Ep 114: News, Nuggets, and the GWAEA Corner Booth

Welcome back to the Edtech Takeout–this is episode 114. This episode is a fan favorite – News and Nuggets! 

A little fun fact: This week we reached our 100,000th download!

 

News and Updates:

Canva: Magic Draw, Magic Eraser, Magic Write

• What’s New Wednesday Webinar - April (Canva) 

Newsela: Moving to Newsela Lite, access to four articles at a time with five different reading levels, teacher can access student quiz scorers and writing prompts

Seesaw: Add frames (in drawing template) and student responses snap into the frame so no sizing is necessary, Present to Class

5 Chromebook Updates for Students and Teachers

Voting Chip in Google Docs - watch for this in the coming months!

Tech Nuggets:

Mindy: 

How to Differentiate Texts Using ChatGPT

Convert Your Doc in Canva into a Slide Deck in One Click  (convert button)  Example  made from this

The Juice: delivers five articles a day to grades 5-12 students. Followed by vocabulary and comprehension checks, each student is assigned a specific reading level by the teacher. Teacher dashboard that shares data. 30-day free trial

Gina: 

#FilterTheNoise - News Literacy Course/Resources - Jonathan Ketchell

• Deep Fakes - Can You Spot Them? MIT Test yourself. Research project.

Sutori for Playlist

• Like Wakelet with built-in polls and checks for understanding
• Pricing - 30 days all features free, free level, and $120 for a single teacher for a year. Department/Grade level pricing. 
• Sutori Video

Beth:

Genially - Nice alternative to Thinglink

Teachflix - Teacher currated video repository

Canva - Vertical videos with background removal example

• Remove background in Canva video - tutorial

 

The GWAEA Corner Booth:

Student Engagement Through Classroom Discussion

One-day Workshop for Instructional Coaches

May 5, 2023 - 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at GWAEA in CR 6th Street

Course number 205152

 

Tenets of Transformative Classrooms (Online)

Online course for teachers, instructional coaches, administrators

Section 315455: Starts June 19th - Ends October 6th

Section 315456: Starts August 1st - Ends November 30th

 

GWAEA Professional Learning Institute

June 26 - June 30, 2023

Find more information here.

 

Iowa AEA’s CS PD Week

June 12 - June 16, 2023

Find more information here.

 

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