Tony Vincent

ChatGPT helped me code this game: Six or Seven. 😉

Players decide if each falling expression equals 6 or 7, with four modes suited for Grades 3–8.

tonyv.me/sixorseven

Tip Tuesday! Got an phone with Apple Intelligence and iOS 26?

Go to Settings → Camera → Lens Cleaning Hints

When turned on, a message displays when the camera lens should be cleaned to improve image quality.

Wanna see a cool trick for dividing a slide into even sections? Check out Issue 44 and scroll down to "Page Partitioning." #EduSky #EdTech

learninginhand.com/issue44

Gamma.app: AI Slideshow Generator for Teachers — Learning in Hand with Tony Vincent Curious about AI slideshow tools? Teachers are turning to Gamma for quick, editable decks you can share anywhere.

Curious about AI slideshow tools? Check out Gamma for quick, editable decks you can share anywhere.

Learning in Hand Issue 44 Next month I present 7 sessions at the Georgia Education Technology Conference in Atlanta. This is the conference where I debut new topics each year. My new presentations for 2025 incorporate prompting...

So much to explore in Issue 44! #EduSky

🫴 Six or Seven
🕵 Element Exploration
🔲 Page Partitioning
📲 Transparent Trick
🧠 Slide Smarts
📤 Subscription Shortcut

learninginhand.com/issue44

Tip Tuesday! Chrome can generate captions for any audio or video in your browser.

1️⃣ Play audio or video.
2️⃣ Click the Media Control icon (≡♪) in the top toolbar.
3️⃣ Toggle on Live Captions.

A black box will appear, transcribing the spoken words in real time.

Tip Tuesday! Got a phone with Apple Intelligence on iOS 26?

1️⃣ Take a screenshot.
2️⃣ Tap Add to Calendar in the smart actions at the bottom.
3️⃣ Preview the event that is drafted from details in the screenshot.
4️⃣ Edit if needed before confirming the event.

Screenshot of the new edit page layout

Screenshot of the new Buzz-In Sequence Randomizer option on the settings page

If you’ve played classroom buzz-in games, you know one team can dominate. Factile’s new Buzz-In Sequence Randomizer lets teachers shuffle the order of who buzzed in, giving every student a fair chance to shine.

www.playfactile.com

#Sponsored #EdTech

Thanks!

Step-by-step visual showing how to generate Jeopardy games using PDFs

Go from a PDF to a complete classroom Jeopardy experience!

Upload a PDF to Factile, and its AI will generate Jeopardy questions and answers straight from your material.

www.playfactile.com

#Sponsored #EdTech

Step-by-step visual showing how to generate Jeopardy games using PDFs

Go from a PDF to a complete classroom Jeopardy experience!

Upload a PDF to Factile, and its AI will generate Jeopardy questions and answers straight from your material.

www.playfactile.com

#Sponsored #EdTech

Graphic showing thumbnails of the contents of Issue 43 of the Learning in Hand Newsletter

New tools and ideas are waiting for you in Learning in Hand Issue 43:

🤩 Fantastic Factile
🎯 Targets that Tie to Tomorrow
🖨️ Piece by Piece Posters
💬 Chrome’s Captions
🔗 URL Upgrades
🍁 Fall Fonts

learninginhand.com/issue43 #EduSky #EdTech

Tip Tuesday! You can suggest meeting times right inside Gmail.

When you’re writing an email, click ⋮ → 🗓️ Set up a time to meet → ✅ Propose times you’re free. Then enter the dates and times that work for you.

The recipient chooses a slot and a calendar event is added for both of you.

Title card for "The Curiosity Effect: Irresistible FigJam Activities with Tony Vincent"

I'm sharing low-prep activities that tap into the brain's natural desire to make predictions, resolve uncertainty, and discover what comes next. #EduSky

Join me Tuesday, September 16 at 3pm Central Time. Register for free:
figma.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Gamma.app: AI Slideshow Generator for Teachers — Learning in Hand with Tony Vincent Curious about AI slideshow tools? Teachers are turning to Gamma for quick, editable decks you can share anywhere.

Want AI to draft a series of slides about any topic for you? You've got options...

learninginhand.com/blog/2025/ai...

The Idea Spark Live 2025 - EdSurge Collections A Mini-Podcast Series, from EdSurge Solutions StudioCarl Hooker brings us a live podcast from the ISTE+ASCD conference in San Antonio, Texas. He ...

Listen to my 5 minute chat with Carl Hooker on The Idea Spark (a mini-podcast series, from EdSurge Solutions Studio). We chat about AI, deep work, and getting into a flow state. #EduSky

Tip Tuesday! Triple-click text to select the entire line or paragraph. It's faster than dragging your mouse to select the text.

