Google has released Toontastic 3D, an app that lets you draw, animate, and narrate your own presentations and stories.
It’s like a digital puppet theater… but with enormous interactive 3D worlds, dozens of customizable characters, 3D drawing tools, and an idea lab with sample stories to inspire new creations.
The app is available on the Google Play Store and the iOS App Store, and the best part is IT’S FREE!
Check out their video here:
Just in case you missed the training, we’ve shared the slides below.
Google just added Keep to its G-Suite Apps! If you use Google Keep to take notes, capture images, or make lists, you can now drag those notes, images, or lists into a Google Doc by accessing the Keep notepad through the Tools menu.
Source: The Keyword: Capture Ideas in Google Keep, Bring Them To Life in Google Docs
Canva is a powerful, 
free online graphic design tool that students and teachers love. If you are looking for a creative way to begin using Canva in your classroom, check out Canva’s Teaching Materials page. There are many well designed lesson for multiple subjects: math, creative writing, social studies, science, and more.
You can check it out by clicking here.
Or copy & paste this address into your web browser navigation bar:
https://designschool.canva.com/teaching-materials/
Got a science question? Ask Dr. Universe! A fun science website for kids from Dr. Wendy Sue Universe and her friends at Washington State University.
This website provides different science topics for students to explore and provides an avenue to ask scientists at WSU questions. They post answers to all sorts of questions students have asked — for example, 
“Make learning fun with TES Teach with Blendspace, the free and easy edtech tool teachers love for lessons, projects, presentations, and more.”
TES Teach with Blendspace is a free online tool designed to help you create digital lessons in minutes! Build lessons by dragging and dropping content into the storyboard. You can include videos, websites, slides, quizzes and so much more, and make sure they align to Common Core State Standards. Don’t feel like creating a lesson? Don’t worry! Blendspace also has a library of lessons that you can browse through and use in your classroom!
Code.org has unplugged lessons that you can use with your students. Code.org provides the lesson plans and teacher videos so that students as young as four can work through the lessons!
Here’s a look at the first lesson in the series, Happy Maps:
Check out some of the lessons here: https://code.org/curriculum/unplugged
If you’re interested in trying these out, let us know!
Adobe Spark is a free online web tool that you can use to create social media posts, web stories and engaging videos. Take a look at how easy it is to create a high quality video. P.S. This video was made using Adobe Spark!
You can start using it today at https://spark.adobe.com
Aloha! Beginning in February we will be offering technology training on various topics to support your work in the classroom. These will be offered in person and via Webex. Below are details about our February trainings.
Google Beginning/Intermediate/Advanced — Wednesday, February 15
OAHU: KP Annex CR 1 & 2, 12:30-1:30 PM
BIG ISLAND: Location KSRC, 12:30-1:30 PM
Can’t be there in person? We got you covered! Join via Webex (we’ll send you the link).
Sign up here!
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Website Creation — Wednesday, February 22
OAHU: KP Annex CR 1, 12:30-1:30 PM
BIG ISLAND: Location KSRC, 12:30-1:30 PM
Can’t be there in person? We got you covered! Join via Webex (we’ll send you the link).
Sign up here!
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