2-14-2023 Tuesday Tech Tips

  

In our Valentine's Day Tech Alerts, we hope you ❤️love❤️  learning more about Nearpod, our schools' live morning shows, Google Classroom originality reports, and more!   ➡️➡️

Tuesday's Tip:  Do you know you can insert GIF's into Google Docs, Slides, Drawings, etc.?     If you want to learn how, then this ⬇️ is for you!

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Nearpod News

Check out these great updates to Nearpod! We especially love the updated Lesson Preview experience, and the new Math Manipulatives for students.

As a reminder, ALL Greece teachers have a premium Nearpod account- simply sign in with Google. Check here for more info.

Plus, Nearpod is hosting "Camp Engage," a free virtual PL opportunity from Feb 23-26! Save your seat at bit.ly/3Rw1rp9

(Yeah, no one at Nearpod asked us when our February Recess is.)

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Good Morning, Greece Central!

Many of our schools are broadcasting daily morning announcements on YouTube. If you're not a school-based employee, we urge you to please consider making it part of your morning routine to tune in to this incredible, funny, imaginative, informative student-led work from one of these schools.

The live morning shows can be found daily at these links:

• Arcadia High 7:20
• Brookside      9:15
• Craig Hill    8:40
• Longridge 9:15
• Olympia    7:15
• Pine Brook   9:00
• Autumn Lane Posted each morning

Additionally, past shows can be seen here for ARHS, AL, BS, CH, LR, OLY, and PB.

We're in the process of getting even more schools up and running. Don't see your school on here? Connect with your ITT to learn more about this and for help getting started.

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Have You Tried Originality Reports in Google Classroom?

You and your students can use originality reports to check work for originality and authenticity of assignments handed in through Classroom. When you run a report, it compares a student’s Google Docs or Slides file against webpages and books on the internet, as well as assignments submitted by other students in GCSD. The report links to detected sources and flags uncited text.

Learn more about originality reports with this brief video and help page, courtesy of the experts at Google.  

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For assistance with these topics, or anything else related to instructional technology, please check in with your friendly neighborhood ITT.