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Canva

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Canva is a (free for teachers and students) graphic design platform that provides a user-friendly interface and a wide range of templates and design elements to help teachers create professional-looking materials for their classrooms. With Canva, teachers can easily create a variety of visual aids that are engaging to students.  Here are some examples of what you can create : Create visual aids: Teachers can use Canva to create posters, charts, infographics, and other visual aids to use in the classroom. These can help reinforce concepts, engage students, and make information easier to understand. Design worksheets and handouts: Canva provides a range of templates that teachers can customize to create visually appealing worksheets and handouts. This can make classroom materials more engaging and memorable for students. Make presentations: Teachers can use Canva to create engaging and dynamic presentations for use in class. This can be a great way to keep students interested and foc...
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Google Keep

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With Google Keep , users can create notes and lists using text, images, and voice recordings. Notes can be organized by color, label, or tag, and can be searched for and accessed easily. Users can also set reminders for notes, which can be based on time or location and can be synced across all devices. Google Keep also has a collaboration feature that allows multiple users to access and edit notes together. This can be useful for group projects or for sharing notes with classmates or colleagues.  Google Keep is a powerful tool that can be used by both teachers and students to help with organization, note-taking, and collaboration. Here are some ways that teachers and students can use Google Keep: To-Do Lists: Teachers can use Google Keep to create to-do lists for themselves and for their students. For example, a teacher might create a to-do list for students that outlines the tasks they need to complete for a particular assignment or project. Note-Taking: Both teachers and students...
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Three Quick Tech Tips

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Three Quick Tech Tips    Easy Emojis Using emojis on a Mac couldn't be easier. Use the shortcut below to display the emoji and special character keyboard  CTRL + CMD + Space emoji keyboard for Google 😀😃😄 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Paste and Match Style "Paste and Match Style" is a feature on the Mac that allows you to paste text without carrying over any formatting that was copied with it. For example, let's say you copied a paragraph of text from a website that has bold and italicized text. When you paste that text into a document, it will retain the formatting, including the bold and italicized text. However, if you use the "Paste and Match Style" command, the text will be pasted without any of the formatting, so it will look the same as the surrounding text in your document. To use "Paste and Match Style" on a Mac, you can either use the keyboard shortcut " Command + Shift + V ...
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PD Opportunities and Academy Hours

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Professional staff currently need to complete 24 hours of academy time (12 hours must also be Act 48). Here are a few options for you. One-Hour Technology Academies  - After watching a series of short videos you will be asked to submit an artifact demonstrating your learning. Each completed module is worth one Academy/Act 48 hour. Click this link to enroll. If you have any questions email Michael Pauling at  paulingm@slsd.org  or Joseph Breisch at  breischj@slsd.org . Kyte Learning   - Kyte learning is a video-based professional developmental platform that offers a large selection of professional development courses. Each course will indicate the number of credit hours awarded for the completion of the course.  Completed courses will be awarded as Academy and Act 48. Watch this for more information. If you want to use the resources below you will need to submit them to Frontline Profession Growth as Independent Study before completing them. C...
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OpenAI: The Computer Did My Homework

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Image Created with Cyberpunk Generator API OpenAI's ChatGPT is a large, pre-trained language model that can generate human-like text. It has been trained on a vast amount of internet text data. It can be fine-tuned on specific tasks such as language translation, question answering, and conversational response generation. It can also generate text on a wide range of topics, making it a versatile tool for natural language processing applications. Open ChatGPT is open source it can be used and trained by anyone.  This means that AI has advanced to the point where it can write much better than many people. In fact, much (OK, almost all) of this blog was written by OpenAI. This tool can be used for good:  Automatic Essay Scoring: ChatGPT can be trained to grade essays based on certain criteria, such as grammar, coherence, and content. This can save teachers time and allow them to focus on providing feedback on specific areas that need improvement. Content Generation: ChatGPT c...
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Google My Maps

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Google My Maps is a powerful tool for creating custom maps and visualizing data. It is a great resource for educators to use in the classroom, as it allows students to explore, analyze, and present information in a visually appealing way. One way to use My Maps in the classroom is to create a map of a specific topic or location. For example, a history teacher could create a map of ancient Rome, marking key landmarks and events. Students could then use the map to learn about the geography of the city and the historical events that took place there. My Maps can also be used for data visualization. Students can create a map to show the distribution of a particular variable, such as population density or environmental conditions. By creating a map, students can better understand patterns and trends in the data, and communicate their findings to others. It can be a useful tool for building background knowledge and taking "lit trips" in a reading context. For example, if a class i...
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Wordle Type Brain Breaks

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These puzzles allow teachers and students to take a quick break while still exercising their minds Wordle - The word game that started it all Quordle - When one puzzle is not enough, you can do four at the same time. Crosswordle - This one allows you to create (click the gear) and share simple custom puzzles  Worldle  - My Favorite - This game shows you a silhouette of a country and you need to name it using directional clues. This works great when paired with printed atlases.  Nerdle - Find the Math equation Numbele  - Find the Math equation Histordle - After you receive 3 history clues, can you find the year?  Lordle of the Rings - OK sorry this one is only for J.R.R. Tolkien fans. Yes, there is even a Star Wars one. Heardle - Warning: This one might not always be school appropriate. How good are you at recognizing songs and artists?   
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