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@cowenrocks

Helping educators integrate technology in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

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πŸ’Ž Recorded Webinar: Creating & Sharing Gemini Gems www.controlaltachieve.com/2026/03/gems...

πŸ”Ž Explore 100+ Gems
πŸ› οΈ Create & share your own Gems
πŸ’¬ Tips for prompting, files & tools

#EduSky #EduSkyAI #EdTech #GoogleEDU

04.03.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🎲 Looking for an easy way to add energy and randomness to your Google Slides? Dice Slides inserts virtual dice directly into your presentation so you can generate random numbers on the spot.

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#EduSky #GoogleEDU #GoogleWorkspace

09.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NotebookLM and Creating Questions From YouTube
NotebookLM and Creating Questions From YouTube YouTube video by Justin Cowen

πŸš€ TEACHER HACK! πŸš€

Generate questions from YouTube videos for FREE with Google's NotebookLM. It even integrates with Google Classroom!

Watch my quick demo to see how: youtu.be/VvoGrTc3AAc

#GoogleEDU

29.10.2025 14:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🎬 Say hello to TeachFlix Junior β€” your new favorite free resource for K-2! πŸ“šβœ¨

Packed with age-appropriate videos that make learning fun and easy. Perfect for lessons, brain breaks, or transitions! πŸŽπŸŽ‰

➑️ https://teachflix.org/junior/ 

21.10.2025 12:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Can’t wait to be at the REMC Directors and RITS members Summer Inservice!

17.06.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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UP Track Meet today!

31.05.2025 12:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Canva Just Dropped Spreadsheets… But with Design Superpowers
Canva Just Dropped Spreadsheets… But with Design Superpowers Spreadsheets, but make them aesthetic. ✨ Canva Sheets are here built for creativity, not crunching. Charts, images, videos, AI magic… all in one place. πŸŽ¨πŸ“Š How do you see this showing up in your classroom? πŸ‘‡ #EdTech #EduCoach #ETCoaches #EduTech #21stCenturySkills

Canva Just Dropped Spreadsheets… But with Design Superpowers
#edusky

17.05.2025 11:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Beyond the Computer Science Curriculum - UP MACUL 2025 Beyond the Computer Science Curriculum Justin Cowen www.cowen.rocks Bluesky: cowenrocks.bsky.social Slide Deck: cowen.fyi/beyond25 cowen.fyi/beyond25 Slide Deck

Looking for some fun activities for your computer science class? Check out my slide deck I shared at UP MACUL -> cowen.fyi/beyond25

16.05.2025 16:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s UP MACUL today! #edtech

16.05.2025 12:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Justin's Favorite Things - UP MACUL 2025 - TEMPLATE Justin’s Favorite Things: EdTech Edition Friday, May 16, 2025 UP MACUL, Ironwood, MI LINKS How you get to this document EQUIPMENT Stuff Justin hauls around USB-C mic for phones & computers (...

It is UP MACUL tomorrow in Ironwood, MI! One of my sessions is Justin’s Favorite Things where I highlight the tools & resources I use everyday. What are your favorite things? #edtech #upmacul25

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15.05.2025 12:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
EDT124 Bryon Carpenter, Tools for Visuals like Adobe Express, Canva, Google Drawings, and Google...
EDT124 Bryon Carpenter, Tools for Visuals like Adobe Express, Canva, Google Drawings, and Google... What’s your favorite tool for having students create visuals like infographics and diagrams? Bryon Carpenter from Fresh Air At Five joins me to answer that very question. We discuss Adobe Express, Canva, Google Drawings, and Google Slides. Also, I share about Brisk’s new Podcast Generator, a Chromebook monitoring feature coming soon to Google, SchoolAI’s response to some ethical concerns, and a documentary recommendation. #EduDuctTape Episode 124 0:00:00 INTRO 0:02:09 Today's Guest: Bryon Carpenter 0:06:48 Which of the Following is Less Torturous 0:10:22 Today's #EduDuctTape Question 0:12:00 Adobe Expresshttps://www.adobe.com/express/ 0:12:44 1. Picking the Right Tool 0:14:14 2. Google Drawingsdrawings.google.com 0:15:56 How Does Google Drawings Relate to Google Slides 0:18:28 Object-Based, Drawing-Based, and Procreate 0:20:19 Shapegramshttps://shapegrams.com/ 0:21:06 3. Layers in Adobe Express 0:21:37 Ages for Adobe Express 0:23:20 What Can You Do in Adobe Express? 0:26:00 Adobe Express Pricinghttps://www.adobe.com/education/express/ 0:28:19 Adobe Creative Cloudhttps://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html 0:36:56 AI in Adobe Express 0:37:54 Adobe Voice to Animatehttps://www.adobe.com/express/create/animation 0:40:09 Adobe Text Effectshttps://www.adobe.com/express/create/ai/text-effects Today’s EdTech and Edu News: 0:42:48 Brisk’s New Podcast Generatorbriskteaching.com/podcast 0:47:44 Google’s New β€˜Class Tools’ for Chromebookshttps://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/class-tools-chromebook/ 0:49:37 SchoolAI Responds to Ethical Concernshttps://schoolai.com/blog/strengthening-ethical-ai-in-classrooms-improvements-to-historical-figure-spaces 0:52:20 The First Class documentaryhttps://www.thefirstclass.org/

EDT124 Bryon Carpenter, Tools for Visuals like Adobe Express, Canva, Google Drawings, and Google...
#edusky

15.05.2025 07:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When Grace Clements walked across the stage at her university’s commencement ceremony this week, she leaped onto the school president and gave him a giant bear hug β€” bringing him straight to the ground.

