Hi , I'm in London this week for the BETT conference. It's always interesting to see how other countries approach school. VR headsets is still a thing over here.

Unfortunately, my phone was stolen at dinner. A woman came in pretending to need help with a paper with nonsense on it... but used it to lay over my phone and grab it. Lesson learned... don't leave your phone out. What a hassle to manage with your phone stolen while abroad. Apparently, to sign into a new phone you need a text message to confirm your Google account 🤦‍♀️.

So here is a list of what you need to know and you can scroll down to get more details.

1. 🖊️SIGN IN with the passcode alpaca
2. Be notified of April 8th live event for coding using ChatGPT
3. 🟢 Join Go Slow Workshop on Pivot Tables
4. 🌴Tip #1: Restrict Copying of Documents
5. 🌟Tip #2: Make Badges with Google Slides
6. ☑️Check alicekeelermembership.com with passcode alpaca for resources & events.
7. 🖥️ Webinar Video : Making Badges with Google Slides with Alice Keeler
8. 🖥️ Webinar Video: Google Sites for Student e-portfolios with Alice Keeler
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9. 💻Webinar Monday 4/3 4:00-4:30PM PST: :3 ways to Spark Curiosity with Marcia MENTORS
10. 📅Be added to the events calendar for the week.

Restrict Copying of Documents

🤝In the sharing permissions "pop up" click on the settings cog to restrict viewers from making a copy of a document

Make Badges with Google Slides

🎲Gamification Works!! We know when we gamify activities it increases student engagement and increased engagement increases student learning.➕ Adding badges to students work can be encouraging and motivating. 🧍Have students make badges that you can use or that represent their interests.

👉alicekeeler.com/makebadges

Quick Badge Tutorial

🎨 Create a copy of the template and then wait for the “Make Badges” menu to show up next to the Help menu.

Authorize the Add-on

🟣I have NOT submitted this Add-on to Google. You will get a 🆘warning that it has not been authorized by Google, because I did not ask them to. It is safe to authorize. This (and all my Add-ons) collects NO user data.😊

Make Badge

🔥By choosing “Make Badge” a slide will be added to the Google Slides that has a round circle on it with a thick border. I have updated the Add-on so the template has a transparent background. This is not noticeable unless you download the slide. Continue to click "Make Badge" to make more badges that are random colors.

Design Your Badge

Use the Insert menu to add 🎭Word Art or add clipart images. The fill color and the border color tools are used to change colors.

Download the Badge

To use the badge, you will need to use the File menu and choose “Download.” Choose PNG as the file type. Using PNG will maintain the transparency of the background.

Drag the Badges Onto Student Work

🦚I am a fan of using Google Slides over Google Docs. One of those reasons is I can drag images onto student work as digital stickers. Notice that when you download the badge in Chrome it downloads to the downloads bar. You can drag from the download bar right into a Google Doc or Slides! Save the downloaded badges to a folder on your computer and you can drag from the folder right onto student work as well. If you save them to Google Drive, use the Insert menu to insert images from Drive.