Classroom Screen for Teachers: Useful interactive tools at your fingertips
Classroom screen is an excellent addition to any teacher’s toolkit. It’s a browser-based resource which provides you with a wide range of useful tools to use on your interactive screen/whiteboard....
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Using Colour Creatively in Interactive Presentations
Here are a couple of ideas that are very simple to produce, but make use of colours to create interesting lesson activities for any interactive whiteboard or screen. None of these use anything too...
View ArticleUse AI to create Animated Gifs with Picsart
If the millions of animated gifs isn’t enough for you, then you can easily create your own custom animated graphic using AI. Go to picsart.com and tell it what image you want, and it will create it...
View ArticleChat GPT: My Teachmeet BETT 2023 Talk
Here’s the video version of my teachmeet talk from the ASE Futures Conference in June 23 and that I also would have given at TeachMeet Bett 2023 if there’d been enough time. In this video I talk...
View ArticleScratch Tutorial: Sprite Actions on a Click
Scratch Tutorial 5: Make a sprite perform an action when clicked. Using the “When this sprite clicked” command to make sprites move, play sounds or change colour when they are clicked. Basic Scratch...
View ArticleSmart Notebook v23 – Important Security Update for All Users
Smart users should be aware of a recent update, with the release of version 23 of Notebook. This version includes an important security update. From what I understand, if you’ve updated to version 21...
View ArticleScratch Tutorial: How to Turn Text into Speech
Scratch tutorial 6: How to use the text to speech commands to make sprites actually speak to each other. This tutorial uses the extra text to speech blocks to make your sprites speak aloud whatever...
View ArticleFill Text with an Image in Google Slides
How to place an image inside text in Google Slides to create visually engaging photo words. Use these words in your presentations to create interesting titles, or to create vocabulary keyword posters....
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Turinglab – Amazon’s FREE Python Coding Course for Schools
TuringLab is an online platform dedicated to teaching Python programming in a captivating, accessible, and fun way. Geared primarily towards Key Stage 3 students, TuringLab provides an excellent...
View ArticleFill Text with an Image in PowerPoint
Are you looking to add a unique and eye-catching touch to your PowerPoint presentations? Filling text with an image can be an impressive way to make your titles, keywords, and other textual elements...
View ArticleHow to use the Convert Function in Excel
Have you ever found yourself needing to convert measurements from one unit to another in Excel? Whether you’re dealing with distances, weights, temperatures, or any other units, manually converting...
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Give ChatGPT Internet Access with this FREE Workaround
I wrote a few weeks back about how ChatGPT was now able to browse the Internet. But apparently only a week after they rolled that feature out, OpenAI deactivated it again. It turned out it was being...
View ArticleFill Text with Video in PowerPoint
Are you looking to add a unique touch to your PowerPoint presentation? One way to make your slides more engaging and dynamic is by incorporating a video inside your text. By following these simple...
View ArticleMeet Claude – An AI Tool That Lets you Chat to your Documents and more
Claude is an artificial intelligence assistant designed specifically to help teachers be more productive, organized, and less stressed. It utilizes advanced natural language processing to understand...
View Article3 Great FREE AI-Powered Planning Tools for Teachers
As technology continues to transform education, teachers are turning to AI-powered planning tools to save time and take their teaching to the next level. These tools can help teachers with various...
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How to Block Videos and Channels on YouTube Kids App
YouTube Kids is an app specially made for children to enjoy. Think of it as a kid-friendly version of YouTube, designed to filter out any content unsuitable for young eyes. Parents can customize...
View ArticleGoogle TextFX – AI-Powered Creative Writing Toolkit
TextFX is an AI experiment designed to help writers, and wordsmiths expand their process. But it’d be perfect for the classroom too. It was created in collaboration with rapper Lupe Fiasco, drawing...
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Goblin Tools: Support tools for Neurodivergent People
goblin.tools is a collection of small, simple, single-task ai-powered tools, which have been designed to help neurodivergent people with tasks they find overwhelming or difficult such as planning and...
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Transport Your Class Around The World With City Walks Live
I’ve often talked about your interactive whiteboard being your window on the world, and using it to transport your class to faraway places. You can do this with sites like Google Treks, Window Swap,...
View ArticleEasily Translate Videos using HeyGen AI
In today’s interconnected world, sharing knowledge and ideas transcends geographical boundaries. This holds especially true for educators and content creators seeking to reach diverse audiences....
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