TwosDay - Cory - Audio In Google Slides

Trying to put audio in a slide was, at best, a workaround by inserting a Youtube video off the displayed screen.  Thankfully, Google has added an audio feature that allows you to throw an audio clip on a slide and automatically play it as you go through your presentation. Better yet, it hides the icon so that you know it is there, but it will not show in presentation mode.  No more spinning wheels and advertisements to wait for your sound to play on a video.  Think of all the clips you could store on your daily slide as examples and artifacts for the coming year!

TwosDay - Allison - Data Gif Maker Final

Google’s Data GIF Maker tool allows you and your students to add some movement to otherwise static data. The easy to use interface and customization options makes showcasing your data easy for you and engaging for your audience with only a few clicks. Get rid of your old bar graphs and plain charts and let these data GIFs take your/your students’ presentations to the next level!

My Marzano Connection: DQ1 - Tracking progress & celebrating success

TwosDay - Bob - Gmail Shortcuts for Productivity

Sometimes it’s the little things that save us the most time, and two new features in Gmail may help you reclaim some of that productivity.  The new right-click menu allows you to perform several actions on a single message that used to take two or more mouse clicks to accomplish.  The “Schedule Send” feature allows you to compose a message and send it only when you’re ready.

TwosDay - Amanda - CanvasApp

There are so many options for drawing and annotating but sometimes we want a simple and quick option. Look no further than https://canvas.apps.chrome/.  Students can upload images to label, use their touch screen to draw, or answer a question with just a few simple clicks and the use of their touch screen. Anything you create automatically saves to drive. Try it today with your students and let us know how you are using it in your class! 

TwosDays - Brandon (Cory) - Voice Typing

Many of us want to give quick and appropriate feedback, but it can be cumbersome in an all digital environment.  The voice to type tool in Google Docs allows for us to give quick verbal feedback to students that is quickly integrated.  Use it for students feedback, personal notation, or even getting around to writing that book you always wanted to.

TwosDay - Cory - Daily Slide Icons

I always find myself looking for models and exemplary work from previous years.  Why not create a system of icons on you daily slide that can take you directly to those?  Whether it is a mental connection for you in your future years or a resource for the students in the present, it makes sense to give your daily slides value as a home for more than just your bullet-pointed list of items for the day.  

TwosDay - Sean - Individualized Assignments In Classroom

My favorite Sesame Street segment was always “One of these kids is not like the others”. As teachers, we never have a classroom full of the “same” kids and treating them like individuals is imperative. Google classroom has been amazing for teachers and one of those ways is how it allows us to assign things to individuals in a class instead of locking us into either the whole class or nobody. Check out How!
My Marzano Connection: DQ3E19&20

TwosDay - Allison - DocHub PDF Editor

Whether you want to annotate something live for your students or have them complete a "digital worksheet," DocHub is a one-stop shop for editing PDFs for all sorts of purposes! It works super nicely with both Google Drive and Google Classroom and includes tools that allow you to add text, draw lines and shapes, "white out" parts of an existing PDF, add stamps, your own signature and more. (Plus, it autosaves!)

When you (or your students) are done editing, you can download the new PDF, save to your Drive, share it to Google Classroom, and more. No more chicken scratch annotations to decipher!

Come on by the HOTSpot if you'd like to learn more or need help getting started.

TwosDay - Bob - ISBE Evaluations in Frontline

After you sign up for and attend a Lunch ‘n’ Learn, you will have to complete an evaluation for ISBE in order to receive credit for attending. The email reminders we get let us know that the evaluation is waiting to be completed, but this video will let you know the clicks you’ll have to make to complete it.  It’s an easy process, so check it out!