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Video Puppet – A Virtual Teaching Tool

Do you teach from PowerPoints? If you answered yes, then this resource may be of interest to you.

Video Puppet takes your existing PowerPoints and converts them to video making it easy to share with your students through a learning management system, however, the best part of Video Puppet is having your notes for each PowerPoint slide become the audio for that particular slide making your completed video appear as if you were talking through the entire video. You can select the audio output type in Video Puppet from a list of options.

A sampling of Video Puppet from a PowerPoint of Lego challenges using Keira’s voice and no music in the background.

https://youtu.be/2J4doC0dRww

To add the narration piece from your PowerPoint to the Video Puppet movie format requires your dialogue to be placed in the “Notes” section for each slide in PPT. To use Notes in PowerPoint, go to: View/Notes. The Notes section appears underneath each slide.

https://youtu.be/RR5Ph3iZ37g
Convert PPT’s to video with your notes used for narrating on each slide.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Classroom

Developed by the educational department of Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation’s, his Virtual Classroom is a free online learning tool for K-12 students including engagement activities for families.

The Virtual Classroom combines real-world, fun lessons. Each STEAM focused lesson offers students its own variation of hands-on activities that build skills in critical thinking and creativity.

The 6 week series introduces a new lesson and corresponding video weekly, where one activity builds upon the other to culminate into a final project were the student creates a work of art.

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Jamboard by Google

Google Jamboard is a great tool that can be used as a digital whiteboard in a Google Meet session for teaching and collaborating with your students. For example, you want to work out a math problem to show the order of operations or you’re in a meeting to brainstorm or complete an activity together.

Jamboard has been approved by the technology department and opened for elementary use as part of the Google for Education Suite. With Jamboard, you can work together in real time, work within Google Drive, collaborate with any device, and host video meetings. For the short how-to-use video by Eric Curts, follow this link. https://youtu.be/RvH8KDrzy-w?t=180

Digital Interactive Whiteboard – Jamboard page 1 of 4
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That Quiz

Here’s a simple site for student practice on some classroom subjects. No login necessary unless you choose to create an account and assign activities to your students. You can create your own too.

https://www.thatquiz.org/
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Audible Books for Free and Easy Listening

Stories entertain, they teach, and they keep young minds alert and engaged.

As long as schools are closed, Audible is open. Right now, kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across eight different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids.

All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet. Explore the collection, select a title and start listening.