Thursday, June 26, 2014

It's new to me

Now that school has been out for two weeks and all of my summer PD has been taught, I used today to catch up on all the new fun "stuff" out there.

Two of my top three finds are Google related. The first is that you can upload a PDF or image in Google Drive and convert it to an editable document. Who knew??? Finding gems that are right under my nose makes me happy, because I can put them to use immediately. See link below for step by step directions.

PDF Conversion

The next Google find was streamlining Google image search. The results can be refined to images uses and size to name a few, and my favorite is the ability to search for transparent images, which is super handy. See link below to adjust your Google image search settings.

Google Images Search

Lastly my new graphic creation tool is Canva. I have had so much fun creating graphics for my iTunesU icons. The feature I like best is the customizable image size, so the graphic will be the exact dimension needed for iTunes U. My next project will be to create a new blog graphic. My favorite is the one I created for my summer PD on Prezi and QR codes.














I hope everyone has a restful relaxing summer!