
Search for the Bulk Create app from the Apps section
Add your data: enter or upload your data
Right click and connect the data fields to elements in your design (I believe you need 2 fields of data - because I tried with one and it did not work)
Continue
Click the Generate # designs (purple button)

SUNO

The TCEA Staff drops in their birthday messages in Slack and . . .

Bruce takes the cake with a Suno song for Katie!

Katie's Birthday Song

Here are my two Suno songs:

Halloween Cookie Decorating

Boo and Tuff

SUNO Information

Suno uses a credit-based system for generating music. Here's how the credits work:

Free users:
- Receive 50 free credits daily
- Credits reset at the start of each day
- Each song typically costs around 5-10 credits
- This allows for creating approximately 5-10 songs per day
Subscription plans:
- Pro Plan ($10/month): 2,500 credits per month
- Premier Plan ($30/month): 10,000 credits per month
- Credits for subscription plans reset on the same day each month as the original subscription date

Magic Sand

Stickity for Slides (And Forms, Docs, and Sheets)

Lauren Heil, a Learning Experience Designer with a background in graphic design and art direction, created Stickity, a free add-on for Google Slides and Docs. Her inspiration came from recognizing the power of visual aids in education, particularly for students with disabilities and English language learners.

Heil's goal was to develop a tool that would:

Remove learning barriers
Enhance classroom communication
Support differentiated instruction

By integrating digital stickers into commonly used platforms, Stickity aims to improve student comprehension and engagement. Heil's creation reflects her commitment to leveraging technology and design to create more inclusive and effective learning experiences.