EdTech by Emily

Winter Holidays with Storyboard That StoryboardThat is one of my favorite tools for demonstrating learning. One thing I love about this tool is that StoryboardThat includes lesson ideas & plans for use. In this post , StoryboardThat shares several examples of lessons revolving around winter holidays. As with most edtech tools, StoryboardThat offers a free plan and a paid plan. With the free plan, users can create a 3 x 1 storyboard or a 3 x 2 storyboard. To use the free plan, simply click the Create a Storyboard button and start working. When finished, users can screenshot their work so that they can have evidence to turn in. If you love StoryboardThat so much you choose to pay for an account, you and your students will be able to save your work & create with multiple layouts. As a teacher, you can also create classes and assignments and use rubrics with the paid account. You can read more about the paid account features here . One thing to think about, Storyboa...

Book Creator...on a Chromebook! Book Creator is a versatile tool that can be used to create books or projects in any subject area. Book Creator was formerly only available as an app on iPads but now is available for use on Chromebooks! To find out more about using Book Creator with your students you can check out this Google Slide .

Quick, Draw! is a fun, new tool by Google that uses a “neural network” to guess what you’re drawing. The user is given a word to illustrate and as the image is drawn Google’s fancy artificial intelligence engines guess what is being drawn. You really just have to try it to see it’s magic! I think this tool would be a great ice-breaker or time filler, a fun way to introduce devices to students, a tool for practicing drawing skills as well as practice reading and vocabulary development. Quick, Draw! will work with both iPads and Chromebooks. To get started, head to quickdraw.withgoogle.com and see if your drawing skills are up to par!