Here’s a great video on how to use some of the interactivity of a Google Slide, but full screen. Usually if you want to do drag and drop assignments or use links in Google Slides you have to keep the view as if you are editing the slide. Now you don’t!
While Google Slides can be viewed as limited in reference to animations, it seems to support one cool feature, animated gifs. Animated gifs are images that usually loop over a few frames, such as this volcano: It’s a pretty spiffy way to spruce up a presentation! To find animated gifs, you can go to Google…
Last week I talked about switching a Google Drive document from /edit to /preview and back. The process is cumbersome, requiring you to edit the address of the document. To help with switching, I wrote a little Javascript code that will switch between the modes when clicked. Don’t fear the bookmarklet A bookmarklet is a…
Checker Plus for Gmail™ – is my new favorite Chrome extension! At first, the power of Checker Plus for Gmail™ – is understated. Sure, there is a new icon of an envelope in the toolbar, and when you receive an email, the icon changes to show the number of unread messages. That’s all fine and…
Source: Orb.Farm This is pretty cool. Orb.Farm lets you run your own biosphere, adding materials as you like to see their affect on your own little world. There is a lot here to use, especially if you are teaching science and biomes. The built in help describes everything that can go in to your biosphere…
Movenote is a website, Chrome web app, Android, and iOS app that allows you to create narrated presentations. The app supports Google authentication, so students don’t have to create accounts, and there is also an education version that removes the ads. It’s the easiest app I’ve found for allowing students (or teachers!) to record narrated slide…
10 Projects and Templates to Up Your Google Slides Game One of Google Drive’s most versatile and powerful tools, Slides, has so much potential for the classroom. Read on for templates, hacks, and project ideas to start using today! I use a paper size of 8.5″ x 11″ in Google Drawings, but didn’t realize I…