Instructional Technology | Innovation Specialist | Retired June 2022
Connect multiple students and devices to the same board. Draw with your fingers, mouse, or pencil. This no-cost resource has been around for 6 months and is packed with great features.
Whether virtual or hybrid, this resource could be a must-have. The 9 minute video on Whiteboard.chat is definitely worth a look.
This resource couldn’t be any easier to use. It’s an online multiplayer buzzer system you can use with your students for drill or assess them while you teach. Have students answer questions in a text box or drill them for speed in recalling facts. Students love competition! You can also just have them use the buzzer to ring in and be ready to answer when called upon. It’s free and very simple to use.
Manipulate images by removing backgrounds to make them transparent or you can add a new background to give your image more of an impact with a free web service called: remove.bg The service offers plans for a more professional or high definition look but if you test it out, you may find the free version suitable. Give it a try.
My example shows a comparison of the original image (left) converted to a transparent background (right). Use the slider (< >) to see the full image on either side. Other backgrounds are available for selection.
Thank you Kim Kelly at CHS for sharing this resource. 🙂
This built-in tool can be especially handy for students who don’t speak English. The Google Meet menus, chat conversations, and live closed captions can be translated in real-time.
Eric Curts, Google Expert provides step-by-step instructions with pictures and a short 5 minute video for visual learners on how to engage the translation tool in Google Meet.
https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2021/01/meet-translate.html
Have you ever wanted to annotate over a webpage to point out key facts instead of swirling your cursor around an area on the site?
There is a Google Chrome extension called Paint Tool that gives you the basic tools and color palette for doing just that. See my example below that shows a drawing tool and color change. The toolbar displays in the top right corner of your Chrome web browser. This is a handy-dandy tool for highlighting key facts.
