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Tony Vincent
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Dad ⭐️ Educator ⭐️ Learning in Hand ⭐️ Speaker ⭐️ Former grade 5 teacher ⭐️ District AI Coordinator ⭐️ Shapegrams learninginhand.com/newsletter
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In case you're not on the Shapegrams mailing list, this just went out.

See how I drew a glitchy ghost with shapes in Google Slides. 👻

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New Shapegram → Glitchy Ghost Zipper
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It can be a tough call to know if something should be a gem or coded. In the case of Ghost Writer, a gem would not have the buttons and colors.
Thanks for sharing, Rachel! 😊
Ghost Writer 👻 is here! If you stop typing, your words vanish! Read how teachers can use it for quick writes, brain dumps, and more in Issue 45.

learninginhand.com/issue45
Issue 45 is here! Inside:

👻 Ghost Writer app for flow writing
✏️ 3D printed pencil sleeves
🤔 AI prompts for student thinking
🎩 My favorite hat: Shapegrams!

Read now: learninginhand.com/issue45

#EduSky #EdTech #Teaching
Wakelet is trimming back its free features to stay sustainable and ad-free.

Free accounts will be limited to 3 editable collections and 50 items per collection. All other collections you might have will become read only. Unlimited plans are $90/year. #EduSky
Tip Tuesday! See the emails you have subscribed to in Gmail and easily unsubscribe by opening this link: mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#sub
Curious about AI slideshow tools?

I wrote about my 6 top tools for drafting slide decks and go into detail about the one that works best.

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ChatGPT helped me code this game: Six or Seven. 😉

Players decide if each falling expression equals 6 or 7, with four modes suited for Grades 3–8.

tonyv.me/sixorseven
Tip Tuesday! Got an phone with Apple Intelligence and iOS 26?

Go to Settings → Camera → Lens Cleaning Hints

When turned on, a message displays when the camera lens should be cleaned to improve image quality.
Wanna see a cool trick for dividing a slide into even sections? Check out Issue 44 and scroll down to "Page Partitioning." #EduSky #EdTech

learninginhand.com/issue44
Tip Tuesday! Chrome can generate captions for any audio or video in your browser.

1️⃣ Play audio or video.
2️⃣ Click the Media Control icon (≡♪) in the top toolbar.
3️⃣ Toggle on Live Captions.

A black box will appear, transcribing the spoken words in real time.
Tip Tuesday! Got a phone with Apple Intelligence on iOS 26?

1️⃣ Take a screenshot.
2️⃣ Tap Add to Calendar in the smart actions at the bottom.
3️⃣ Preview the event that is drafted from details in the screenshot.
4️⃣ Edit if needed before confirming the event.
If you’ve played classroom buzz-in games, you know one team can dominate. Factile’s new Buzz-In Sequence Randomizer lets teachers shuffle the order of who buzzed in, giving every student a fair chance to shine.

www.playfactile.com

#Sponsored #EdTech
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Go from a PDF to a complete classroom Jeopardy experience!

Upload a PDF to Factile, and its AI will generate Jeopardy questions and answers straight from your material.

www.playfactile.com

#Sponsored #EdTech
Go from a PDF to a complete classroom Jeopardy experience!

Upload a PDF to Factile, and its AI will generate Jeopardy questions and answers straight from your material.

www.playfactile.com

#Sponsored #EdTech
New tools and ideas are waiting for you in Learning in Hand Issue 43:

🤩 Fantastic Factile
🎯 Targets that Tie to Tomorrow
🖨️ Piece by Piece Posters
💬 Chrome’s Captions
🔗 URL Upgrades
🍁 Fall Fonts

learninginhand.com/issue43 #EduSky #EdTech
Tip Tuesday! You can suggest meeting times right inside Gmail.

When you’re writing an email, click ⋮ → 🗓️ Set up a time to meet → ✅ Propose times you’re free. Then enter the dates and times that work for you.

The recipient chooses a slot and a calendar event is added for both of you.
I'm sharing low-prep activities that tap into the brain's natural desire to make predictions, resolve uncertainty, and discover what comes next. #EduSky

Join me Tuesday, September 16 at 3pm Central Time. Register for free:
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