A Picture Tells a Thousand Words

Snapchat may be helpful for tonight’s workshop

bit.ly/BooksnapsBCTC2019

Well, hello there.

Rick Bray

• “Instructional Technologist”
• B-T BOCES
• Taught high school students chemistry (13 years)

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bit.ly/BooksnapsBCTC2019

As per Google Dictionary

an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.

• a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc., that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.

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Sample memes

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But be careful….

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Tara M. Martin

Using Snapchat (or an emulator) to create reaction images to a text

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Resources

• Meme Generator
• Tara Martin’s initial blog post
• #BookSnaps Twitter Resource account
• #BookSnaps on Twitter
• Alicia Sherman on Twitter

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It’s easy to do this with Snapchat...

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Ready?

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Ready?

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This is really a Google Drawing workshop...

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Sample text

Google Drawing

• Not a “core service”, but built into Google Docs
• Stand alone platform
• How do we get there?
• From within Google Drive
• Can also be built in (AND IMPORTED INTO!!) a Google Doc
• Not Slides (layered vs. non-layered program)
• Slides can be an alternative to Google Drawing

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Google Drawing

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Important bits...

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1. Selector
2. Line tool (dropdown for more styles)
3. Shape tool
4. Text Box
5. Insert Image (dropdown for locations)
6. Insert Comment

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More important bits...

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1. Fill color
2. Line color
3. Line stroke (thickness)
4. Line style
5. Font (typeface)
6. Font size

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7. Bold
8. Italics
9. Underline
10. Font color
11. Hi-liter color

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Show what you know!

@MrChemGeek

@broometc

Shameless plug(s):

Rick Bray

@MrChemGeek

rbray@btboces.org

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Physical Breakouts: June 6

Google Forms: June 11

Plickers: June 18