If you have been to any of my Microsoft trainings over the last few years, discussed Office 365 with me, or noticed on your own, you might have seen a program in Office 365 called Sway. Sway Sway is an awesome way to do reports, presentations, personal stories and so much more. Once you have the content prepped, you could create a Sway presentation in minutes. When I first learned how to use Sway, I created a Biography/Resume Sway. You…
I love fall, while fall means summer is wrapping up (which I don’t love) it means that all our favorite systems get some fancy updates! This will kick off a whole series of posts about the main tools we use and the updates they get. The first one of those systems that we will explore is Microsoft Word. Word has come a long way from when I was using it in high school. Every year updates come to Word but, as a teacher, I think this is the best year yet. We are going to look at my Top 6 new…
I know I ended last year with a quote from a Michelle Branch song, and it is only fitting that we start the year off with one too! This one happens to be from when she formed a band called “The Wreckers” with Jessica Harp. This band, for their time, was awesome and I still listen to the live album all the time. My, Oh My Look How the Time Flied For many of you the summer was a welcomed reprieve from the hard school year. You took solace in knowing that we have made…
Every year tools that we love get updates, especially during the Summer when teachers are on break. Adobe Spark is one of those tools. For a quick review, Adobe Spark is a tool that allows students and teachers to create and share impactful visual stories using three media types, Video, Page and Post. I’ve used it for my Favorite Quote Friday’s, which is now Motivational Mondays, which you can find on Instagram @beardedtechedguy or my website https://www.beardedtechedguy.com When you ask Adobe what each…