Hey #EduSky, it is yearbook season! How is your elementary or middle school keeping yearbook prices low? Check out my MEX16 Google Innovator Project to create your school's individual portraits section. slidesyearbook.com/2025-updates/

Thanksgiving has been about family, friends, cleaning, coding, and coding + writing feedback. I teach multilingual jhs students. They write in Slides so that their classmates can inspire them while I give real time feedback. I then use code I wrote plus ChatGPT to give detailed feedback. #EduSky

Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction can have a profound impact on all students, including multilingual learners. However, for multilingual learners to fully benefit, adaptations are often necessary ⬇️ (1/2) #edusky #EAL #multilingual #MLs

Rainy days are the best days to code. This Thanksgiving break will be spent updating the SlidesCreate add-on. When I feel lost, I will remember everything @claycodes.bsky.social taught me and ask AI questions. Challenges inspire me. #EduSky

Tip Tuesday! Want to see where a Bitly or TinyURL will redirect you without following the link? Add a plus sign to the end of the URL. The full web address will be displayed (then you can decide if you're going to click it). #EduSky #EdTech

This is really comprehensive. Thanks @ericcurts.bsky.social #EduSky

My Edtech journey began in high school, teaching Logo to third graders. After a decade in the classroom, I transitioned to the technology specialist role. I've been empowering elementary students to code, think creatively, and be responsible digital citizens for over 15 years. #EduSky

Got coworkers who are interested in AI but not sure where to start? I tried to make a resource for other teachers but then found this one from @ditchthattextbook.com which is infinitely better than mine! 😂❤️ The best place to get started! #EduSky ditchthattextbook.com/ai-tools/

Here's an in-depth breakdown of how a former colleague used ChatGPT to build testing competency for #ELL s. aiinesl.com/using-chatgp... #TESOL #EduSky #EduSkyAI #ELSky #ESL #ESOL #AIinESL

Students can record and share video responses all inside of Padlet. Read my post for the steps I take to create a padlet that functions like a Flipgrid topic. #EduSky #EdTech

Hey teachers of multilingual learners! 🌏 Ellevation Education is hosting a free online conference open to all who register. I’m presenting on Mon. Dec. 9. Register for the session! bit.ly/4hBAw84 #ELsky #EduSky

A1. I give my college Ss feedforward, which they don't understand. They want to know the grade for eligibility & parental pressure & . . . I want ppl to understand a grade is an arbitrary & inaccurate measure of one's capability & capacity in that moment in time. Grading suggests learning is a 1/3

Completing ELL evalutions is never fun, but I coded student writing portfolios with a dashboard. The writing was scored by AI and confirmed by me. I feel better prepared to complete 108 forms (due Friday because I procrastinate; I would rather code or give writing feedback ). #edusky

My students create our yearbook in Google Slides, print them, and sell them for $15. This week, we will use AI image generation to brainstorm 2-page layouts that we will recreate. Here is an example. I kinda like it. #EduSky Creating is fun!

It is good to see so many educators coming to #EduSky. I am a teacher to multilingual students. I teach and code yearbooks, which we sell for $15. ChatGPT is my teaching assistant. I love learning from fellow educators, and can't wait to learn from you.

Are you at #SpringCUE? Then submit your yearbook portrait at slidesyearbook.com/spring-cue-2... See you soon! #EduSky

Are you a Spring CUE 2024 attendee, presenter, or volunteer? Do you want to add your portrait to our official Spring CUE Yearbook? Click here slidesyearbook.com/spring-cue-2... to learn more! #EduSky

I am presenting at Spring CUE in Palm Springs. #EduSky Who else is coming? Submit a yearbook portrait at slidesyearbook.com/spring-cue-2... Watch this video to learn more youtu.be/a9NBU6V85vg?...

Apply to be a Google Certified Innovator in 2024 #EduSky. Several in-person academies and on online. edu.google.com/intl/ALL_nz/...

This lesson was fun to teach and the blog was fun to write. AI and Yearbooks: A Journey in Graphic Design #EduSky slidesyearbook.com/ai-and-yearb...

I did not write a new blog post about Wednesday's yearbook lesson (yet), but I am super excited about it. Students will submit ChatGPT prompts to generate example yearbook layout images based on mood, color, font pairs, etc. Next week, they will recreate those layouts in Google Slides. #EduSky

What are we selecting on Tuesday in yearbook class? Our font pairs, which will set the mood and tone of our yearbook. slidesyearbook.com/font-selecti... #EduSky

I woke up inspired to create AI generated image examples of color themes for our Google Slides yearbook because my students are selecting our color theme today. View the updated blog post with ChatGPT images at slidesyearbook.com/the-art-of-c... #edusky

Our junior school yearbook students learned graphic design and photography last semester. Now it is time to design our yearbook. Tomorrow, we will decide our color theme. slidesyearbook.com/the-art-of-c...