Jim Clements, the president of Clemson University, is Grace Clements’s father. wapo.st/4d9Md42

10.05.2025 16:31 πŸ‘ 3174 πŸ” 425 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 72
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ChatGPT today figured out I enjoy 80s/90s cartoons and asked if I wanted it to make a Transformers based on the profile it made of me. Here is what it created!

11.04.2025 14:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ–Ό Have you ever tried to download images out of a Google Doc?

You can't. Right? Right?!?!?

Actually, you can ... you just have to know where to look. πŸ‘€

#googleedu #edtech #teachertip

08.04.2025 23:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a google doc with bold text. Document outline sidebar says bold text export

Screenshot of a google doc with bold text. Document outline sidebar says bold text export

After bolding text in your Google Doc

Use the Document Outline Add-on (buff.ly/vcdKQZK ) for "Bold Text Export."

Send to another Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms.

#GoogleEDU #GoogleCloudNEXT

09.04.2025 16:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Recharge Your Students' Minds: Embracing Brain Breaks During Testing Season This blog contains resources available through the web and accessible through a variety of programs.

It is state testing season in Michiganβ€”the time when students' brains are working overtime and No. 2 pencils, or now-a-days QWERTY keyboards, are worn to nubs. Recharge your students minds with a brain break from @edutopia.org: www.cowen.rocks/the-web/rech... #education

09.04.2025 13:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Have to say, I use this image so often with my middle schoolers...so helpful for frame of reference. It opens up a lot of curiosities and connections! infographicsite.com/infographic/...

#HyperDocs #EduSky

01.04.2025 23:43 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
Screenshot of Gmail

Screenshot of Gmail

In Gmail

Click on the checkbox next to an email

Use the 3 dots in the toolbar to

"Filter messages like these"

Then click on "Create Filter" (NOT the default Search)

#GoogleEDU #EduSky

02.04.2025 11:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Did You Know? Over 90% of K-2 teachers incorporate brain breaks into their classroom instruction. On average, these breaks last just over 5 minutes each, and are administered β€œin between instructional activities, as opposed to during the middle of instruction.”

In elementary school, popular break options include dancing and stretchingβ€”but even middle, high school, and college students benefit from brain breaks, research has found.

Sources: Kumaravelan, Leroux, & Godwin, 2024; Masini et al., 2022; Peiris et al., 2021

Did You Know? Over 90% of K-2 teachers incorporate brain breaks into their classroom instruction. On average, these breaks last just over 5 minutes each, and are administered β€œin between instructional activities, as opposed to during the middle of instruction.” In elementary school, popular break options include dancing and stretchingβ€”but even middle, high school, and college students benefit from brain breaks, research has found. Sources: Kumaravelan, Leroux, & Godwin, 2024; Masini et al., 2022; Peiris et al., 2021

Brain breaks are effective *and* popular! 🧠 Check out our collection of brain break resources here: edut.to/4iTxUTq

#EduSky #BrainBreaks

02.04.2025 09:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I send the notifications out for one of our local school districts about cancellations. Apparently Apple had a hard time figuring out tonight’s message. #k12sysadmin #edtech

06.03.2025 01:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TeacherServer is a new AI tool for educators. Similar to MagicSchool, but organized by subject area for curriculum-specific help. Explore it here: teacherserver.com #edtech

04.03.2025 20:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Increasing my AI knowledge with some REMC RITS friends!

04.02.2025 15:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Broken headphone jack removal day πŸŽ‰

31.01.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Most of the decline seem to make sense, except for the building caretakers and cleaners. I wonder if the cause is work from home?

10.01.2025 13:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Checking out the GoGuardian Smart Alerts today…

07.01.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Prepping some old #chromebooks to live again as kiosk machines for youth wrestling. What are some creative ways you use kiosk mode in your schools? #k12sysadmin #edtech

06.01.2025 15:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chrome has added some cool shortcuts to the Extension Bar. These are tools, not websites, that you may often use. You should add some so it is easier to access these tools. My favorites are the QR Code maker and Copy Link. Check them out!

badinerbytes.blogspot.com/2025/01/new-...

06.01.2025 14:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Each department at one of our schools was asked to create a β€œAwkward Family Photo Christmas Card.” Here is our submission πŸŽ„

12.12.2024 21:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI for Education Careers Created with Ideogram AI Tools for Education cowen.fyi/edcareersai Careers

Got to talk about AI in Education Careers today to a variety of high school students! Check out the slide deck I used here: cowen.fyi/edcareersai #edtech

06.12.2024 21:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI in Healthcare - DIISD Health Occupations Icon logo created using Gemini. AI IN HEALTHCARE How AI is Impacting the Local Medical Community Health Occupations December 2024

I had the opportunity today to do a little AI chat with high school Healthcare students! Check out the presentation here cowen.fyi/healthai #edtech

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