Tech Tips from NETA 2019-Day 1

Photo Editing/Creation Tools

remove.bg
Remove Background Images from Photos

Voki.com
Students can use this site to create avatars and add audio clips. This would be a fun method for them to use to turn in assignments, create movies/characters/stories, and to have them discuss classwork. Students do NOT have to create a username/profile and they can still share their characters via email or a tiny URL link. 

Student/Class Discussion Tools

Backchannelchat.com

Back Channel Chat is a new alternative to Today'sMeet. This is a site that allows for a controlled online discussion platform. The teacher creates a chat room and gives controlled access to the students so they can discuss an issue online. This is great for kids who are quiet in class and it gives the teacher a record of what was "said" in class.
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Hypothes.is

Hypothes.is is a web annotation tool.

Lesson Plans/Curations

GlobalOnenessProject

Global Oneness Project is a source that provides digital information (photos, videos, etc) and lesson plans for that topic. 

All the Google Things

I got to go to 2 sessions with Eric Curts. You can find all of this info AND MORE at his blog: http://www.controlaltachieve.com. 

The two sessions I went to included "Hipster Tools" (things you might not already know about Google) and "Beyond the Slideshow."

Here are the links to his blog posts:
Hipster Resources
Beyond the Slideshow