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It looks like Google is rolling out the ability to access your photos stored in Google Photos in Google Drive. This allows you to directly insert those photos into Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets. With Google Drive integration it’s even easier to use those photos you’ve uploaded to Google Photos. Setting up Google Photos in…
Now here’s the puzzle: We can’t actually teach it. ‘Teaching’ imagination is like giving away the answers. It’s like spoon feeding. Students have to use and trust their own imagination in order to exercise it. It’s a path they have to take on their own. Sure, we can guide them through the process, but it’s their…
I have included a module on RSS to allow my students to create their own research teams on topics of interest. Because I’m old, I still have my students set up Feedly accounts and plug in the RSS feeds of their classmates and hopefully add other blogs to their feeds as well. And like blogging, I…
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, than an animated gif must be worth at least 5,000! Google Slides supports animated gifs, and it’s an easy way to liven up a presentation. Sure, you could insert a Youtube video, but sometimes that is just plain overkill. Unfortunately, you have no control over the gifs, and…
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Highlight rows in Google Sheets with conditional formatting This is one of the most popular posts on Eduk8me, showing how to highlight a row based on conditional formatting. Twitter tips for new users A checklist for new Twitter users. Adding a timer to a Google Slides A nice little hack for adding a timer to…