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Creating Printables in PowerPoint

By Lisa Van Gemert 5 Comments

How you ever wondered how teachers create those cute printables? It’s easier than you could possibly imagine. And free. Which is always good. This tutorial will teach you how to create printables in PowerPoint. You can use them in your home, classroom, blog, or even sell your awesome product! This video will lead you step-by-step […]

Filed Under: TECH, TUTORIAL Tagged With: PowerPoint, printable, technology, tutorial

PowerPoint Tutorial: Working with Images the Easy Way

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PowerPoint Tutorials can make everything easier. If you have ever struggled with working with images in PowerPoint, this tutorial is perfect for you! Have you ever tried to pull an image into PowerPoint and had it be so huge that you couldn’t even find a corner to grab to shrink it? I have! I’ve figured out […]

Filed Under: RESOURCES, STRATEGIES, TEACHING, TECH Tagged With: PowerPoint, technology, tutorial

Do You Know These Tech Tools?

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Tech tools make learning {and lesson preparation} more fun, and often more interesting. Do you know these favorite tech tools of mine? 1. Classtools for QR Code Scavenger Hunts QR codes can be spectacularly fun in class, and Classtools has a particularly cool trick for teachers. Just type in a series of questions, and it will […]

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The Beginning Wow: 3 Things You Can Learn from Buffer

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Buffer facilitates sharing. Its tagline – “A Smarter Way to Share” – reveals its mission. If you are (or want to be) a thought leader, have a multi-pronged social media presence, or just seek a pretty way to share information, Buffer can help with that. Recently, I read about Buffer and  signed up for it. This […]

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PowerPoint Timer Slides

By Lisa Van Gemert 7 Comments

PowerPoint Timer Slides are decks that automatically count down, advancing without clicking. They’re great for teachers who want students to be able to track progress and manage their time. This kind of structure can be helpful to all students, but especially for those students who have emerging executive function skills and struggle to keep their […]

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Wheel of Choice Free Download

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This simple yet cool one-slide PowerPoint lets you “spin” a wheel, and it even includes a satisfying “spinny” sound. Uses, you ask? choose teams choose assignments select number of seconds or minutes or times something will be done anything requiring an element of randomness take the place of dice in a game To use it, […]

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