“What’s my favorite G Suite for Education tool?” asked a Google Educator Level 1 session participant. “Google Slides. You can do so much with it!” said another. Slides offers many exciting features that make it a versatile assistant for educators. In this blog entry, let’s take a look at five Google Slides hacks you may find useful. These may deepen your appreciation for Google Slides and increase your productivity. https://blog.tcea.org/five-hacks-for-google-slides/ #GoogleEDU #Teacher #Education #Edutooter #TCEA Be sure to check out this online course on Google Slides - https://courses.tcea.org
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@mguhlin have you checked out any of the open source options in this space? They'd have a LOT of advantages for learners and educators alike.
@lightweight Yes, I run Linux Mint and LibreOffice. I have used NeoOffice, OpenOffice, and many others. I love Gnumeric. I haven’t tried NextOffice yet. I have encouraged use of FOSS my entire career, but at this time, I work in a situation that I write about questions educators have. They don’t get a choice in what they are allowed. Thanks for the offer.
@mguhlin I get that. We need to be making sure that educators unfortunate enough to be subjected to either one of the MSFT/GOOG technology monocultures realise that there's a parallel (brighter) world outside their monoculture. Also to be clear, I'm talking about OnlyOffice, not to be confused with OpenOffice or LibreOffice. It can be combined with NextCloud to provide an experience equivalent to Google Apps. I think you should look at it.
@lightweight Yes, Dave, I am familiar with and use OnlyOffice on Windows 11. I referenced it here - https://blog.tcea.org/mobile-file-management-part-two/ and other locations such as https://www.mguhlin.org/2021/11/office-suites-abound-which-do-you-use.html
