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March is Be An Author Month! Book Creator has put together a hub full of resources. Read about them in my blog post.

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Can your students solve this symmetry puzzle? YES, yes they can (but it might take a while). Download this challenging digital activity for Google Slides or PowerPoint. #EduSky

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I'm presenting at #MACUL25! I'll be leading a "Cooking Up Classroom Conversations" workshop on Wednesday, March 19th. maculconference.org

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You will love how creative these digital stop motion animations are! Maria O'Regan's middle schoolers animated their Shapegrams art in Google Slides frame-by-frame. #EduSky Click a student's name to see their animation: https://tinyurl.com/oregan-sm

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📢 @BookCreator.com is hosting the Tell Your Story Competition, open for Elementary, Middle, and High School students. Entries are judged on originality, design, communication, and literacy skills. #Sponsored #TLSky 📅 Submissions open March 5 – April 5, 2025

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Tip Tuesday! Do a speed test by Googling “speed test” & clicking the Run Speed Test button. Google will tell you about your internet speed.

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Planning for next month? March is Be An Author Month and Book Creator has a daily activity journal with reading and writing prompts for every day in March. #EduSky #Sponsored #TLSky https://tonyv.me/bookcreatorbsky

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Read the latest issue of Learning in Hand Newsletter! 🎙 Podcasts by kids, for kids 🔒 Protect Google Forms with a passcode 📂 Free PPT/Google Slides templates ✏️ Draw while presenting in Canva 🌠 Chart comparing free AI image generators 🤿 DIVER approach for prompting AI learninginhand.com/issue29

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I'm working at my computer while listening to the premiere of "Severance — Music to Refine To." It's Lo-fi music with a Severance twist. 👨‍💻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRnD...

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We can now upload files to Gemini for free! (ChatGPT added this in May 2024.) PDFs, Docs, PPTs, and Google Slides can be uploaded to summarize, generate questions, or add context. Unfortunately, it looks like spreadsheets aren’t supported. #EduSky #EduSkyAI

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When students know their work will be seen by others, they put in extra effort. "Be An Author Month" is the perfect time to give them that opportunity! Join @bookcreator.com in helping students become published authors. #Sponsored #EdTech

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Tip Tuesday! Avoid accidentally sending an incomplete email by composing your entire message before adding recipients. #EduSky

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Writing a book can feel overwhelming—but it doesn’t have to be! @BookCreator.com is providing a Teacher Guidebook, student workbooks, and story templates. 👀 Check out this sample page from the K-5 Tell Your Story Workbook. #Sponsored #EduSky https://tonyv.me/bookcreatorbsky

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Ugh! Bitly will begin showing a preview page prior to directing users to the destination URL—and that preview page may include advertising. "You can remove the preview page experience from your links and QR Codes at any time by selecting a paid Bitly plan." #EduSky #TLSky #EdTech

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I ❤️ podcasting with kids! Exactly 20 years ago today I published my elementary school's first podcast for kids, by kids called Radio WillowWeb. #EduSky #EdTech Read more: learninginhand.com/issue29

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I ❤️ podcasting with kids! Exactly 20 years ago today I published my elementary school's first podcast for kids, by kids called Radio WillowWeb. #EduSky #EdTech Read more: learninginhand.com/issue29

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I Love PDF is a collection of 26 tools to modify, enhance, and convert PDFs. #EduSky ☯️ Merge PDFs ↔️ Split a PDF ✏️ Edit a PDF 🔄 Rotate a PDF ✒️ Sign a PDF 🌊 Watermark a PDF 📉 Compress a PDF 🟧 PDF to PowerPoint 🔐 Password a PDF via the @itec-ia.bsky.social newsletter

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Tip Tuesday! Enabling notifications for new Google Form responses sends an email for each submission—which adds up fast. Instead, open the form’s linked spreadsheet, go to Tools → Notification settings → Email notifications, and select Daily Digest for a summary.

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Hold down the SHIFT key when you paste. This ensures what you paste matches the surrounding formatting. Control Shift V #keytips #EdTech #EduSky

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YouTube thumbnails serve as billboards to capture viewers' attention and encourage clicks. Read about strategies content creators use to make their thumbnails more compelling. Boost media literacy skills by recognizing these techniques. #EduSky

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Burst mode on iPhone and iPad is incredibly handy for capturing action shots or quick poses.

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Tip Tuesday! Need to revisit an AI chat later? Pin your Gemini chat or star your Claude chat for easy access. You can always go back and pick up that conversation where you left off. #AIinEducation #EdTech #TCEA2025

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🎭🕵️🕵️ Need a new identity? Try the Secret Agent Name Generator! 🕵️🕵️ Visit https://s.mtrbio.com/mgkjpmhqfo to get your very own spy name! #EduSky

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We ❤️ shapes and the art we can create with them! #EduSky #EdTech #GoogleSlides

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🗓 Happy Groundhog Day! 😁 Hoping you're having a good LAIR day. #DadJokes

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Need a buzzer system for class games and competitions? 🐝 Consider using Google Forms as a buzz-in system—it's familiar and free. I break it down in Issue 28 of my newsletter. #TCEA2025 #EduSky #GoogleEdu learninginhand.com/issue28

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Peggy Reimers shares websites and activities for Black History Month 2023. She links to a few different sets of posters and then suggest inviting students to use Adobe Express or Canva to create their own posters. #EduSky

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I am presenting 1 workshop and 6 sessions at the 2025 MACUL Conference in Detroit on March 19–21! Register for the conference at maculconference.org #MACUL25 #EdTech #AIinEducation #EduSky

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EdTech you’ll actually use! 🧑‍💻 Issue 28 of my newsletter is packed with quick wins—Google Forms as a buzzer, Canva’s Match & Move, tricky online brain break, custom Wordle puzzles, and more! #EduSky #EdTech #TLSky learninginhand.com/issue28

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Thanks to Lori Gracey, I spent 5 minutes chatting with an AI to generate a personality report. https://blog.tcea.org/ai-personality-test/ According to the AI, my personality type is "The Perfectionist." It’s mostly accurate in what it thinks it knows about me. #EduSky

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Tip Tuesday! Making a document for students to fill in? Before distributing to students, complete it yourself to make sure there's enough space for each response. #EduSky

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Would you rather keep scrolling on social media OR dive into Issue 27? #EduSky ✏️ Revisions with Restraint (AI) 💾 Offline Option (Canva) 👏 Decibels Decide (game) ❄️ Snowflake Science (explore board) 🎭 Masked Messages (fonts) 🔮 Form of Fortune (Google Forms template) learninginhand.com/issue27

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It might sound counterintuitive, but could AI actually help students spend less time on screens? Check out Chris Kennedy's thought-provoking post. #EduSky #AIEdu #EduSkyAI

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The Curve Tool in Google Slides lets you shape your creativity one anchor point at a time. Whether you're drawing fire, hair, or hair that's on fire, this tool lets your creativity flow smoothly. #EduSky #EdTech

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Would you rather keep scrolling on social media OR take a refreshing dive into Issue 27? Jump in for an online Would You Rather activity, an AI writing revision prompt, handy Canva tip, informative snowflake explore board, and a clever Google Forms template. #EduSky learninginhand.com/issue27

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