Design Resources for that Fun, Fresh, Professional Look

If you weren't at Tuesday's PD in Your PJs, you missed an amazing time with our guest host, Mrs. Rodriguez from Central High School. But don't panic, you can still check out the amazing resources, tips and tricks that she shared by viewing the webinar recording. As you and your students begin to publish work that goes beyond the classroom walls, these tools will help to make sure that all finished products look fun, fresh and professional.

Here are just a few resources that you'll hear more about and see in action in the recording.
Color *If you are as color changed as I am, these tools will have you matching colors in no time. 😀

Color Swatch Generator
100 Color Combos 

Swatch

ColorZilla (Chrome Extension)

Fonts

Google Font Combos
Word Font Pairings

Text Animators

Text Animation: Textanim.com

Scrolling Text Sign: Signbot

Typewriter GIF: Screedbot

See these tools and so much more!

  

Digital Reflections and Explanations

The last few years #BookSnaps with SnapChat has been all the rage. A BookSnap is a digital, visual representation used to explain/reflect on a book or excerpt. In a digital age where most students live, it's a way of engaging and connecting them to text. But what if you have younger students in which SnapChat, a social media-photo sharing tool is not the most appropriate?






Here are a few more options to get your students connecting with text and sharing what they've read with BookSnaps:

Google Slides

Google Drawings

Book Creator

PicCollage

Skitch


Creating a BookSnap is easy to do:
1. Have Text
2. Pick Appropriate Tech Tool
3. Snap a Pic
4. Highlight, Annotate, Sketch, add Stickers to Question, Reflect, Explain, Connect, or Clarify
5. Share

Check out our latest PD in your PJs, BookSnaps in Action or the following resources from #BookSnaps Expert, Tara Martin: #BookSnaps - Snap for Learning.