Deb Norton Tech

Recently Google Slides (Presentations) received an update that students and teachers are going to love!   Finally, the ability to embed videos from Google Drive is here! Up until now, only YouTube videos have been able to be inserted into a Google Presentation . But now, students can insert videos that are saved to their Google Drive directly into a Google Presentation. This is such a fantastic update for students in any district that are restricted from creating their own YouTube channel. Here is a look at how to insert videos from Google Drive into Google Slides. It is important to remember that share settings do apply. If a person viewing your presentation does not have permission to view the video, they will be prompted to request access. Make sure your video is set to anyone with the link can view to prevent any problems. *Remember, videos only play in presentation mode. Advanced Video Settings!  In addition, there is the ability to right click...

This Saturday, February 11th, 2017, I will be hosting a webinar for SimpleK12 on Learning with Data. The webinar is free and you can sign up to register here .  In this webinar, I will share all different types of tools and sites for teaching and learning about data.  Here are a few of the resources I will be sharing in the webinar: 1.  Collecting Data - I've started compiling a list of sites that allow students and teachers to find and download data.  I'll be sharing the collection in the webinar.  It probably isn't too surprising that Google Trends is one of my favorite sites to find interesting data. Here is a graph I created using the Numbers program on my Mac after exporting data about Valentine's Day from Google Trends -- In the webinar, I will show several other sites that can be used to collect and compare data.  #2 - Graphing and Charting Tools-  It doesn't get much easier than this Easy Bar Graph site. Elementary stu...

Lately I've been using various sites and activities with students in our high school classrooms. Many of these are inspired by the amazing and creative teachers that I work with. They come to me with an idea of what they want their students to accomplish, and I help them find the right tech tools to use.   Kudos to Kerry, Alexis, Dave and Jennifer who inspire me every day to use various technology tools in the classroom. Here are some of the sites we've been using lately: Storyboard That - comic strip creator  The free account allows for 2 boards per week with the ability to create either 3 or 6 cell comics. Learn more about the free and paid versions here . There are some fantastic teacher resources and guides. Check them out by clicking here .  I love these examples of possible student activities for the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.  Thinglink - create interactive images and videos to tell a story or deliver a lesson I love...