Tech Tips and Tutorials on tools that can be used in the classroom.
Soundtrap recently released a slew of updates but my favorite has to be the Interactive Transcript feature. This will create a transcript of your spoken words so that you can more quickly edit your recording but can also use it to help students overcome various learning obstacles. The transcript feature is great if you want…
I really wish I had my iPad when I was in college and not just so I could waste time watching funny videos while in a boring lecture, but so that I could have used it to take notes in a way that would have helped me a lot more as a learner. While I…
Intercut, from the people that brought you Swivl, have recently updated their app to allow for it to be used to create screencasts. Intercut uses AI to merge two video sources together to create a polished finished product. This app feature was seen as a beta feature in Swivl where it would merge the video…
To add another equation to your tool box of Google Sheet equations, watch the video below where you can learn all about Transpose Filter. Transpose Filter can work like a Vlookup to pull in data from one sheet to another, based on a unique value such as a student ID or other identifier. Vlookup however…
There is no built-in option to add audio clips to a slide in Google Slides but there is a pretty easy workaround. Using a screen recorder, like Quicktime on a Mac or Screencastify in the Chrome browser, you can easily record yourself speaking over a slide and add that clip to the slide to add…
I fully believe that we can give better feedback using digital tools than we ever could with analog tools. The ability to give quick feedback that is effective and targeted, will allow us to better help our students in the learning process. Hattie lists effective feedback as one of the most impactful things we can…
There are a lot of great features built into the Swivl app and the Swivl Cloud but I go over 4 of these great features below. I will talk about how to use the new Smart Playback while watching a recent Swivl recording as well as how to use the Bookmarking feature while you are…
One thing that I really enjoy about using the Swivl is the fact that they keep coming out with useful features for their Swivl Cloud platform. The Swivl Cloud is a great place to store and share your videos but you can do so much more by using some of the features that are built-in. …
I have recently discovered that I can embed a working Padlet into the Chrome Extension that I made for our teachers at my school (you can see how to make that Extension yourself in my post about it) . I love using Padlet as it is such a versatile tool and being able to give…
This is the first in a series of videos I am going to do where I take about 3-4 minutes to discuss technology use in the classroom. Each video will be about 50% pedagogy and 50% technology as we need to ensure that we have strong pedagogy whenever we use technology, or anything, in the…
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