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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · 2m

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Gamma.app: AI Slideshow Generator for Teachers — Learning in Hand with Tony Vincent

Curious about AI slideshow tools? Teachers are turning to Gamma for quick, editable decks you can share anywhere.

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · 2m

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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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · 3d

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

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · 4d

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.

Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · 5d

Wanna see a cool trick for dividing a slide into even sections? Check out Issue 44 and scroll down to "Page Partitioning." #EduSky #EdTech

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · 7d

Curious about AI slideshow tools? Check out Gamma for quick, editable decks you can share anywhere.

Gamma.app: AI Slideshow Generator for Teachers — Learning in Hand with Tony Vincent

Curious about AI slideshow tools? Teachers are turning to Gamma for quick, editable decks you can share anywhere.

learninginhand.com

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · 10d

So much to explore in Issue 44! #EduSky

🫴 Six or Seven
🕵 Element Exploration
🔲 Page Partitioning
📲 Transparent Trick
🧠 Slide Smarts
📤 Subscription Shortcut

learninginhand.com/issue44

Learning in Hand Issue 44

Next month I present 7 sessions at the Georgia Education Technology Conference in Atlanta. This is the conference where I debut new topics each year. My new presentations for 2025 incorporate prompting...

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · 11d

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.

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · 18d

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.

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · 20d

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

Screenshot of the new Buzz-In Sequence Randomizer option on the settings page

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks!

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · 23d

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

Step-by-step visual showing how to generate Jeopardy games using PDFs

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · 23d

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

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · 24d

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

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · 26d

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.

Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · Sep 12

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:
figma.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Title card for "The Curiosity Effect: Irresistible FigJam Activities with Tony Vincent"

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · Sep 12

Want AI to draft a series of slides about any topic for you? You've got options...

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Gamma.app: AI Slideshow Generator for Teachers — Learning in Hand with Tony Vincent

Curious about AI slideshow tools? Teachers are turning to Gamma for quick, editable decks you can share anywhere.

learninginhand.com

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · Sep 11

Listen to my 5 minute chat with Carl Hooker on The Idea Spark (a mini-podcast series, from EdSurge Solutions Studio). We chat about AI, deep work, and getting into a flow state. #EduSky

The Idea Spark Live 2025 - EdSurge Collections

A Mini-Podcast Series, from EdSurge Solutions StudioCarl Hooker brings us a live podcast from the ISTE+ASCD conference in San Antonio, Texas. He ...

www.edsurge.com

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · Sep 9

Tip Tuesday! Triple-click text to select the entire line or paragraph. It's faster than dragging your mouse to select the text.

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · Sep 8

If you want more clever teaching tips, tricks, and tools, I highly recommend subscribing to Matt Miller’s Ditch That Textbook newsletter.

Check out the Ditch That Textbook Archive, where you can read issues going back two years!

Ditch That Textbook

Practical teaching & tech ideas for class tomorrow

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · Sep 7

🔴 Most Shapegrams require a membership, but not this new one!

🟢 Maybe this is your signal to give my digital art challenges a try?

Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · Sep 4

It's certainly de-LIGHT-ful to see shapes come together to create a picture.

Get the new Traffic Signal Shapegram in Google Slides. It's for beginners and free right now! #EduSky

shapegrams.com/signal

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · Sep 5

Brisk Teaching is always a crowd-pleaser in my workshops. Teachers love the extension that streamlines tasks.

But have you tried Brisk Next? It’s a teacher’s hub for insights, resources, activity management, and next instructional moves.

👉 Read more in my newsletter: learninginhand.com/issue42

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · Sep 7

Brisk Teaching is AI teachers can use for free. It can do a lot, and it helps to see it broken down into 6 core tools:

📝 Create
💬 Give Feedback
🔎 Inspect Writing
📖 Change Level
🎒 Brisk Boost
🏠 Brisk Next

www.briskteaching.com

#Sponsored #EdTech #AIinEducation

Free AI Tools for Teachers and Educators – Brisk Teaching

Brisk is the best AI for teachers and schools, offering free AI tools for education that fit seamlessly into your routine. With an AI lesson plan generator and tools for instruction, feedback, and…

www.briskteaching.com

Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · Sep 5

Brisk Teaching is always a crowd-pleaser in my workshops. Teachers love the extension that streamlines tasks.

But have you tried Brisk Next? It’s a teacher’s hub for insights, resources, activity management, and next instructional moves.

👉 Read more in my newsletter: learninginhand.com/issue42

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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · Sep 5

New issue of Learning in Hand is live, complete with its signature alliterative headings:

learninginhand.com/issue42

🔀 Directional Differences
🌟 Next-Level Teaching with Brisk
🗓️ Calendar of Curiosity & Creativity
📺 Cord-Free Confidence
📖 So-So Stories
💁🏼 Helpful Handout

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