TCEA Explosion

After spending all week at TCEA virtual, I have acquired some really cool tools to implement within classrooms for numerous purposes. Some of these tools, extensions, and applications I instantly thought, "Where have you been all of my tech life!?" and I am certain you will find at least 1 that you can feel the same about too! I thought this week I would share these out with the many ideas that were shared among participants. 

EquatIO extension for Google : 

Awesome Math extension that offers ease of writing math equations digitally. EquatIO also can use speech to text for students to read math equations to and will ignore non-math words. This extension can be used will all G-suite products! 

Jamboard:

This application will allow you to create an interactive space for students to collaborate, share work, and create. Many features are similar to Google Slides, but my personal favorite is the ability for students to add post-it notes to add thoughts or ideas. Essential you can use it like Padlet, but it's free and works with our G-Suite features! Free is good! 

Here is a link to the official Google Edu information page with some cool lesson ideas:

https://edu.google.com/teacher-center/products/jamboard/?modal_active=none

Here is the presentation link to what I attended with even more ways to use Jamboard in your classrooms (in person or virtually):

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1biH2W3vGvgWL5AwVBWYt2AuuzsP-aExN3S2dLeBGOMk/edit?usp=sharing

TextGiraffe:

Want cool fonts to jazz up your presentations and handouts? Check out this free platform to create amazing headers! Super easy to use and easy to apply within documents and slide presentations or even websites! Simply go to TextGiraffe , choose a cool font (the hard part), then type in your heading or phrase, download and save, apply as a picture within the document of your choice....yes, that's it! Here are a few of my favorites:

Slides, Slides, Slides (The kind that won't burn your bum in summer!)

In case you have the desire to make your slide presentations more attractive or eye catching there are several places you can visit to cut your work down by downloading fun slide themes and backgrounds. Don't forget to share these with your students as well, they deserve the ability to hype of their slideshows and add their creativity as well! 

SlidesMania has a ton of FREE and fun slide themes for you and your students to use. 

Slides Carnival is another site that has plenty of downloads to add pizzazz to your Google Slide presentations.