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Five specific PowerPoint techniques lay out a pathway for reducing PowerPoint overload, each of which applies a research-based principle. By taking these five steps, you will be well on your way to communicating more effectively on the PowerPoint platform.

https://www.indezine.com/stuff/atkinsonmaye.pdf…

This article explores educators’ experiences during the rapid shift from face-to-face to emergency virtual remote teaching and learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. One hundred and forty educators from a Canadian province completed a survey with Likert scale …

Learn how to create an email group or a distribution list in Microsoft Outlook and see what a tremendous time saver it can be.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-email-group-distribution-list-in-outlook/…

Most online learning platforms sent or granted access to children’s data to third-party companies, usually advertising technology (AdTech) companies. In doing so, they appear to have permitted the sophisticated algorithms of AdTech companies the opportunity to stitch together and analyze …

Here are the books Gates recommends for the summer: 

https://www.geekwire.com/2022/5-books-bill-gates-recommends-for-the-summer…

Microsoft is testing a new feature called Drop in the Canary version of the company’s Edge web browser. Drop allows Edge users to transfer files and notes between all Edge instances on all devices that Edge is used on.

https://www.ghacks.net/2022/06/06/microsoft-edge-drop-transfer-files-between-all-edge-instances-on-all-devices/…

The State of the Nation: K-12 e-Learning in Canada report, and its accompanying publications on its project website, provides critical information and insight into how Canadian educational authorities and governments are integrating technology-supported approaches to prepare students for today’s economy …

San Francisco public radio station KQED this week announced it is launching a free workshop and self-paced online course to help increase media literacy. The resources are aimed at K-12 educators and other folks who are involved with teaching media, …

Influencers connect with their audiences by creating content that people want to relate to. By nature, teachers are adept at creating connections across a variety of platforms to communicate with their students. Because teachers are so used to the necessity …

Here’s how to use PowerPoint’s built-in screen recorder, along with some tips on how to make your screencasts look more professional.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-use-the-powerpoint-screen-recorder-to-engage-your-audience/…

Knowledge emerges only through invention and reinvention, and the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry beings pursue with the world and with others.” (Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed)

https://www.aace.org/review/combining-augmented-reality-with-peer-learning-pedagogy-ipeartheoretical-framework/…

Posting videos is a good way to increase the chances that people will see your message. But not everyone is comfortable on camera or is a good video editor. That’s why you might be interested in using a tool that …

You can set up Excel to automatically import data from one file to another, which is a great feature for creating summary spreadsheets. Here’s how!

https://www.makeuseof.com/sync-data-across-excel-documents/…

The way WeVideo works is simple: you can choose a video template to start with or create one from scratch, upload or record your video, drag and drop it to the editor timeline, edit it the way you want (e.g., …

You might think that you need to spend money to fill up your e-reader with great literature, but that’s not actually the case. If you know where to look, you can find a host of free e-books out there to …