EP042 Reflections on a Crazy Year – The Educator's Quest
Episode 17
In this week’s episode, I reflect on my time at the Georgia Ed Tech Convention. I have some news from Flipgrid and Google. A time-saving tip for Google apps in the treasure chest. And, of course, your question of the week.
News & Updates
Treasure Chest: Resizing Shapes in Google
- Drawing in Google
- Use Shift when drawing circles or squares to create proper proportions
- Use Shift to maintain proportions when resizing objects
- Ctrl + Shift to maintain proportions and resize from the center
Boss Battle: Reflections from GaETC
Teachers & student are incredibly flexible and resilient
The future is in good hands
The student showcases showed some great talent
Improving is often only a matter of small tweaks
It’s important to stop and reflect
It’s important to get “out of your room” and connect
Crew Members’ Board (#8BitCrew)
QOTW: If you were at GaETC, what was your favorite part this year? If not, what has been something significant you’ve learned this school year so far?
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Credits
Music by David Fesliyan (https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/)
- Intro/Outro: “Retro Platforming”
- Boss Battle: “Boss Battle Rock”
- Crew Member’s Board: “Pirate Dance”
- Wrap up: “Game Over” by Patrick de Arteaga
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