EP97: Jammin‘ With Jamboard

The EdTech Take Out

This week, our catch of the day is Jamboard - Google's collaborative online whiteboard. We have tips, tricks, and templates to help you get the most out of this popular tool. We also have some news and your usual helping of delicious tech nuggets.

Here are some links for what we talked about...

News & follow-up:

• Live translated captions in Google Meet are available in beta
• Meet updates are here (link) also hand raising
• Create meeting notes in Google Calendar
• The Present button in Slides is now the Slideshow button?
• Zoom focus mode
• ExpeditionsPro
• Top 40 Edtech Apps

Main Course:

• Jamboard Templates eCollection #1
• Jamboard Templates eCollection #2
• Jamboard Templates eCollection #3 (modeled off the Harvard Project Zero Thinking Routines)
• 10 Jamboard templates for distance learning
• Create Jamboard Math Activities with Equatio - examples
• Create Google Jamboard Backgrounds in Google Slides – Jake Miller
• GIF Timers

Tech Nuggets:

• 360schools
• Cloud Stop Motion via Tim Bleazard (@idletim) on Twitter
• Seesaw Icons
• How do I lock the size and shape of items in a student template?

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