Deb Norton Tech

I have so many great things to share this week! This week while I was teaching a lesson, the students were very quiet and hesitant to share or respond to any questions or comments.   I wish I would have had something like these speaking goal cards .  Just having students think of a goal and a purpose for sharing might have improved their participation. Google Slides has a new feature coming soon. Captioning in real time! This will be useful for students who are taking notes during a presentation.  This feature is being rolled out in a gradual release, so it may be a few weeks before you see it in your account. Writer Igniter is a fun web application that will create randomly generated writing prompts. The prompt will include a character, a situation and a prop along with a setting for your story. This one’s for all the music teachers out there.   And this one is for all teachers everywhere. A shareable whiteboard space. Share your week...

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week. Here is my gift to you -- Try it, it’s fun! Screencastify, the popular screen recording extension, has a new look and some changes .   Have you heard about the Emoji Scavenger Hunt from Google ?  It is Google’s newest Artificial Intelligence experiment.  It works best on a phone, but can be used on a laptop with a webcam.  Scan this QR code to load the game on your phone and good luck! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Curricular Connection TwistedWave is a browser-based audio editor. You only need a web browser to access it, and you can use it to record or edit any audio file.  It is free to use and allows a person to record up to 5 minutes. This site is very similar to Audacity, except there is no download needed, just a browser. And it works great on a Chromebook! Happy Friday Ya'll! Enjoy your weekend!

Student Created Podcasts Using Twisted Wave Integrated with Google Classroom Video Series - #6 Google Classroom Tech Integration This video demonstrates how to use Google Classroom to assign and grade a podcast (or audio recording) using Twisted Wave .   Students can add copyright free music and their own audio. Students can also edit the recording and add effects to the audio. Twisted Wave can be found at Twistedwave.com Click here  for the YouTube Creator Click here for Sounzabound I hope you found this video helpful for technology integration in your classroom. Let me know if you decide to give Classtools a try. Click here  if you would like to be  awesome  and  discover  more  tools to integrate with Google Classroom.