Word clouds have been around for some time. They can be great to help share a message or get a point across in a visual format. There is an add-on with Google Docs that helps users create a Word Cloud with their content.
For those who do not know much about word clouds, they are created based on the most commonly used words. The more often a word is used, the larger the word gets.
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About a month ago, Google released a feature with Google Slides that many people didn’t realize that they were missing this feature until it came out. Now, when you are giving a presentation to a group of people, you have the ability to turn on Closed Captioning, or what Google is calling, Captions.
Once the presenter puts their Google Slide presentation in present mode, “Captions” shows up in the tool menu. View the image below for specific location.
It is that time of year. For 10 straight work days, starting Monday December 10, 2018, I will add a blog post of random tips, tricks, or ideas with G-Suite. Many of us have been using Google for several years. However, with Google changing constantly, sometimes as users, we don’t realize what is available or what has been added/changed. My hope is that over the course of these 10 days, you will find something new that will help save you time or enhance what you already do in your role.
If you have any tips, ideas, or suggestions, let me know!
To view this Google Drawing in another window, click HERE
And that is my Spiel…
Over the summer, Flipgrid made an announcement that they were implementing a new feature with their product called Mixtapes. At first, I really didn’t process what this meant. I had to play around with it before the aha moment kicked in.
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Last week, I was reminded yet again why I absolutely love my job. Our district held its third annual Future Ready Conference. We had over 100 sessions that were offered to staff by our own staff, as well as some outside of the district presenters. It is a big undertaking to make a professional development day run like this, but with a great team working behind it, we were able to have a great day of learning.
Craig M Sheil 