Ditch That Textbook Practical teaching & tech ideas for class tomorrow

If you want more clever teaching tips, tricks, and tools, I highly recommend subscribing to Matt Miller’s Ditch That Textbook newsletter.

Check out the Ditch That Textbook Archive, where you can read issues going back two years!

🔴 Most Shapegrams require a membership, but not this new one!

🟢 Maybe this is your signal to give my digital art challenges a try?

Screenshot of Brisk Next

Brisk Teaching is always a crowd-pleaser in my workshops. Teachers love the extension that streamlines tasks.

But have you tried Brisk Next? It’s a teacher’s hub for insights, resources, activity management, and next instructional moves.

👉 Read more in my newsletter: learninginhand.com/issue42

Free AI Tools for Teachers and Educators – Brisk Teaching Brisk is the best AI for teachers and schools, offering free AI tools for education that fit seamlessly into your routine. With an AI lesson plan generator and tools for instruction, feedback, and…

Brisk Teaching is AI teachers can use for free. It can do a lot, and it helps to see it broken down into 6 core tools:

📝 Create
💬 Give Feedback
🔎 Inspect Writing
📖 Change Level
🎒 Brisk Boost
🏠 Brisk Next

www.briskteaching.com

#Sponsored #EdTech #AIinEducation

Screenshot of Brisk Next

Brisk Teaching is always a crowd-pleaser in my workshops. Teachers love the extension that streamlines tasks.

But have you tried Brisk Next? It’s a teacher’s hub for insights, resources, activity management, and next instructional moves.

👉 Read more in my newsletter: learninginhand.com/issue42

Graphic showing thumbnails of the contents of Issue 42 of the Learning in Hand Newsletter

New issue of Learning in Hand is live, complete with its signature alliterative headings:

learninginhand.com/issue42

🔀 Directional Differences
🌟 Next-Level Teaching with Brisk
🗓️ Calendar of Curiosity & Creativity
📺 Cord-Free Confidence
📖 So-So Stories
💁🏼 Helpful Handout

Shapegrams PDF Members can download Shapegrams Posters about Drawing for Friends. It's a 65 page PDF with posters about shapes, shortcuts, tools, options, color, and techniques.

I wrote a book!

It's a 92-page PDF full of one-pagers about making digital art in Google Slides and Drawings.

The only way to get it is to be a Shapegrams member for $35. 🙃 #EduSky #EdTech

shapegrams.com/pdf

GIF animation speed changer Tool for adjusting GIF animation speed online. Make GIF images run slower of faster. Speed up or slow down GIF, APNG or WebP animation.

Tip Tuesday! Have a GIF that plays too fast? Upload it to EZGIF and lower the speed to under 100%. #EduSky

ezgif.com/speed

Graphic showing thumbnails of the contents of Issue 41 of the Learning in Hand Newsletter

Everything mentioned in Learning in Hand Issue 41 is free!

👉 learninginhand.com/issue41

👥 AI Summit
🛟 AI Unit Builder
🆕 Google Slides Update
📖 Guided Learning in Gemini
😎 Thinking "covertly"
💻 Digital Norms Notebook
💬 AI Lingo Explained
🚸 EdTech Tools Webinar

Updates to Google Slides and Google Drawings Google continues to roll out small but useful improvements to Slides and Drawings. Three of these updates affect how you and your students work with Shapegrams.

Did you know Google Slides and Drawings work a little differently now? Check out 3 updates that affect nudging and scaling. #GoogleEdu #EduSky

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Figma for Edu Presents 'The Curiosity Effect: Irresistible FigJam Activities'. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Want to make your lessons more engaging—without a ton of prep? Tony Vincent shares practical, research-backed ways to spark curiosity and boost motivation for any lesson. You’ll explore how surprise,...

I’m presenting a free webinar! Join me for “The Curiosity Effect: Irresistible FigJam Activities” Tues, Sept 16 at 3pm CDT. Learn about FigJam while exploring how surprise, anticipation, and prediction can help students stay focused and excited to learn.

How to set a rule for response length using Response validation in Google Forms.

Keep answer short and sweet OR make students write more in Google Forms.

Use Response Validation to set a minimum or maximum character count for a response. The form won't submit unless the response fits the rule. #EduSky #GoogleEdu

Text Blaze: Templates and Snippets - Chrome Web Store Create smart text expansions to get more done and streamline your work. Billions of keystrokes saved!

Tip Tuesday! Set up keyboard shortcuts like /rubric, /sva, or /commas to instantly paste your full rubric or your most common comments with the Text Blaze extension for Chrome. (via Donnie Piercey) #EduSky

chromewebstore.google.com/detail/text-...