A digital story - The happy girl (by one of my Grade 6 students)

This post was written by one of my Grade 6 students, Onodon.

"This story is part of Challenge #2 in the Blogging Challenge: 'Become a STORY WHIZZ KID'. We used stories from the African Storybook website (https://www.africanstorybook.org/) that are free to reuse and change completely, and we recreated them. We kept the art. We did these in Google Slides. Here is mine...by Onodon"

Use Remote for Slides - a useful Chrome extension

Have you ever noticed the 'Present with Remote' button when you work in Google Slides? Well, I discovered today that the Remote for Slides Chrome extension works with that on your phone when you present using Googl Slides.  I have just installed the extension from the Chrome Web store.

What is Remote for Slides?

" Remote for Slides is a Chrome Extension and a Progressive Web App that allows you to control Google Slides and Ludus on any device, remotely, without the need for any extra hardware."

How do I use Remote for Slides with Google Slides?

Open a presentation in Google Slides.
On the top right, click the " Present with Remote" button.
Wait until the presentation fully loaded.
Click on the "Show ID & Start Remote" button to view the 6-digits code..
Open s.limhenry.xyz on another device and enter the code on the page.
You are ready to go!

One downside of using Remote for Slides

You can only see controls like next slide and Previous slide. You can't open external links.  Nevertheless, this is a really handy Chrome exptension

Get your students writing for 60 seconds with oneword.com

More and more one can see how amazing it could be if all the students in a class have tablets. Imagine having just one or two minutes each day to get the students writing! This website http://oneword.com is designed for just that. All you have to do is:

• You’ll see one word at the top of the following screen.
• You have sixty seconds to write about it.
• Click go and the page will load with the cursor in place.
• Don’t think. Just write.

Advantages of daily writing practise:

• This could get students into the habit of just writing and thinking out of the box.
• By writing every day, the students gain fluency while getting a chance to practice important punctuation, spelling, and style skills in context
• The students will soon start writing more fluently.