Ep 114: News, Nuggets, and the GWAEA Corner Booth

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April 21, 2023 • 40 mins

Welcome back to the Edtech Takeout–this is episode 114. This episode is a fan favorite – News and Nuggets!

A little fun fact: This week we reached our 100,000th download!

News and Updates:

Canva: Magic Draw, Magic Eraser, Magic Write

What’s New Wednesday Webinar - April (Canva)

Newsela: Moving to Newsela Lite, access to four articles at a time with five different reading levels, teacher can access student quiz scorers and writing prompts

Seesaw: Add frames (in drawing template) and student responses snap into the frame so no sizing is necessary, Present to Class

5 Chromebook Updates for Students and Teachers

Voting Chip in Google Docs - watch for this in the coming months!

Tech Nuggets:

Mindy:

How to Differentiate Texts Using ChatGPT

Convert Your Doc in Canva into a Slide Deck in One Click (convert button) Example made from this

The Juice: delivers five articles a day to grades 5-12 students. Followed by vocabulary and comprehension checks, each student is assigned a specific reading level by the teacher. Teacher dashboard that shares data. 30-day free trial

Gina:

#FilterTheNoise - News Literacy Course/Resources - Jonathan Ketchell

Deep Fakes - Can You Spot Them? MIT Test yourself. Research project.

Sutori for Playlist

Like Wakelet with built-in polls and checks for understanding
Pricing - 30 days all features free, free level, and $120 for a single teacher for a year. Department/Grade level pricing.
Sutori Video

Beth:

Genially - Nice alternative to Thinglink

Teachflix - Teacher currated video repository

Canva - Vertical videos with background removal example