When I share student work, I can't help but smile. Their creativity inspires me to code more solutions. Now teachers are asking to use the code I wrote that makes a template with each student's name. So, I am drafting a new blog post with videos and a link to the code. Stay tuned. #EduSky

Fab time chatting #AI #MediaLiteracy and Leadership. Feel free to laugh at me 😁 #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians https://open.spotify.com/episode/7zRXSZ2FEbTAhkBazK9P2E?si=3DQ5K47uR-ayyXug2oF7CA

We had an AMAZING class today!! My students learned how to write a prompt in Canva to generate an image. The better description they wrote, the better the image. Then, they inserted their prompt & image into @alicekeeler.com's Roster to Slides. Next week, it's an EduProtocols's 8 pARTS time #EduSky

I'm preparing for 🎨Creative Wednesday when ALL of my jhs periods STOP for art OR coding. Today ALL six classes voted for Shapegrams. I used a code I wrote called "Class Slide Deck" to create a whole class slide deck for each period, which were created in seconds. @tonyvincent.bsky.social #EduSky

Make a copy of Tony's "Spin a Spooky Story" template. It has a link to a random prompt generator, blanks to enter the prompt, space to write, and a place to draw. #EduSky shapegrams.com/spin-a-spook...

After returning from the Google Champions Symposium, my heart said to start a coding club. So, I did. We started in Google Slides because it is my fav and then jumped to Scratch. My student learned what a variable was AND shared the animation she created last year. I like this. #EduSky

@mrnickcusumano.bsky.social Welcome to #EduSky!

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The Slides Create add-on is live!!! Slides Create is a Google Sheets add-on that gather and organizes yearbook photos before pushing them to Google Slides. Without expensive software, the yearbook price is slashed! slidesyearbook.com/slides-creat... #EduSky @claycodes.bsky.social

Take a swing at the newest Zipper digital drawing challenge: a piñata. It’s sure to be a hit! #EduSky #EdTech #GoogleEdu Level = Beginning Blue 🟦⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ shapegrams.com/pinata Thanks to @jentechnology.bsky.social's Compton Jr. High students for their suggestions for honoring Hispanic Heritage Month.

To say that I am excited is an understatement. My time with #GoogleChampions, especially my incredible team with @tarahtesmer.bsky.social @krynicad.bsky.social @pertuz.co and more, lifted my soul. I shared videos with my junior high school students all day. Thank you, everyone #EduSky.

Today is Wednesday, so my students stop EVERYTHING and either code or do a Shapegram because creativity is CRUCIAL. This week @tonyvincent.bsky.social made a Zipper @shapegrams.bsky.social after my students requested one in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. #EduSky

My students will finally believe me that I know @tonyvincent.bsky.social! #edusky

I have THE BEST #GoogleChampions team in Sunnyvale! @tarahtesmer.bsky.social @krynicad.bsky.social @pertz.bsky.social @bonniechelette.bsky.social #edusky

Learning about Adobe Firefly from my friend @pertuz.co at #GoogleChampions #edusky

Loving our #GoogleChampions Symposium in Sunnyvale #edusky

Tonight was a great night with good friends. Three of us are heading to the Google Symposium in Sunnyvale this weekend. The other is traveling to the Dublin Symposium next month. We had amazing energy tonight! #EduSky

A fellow teacher needed to create and organize Google Sites Portfolios, so I updated a code I found a few years ago. Coding brings me joy. #edusky slidesyearbook.com/class-google...

🧩🤝 Emoji Connections make for an awesome back-to-school activity! Students work in groups, 15 minutes to find common ground using emojis. 😄👥 I found this gem on Twitter from @MrsPalo kami.app/Y1b-QWG-nL1-...

While subbing in 5th grade this week, I did a short lesson about fonts. I showed how to enter text into fonts.google.com to preview it in all the fonts—and students gasped. 😲🤯🤓 #EdTech #EduSky

Let’s be grateFALL for Google’s free fonts. These GOURDgeous fonts have a fall feel. 🍂 Fonts with strong personalities are great for stylish titles and logos, but their readability make them unsuitable for body text. #EduSky #EdTech

@kellylu62.bsky.social welcome to #EduSky!

The awesome of library day💜💜💜 Book speed dating and Reader Advisory for the win. 🎉🎉 #TLChat #ISTElib #KidLit #EDUsky And I know it's not okay to be off task but ...

Fun Friday! The Password Game is a challenging puzzle game that requires you to create a password that meets a long list of increasingly difficult and ridiculous requirements. #EduSky #EdTech neal.fun/password-game/

Be a balloon artist! You can draw one balloon and duplicate, reposition, and recolor to make a trio of balloons. This helpful animation is included in the Balloons Zipper document: youtu.be/KGpT2i7bo8A #EduSky #EdTech #Shapegrams

@elawson20.bsky.social welcome to #EduSky !