1-3-2023 Tuesday Tech Tips

Happy New Year from your friends on the Instructional Technology Team!  For an introduction to the first Tech Alerts of 2023, please click on "ITTsy" The GCSD Snowman.

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• What video sources are approved for use on the district computer system (network and devices)? 
• Can streaming services such as Netflix be used in school?
• What movie/TV ratings are allowed at each grade level?
• What “fair use” of video is allowed by copyright law?

These questions are answered in the "Media Guidelines" Folder found in Classlink

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Game-Changing Update to Gmail & Docs

Ever been in a situation where you want to collaborate while writing an email? Now you can! Check out draft emails from Google Docs. Once you’ve activated this feature you can share the Google Doc with someone to collaboratively write the email message. When you’re ready to send, just click the ‘Preview in Gmail’ .

 

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Have You Heard About ChatGPT?

Quoted directly from ditchthattextbook.com:

"ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot. Drawing on tons and tons of data and massive processing power, it uses GPT3 technology to let users talk to the AI about practically anything.

It'll write you a song. Tell you a story. Make you a list of gifts to buy or reasons to do something.

It'll write your lesson plans. (Go ahead and try it!)

It'll even do your students' homework for them."

So, yeah....We highly recommend checking out the rest of the article here.

Your students already know about it.

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Adobe Character Animator

To make a character animation like the one in the introduction to these Tech Alerts:

• Log into Adobe Express through ClassLink.  You may have to add it to ClassLink by using the Plus Sign in the upper left

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• After you're logged in, then go to https://express.adobe.com/express-apps/animate-from-audio/

Character Animator works on both Windows computers as well as Chromebooks. It's still in Beta Mode until some time this year.  What are some ways you can use this with your students?  Leave your ideas in the comments below! Please check in with your ITT for help with this or any other instructional technology. 

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