Deb Norton Tech

Happy Fall Break friends! I'm sending this out a day early since we have Friday off this week. This is a much needed break to be able to rejuvenate and take a breath. Here is where I plan to spend my day off . Links and Loves: If you are a Canvas user, you might be interested in checking out the new content editor . New features include a more condensed intuitive look and drag and drop images. You can turn on the new editor in the setting of your course. It's been a full week of innovation and fun in our Innovation Lab. Follow me on Instagram to check out our Innovation Lab Highlights .  Richard Byrne of Free Technology for Teachers is planning a FREE online conference for educators in December . I just registered to present and/or attend. I love these types of learning opportunities! I always get inspired. As we approach our first self-care day of the year, I found this article on, 5 Ways Teachers Can Manage Stress and Overwhelm .  Remember to ta...

What's new for you this week? I've been enjoying homecoming week and all the school spirit from students and staff. #GoSpartans! This week's Links and Loves: I found this post to help a colleague with sharing a Canvas calendar through a Google calendar to help with easy access for parents and students.  I'm inspired by all of these Fall Cricut projects. I'm hoping to find some time to explore these further and do a little decorating in the Innovation Lab.  Did you know that there is now an Amazon Alexa for your car ? Perhaps I will put this on my wish list for the holidays! Here are a few extensions that I have been using on a regular basis: Extensity , Wakelet , Eyedropper and Screencastify . Do you have a favorite extension that you use daily? I'd love to hear about it. Quick Tip: Did you know that when in present mode in Google Slides, you can tap on the B key to turn your slide black? Or you can tap on the W key to turn the slide w...

I hope your week went well. The weather in Wisconsin has been incredible this week!  Here are this week's Links and Loves WriteReader looks like a great way to create ebooks online. This app is free and ha s a useful start-up guide .  I grew up reading Ripley's Believe it or Not books, so I was excited to find this website ! Here is a video I created on how to make a copy of a Google Doc for every student in Canvas. You will create the document first and then create a copy for every student in Canvas. The students can work on the document right in Canvas and they will have a submit button available to turn in the document.  I recently received a Phiro Pro from a participant in the AI course that I teach . The participant is the CEO of the Robotix company , which is based out of India.  This product has so much potential for middle and high school students. And it is LEGO compatible and works with the Scratch programming site. They ...

LINKS AND LOVES And just like that, it's October! Happy Fall Y'all.  Here are some free technology backgrounds for your devices . Did you know that there is a meditation breathing exercise on the Google Chrome Browser ? Sometimes, when things get a bit crazy, this would be helpful. If only we could teach our dog, Wrigley to meditate so that he isn't so anxious during a thunderstorm. 🐶 canvas.apps.chrome is a wonderful whiteboard drawing app for creating sketches and creative art pieces. There are various drawing tools, colors, line thicknesses and the ability to add an image background as well as download your image to share it with others.  Google announces an update for Google Docs and Presentations for custom line spacing . This will be helpful to have better control over the look of my presentations and the fonts I use. It will also help with creating visually appealing documents. QUICK TIP In Google Slides, click on Insert and then Diagr...