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In the GSuite world of education, every app has it place: Forms to collect data, Drawings for graphic design, Sites for sharing information, and Slides for just about everything. Where does that leave Sheets? I know a lot of people use it for data collection and analysis - and that is awesome. But Sheets can be used with students too! Christine Pinto has blogged about using Sheets with her Kindergartners - you can find all of those here . Her ideas are great! Pixel Art is also really fun! Eric Curts has blogged about it here  and you can find all his Google Sheets resources here . He also has some really good ideas for using Sheets with students. I have also used Sheets for some activities for a digital breakout. You can see an example if you click on the link or picture below. I use conditionally formatting to change the cells' background color, generally for a color lock in the digital breakout.  Another option is Mystery Pictures. I was inspired by something sh...

In my weekly newsletter, Tech Treats, I recently did a Google Slides Edition. Here are some of the great ideas I shared! Make videos  Google Slides now has Closed Captioning. It can now  provide a transcript as you narrate a slide deck. Screen-cast with your voice to create a video with closed captions! Check out the video explaining how to do it!  Create Graphics I use Google Slides to create graphics for our website and social media pages. Check out this example with instructions! Lesson Planner   Use Google Slides as a Lesson Planner. It’s a daily slide to share with students, an organizer for the whole year, or as one spot for all your ideas! Student Play of the Week   Use this Google Slides Template to highlight your class MVP’s! Check out this blog post from ShakeUpLearning for more information and ideas!