Make Beliefs Comix is a free online resource for making comics. What a great activity for story writing, sequence, persuasion, biographies, self-expression, and so on. Give Make Beliefs Comix a try.
Make Beliefs Comix
Black or White Feature in Google Slides
Have you ever presented to a group of people using Google Slides and needed to pull your audience back in or just simply get their attention on the spot?
You can interrupt your presentation by displaying a plain black or white slide with a simple shortcut using the B or W key on the keyboard. Take a look at my example using the QR Code below.
Type Studio for Video Editing
A new way to edit video without having to trim and clip segments. Type Studio is a tool that will transcribe your video into a text transcript where you can then cut out any text you don’t want in the video. You can even add subtitles and edit for Podcasts. This resource is text-based editing all at your fingertips on the web.
The free version limits you to 10 minutes of video uploads per month, 1 GB of web storage, 3 projects, unlimited downloads, 250MB max file size, 1080p export quality, subtitles, and podcast editing.
Type Studio was founded in 2020 and is based in Berlin, Germany. Next time you find a video for your students but only want parts of it, give Type Studio a try.
Mental Floss
Founded in a Duke University dorm room in 2001, Mental Floss has reached billions of readers with interesting content that answers life’s big questions and uncovers amazing facts.
With the Amazing Fact Generator, you’ll discover amazing things like:
- Opossums don’t “play dead.” When frightened , they get overexcited and pass out.
- Chinese checkers was invented in Germany.
- Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas dropped out of high school but picked up his GED in 1993. His GED class voted him Most Likely to Succeed.
- A black cat crossing your path (from right to left) is considered good luck in Germany.
Get answers to life’s Big Questions like:
- Why is Memorial Day always on a Monday?
- What is the difference between Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day?
- Why is the American flag displayed backwards on military uniforms?
Test your knowledge on various Quizzes like:
- Can you name these birds by their pictures?
- Can you guess which words are trademarked?
- How well do you know Pokemon trivia?
PPT as Your Virtual Background in Zoom
Here’s a feature you will like if you are a Zoom user. Instead of presenting your instruction or notes for a meeting, why not use your presentation as your meeting background? In doing so, you have the option of displaying yourself on screen as the presenter making it more personal for your audience.
Watch this video to see how nice it works. You’ll see what I mean. This Zoom feature is currently in Beta but works well regardless. It can only get better from here.