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Free Google Slides and PowerPoint templates from Slides Carnival

Byryan November 16, 2017November 22, 2017

Source: SlidesCarnival – Free Powerpoint templates and Google Slides themes for presentations

Are you tired of the default themes in Google Slides? Then check out the free templates from SlidesCarnival!

To use one of the templates, scroll to the bottom of the template page. There are two buttons, one to download the Powerpoint template, the other to use as a Google Slides template. Click on the USE AS A GOOGLE SLIDES THEME:

You will be prompted to make a copy of the document.

Click Make a copy. The template will open in Google Slides. You can scroll through the document to see what the template can do. To use the template in your own Google Slides presentation, you will need to create a new Slides document in Google Drive. Then click on the Theme button in the tool bar.

From the Themes selector on the right side, click Import theme at the bottom.

Find the presentation you downloaded and click Select. Click on the theme and then click Import.

You now have the new theme in your document!

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Historical maps available online

Byryan November 20, 2018November 20, 2018

Historical maps available online. Source: Old Maps Online This is really, cool. The maps cover all over the world, and could be used to show how your local town has changed or what the roads were like during specific events.

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Full-screen interactive Google Slides

Byryan February 24, 2021February 24, 2021

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!

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Want to start blogging? Why not try Tumblr?

Byryan July 27, 2021July 27, 2021

Getting started with blogging can be an intimating process. WordPress is the big dog when it comes to blogging, but setting it up for the first time is not as user friendly as I would like. You could try bloggin at Twitter or on Facebook, but that locks your content into their systems and limits…

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Sway is another way to create presentions online

Byryan June 27, 2016June 27, 2016

Sway is a Microsoft tool that can be used for digital storytelling, presentations, and reports. Once signed in (Sway requires a Microsoft account), you can create a new sway or upload a Word, PowerPoint or PDF to use. The presentation is created with different types of media that is added to the story line. I added…

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Anchor, the easiest way to podcast

Byryan November 15, 2017November 22, 2017

Source: Anchor – Radio, reinvented Although you can do some of the work for the podcast from the browser, you’ll need to use one of the mobile apps to unleash all of the power. Anchor is the easiest way I’ve found to record and share audio. It’s as simple as hitting the record button. Each recording…

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Have web pages read to you with per.quest

Byryan August 26, 2021August 26, 2021

Source: per.quest | Play an Article Here’s a neat little site. After you give the site the address of a web page, you can either listen to the page content or listen while reading the page. Unfortunately, the site doesn’t highlight the text as it reads, but it works pretty well. No accounts are needed…

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