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New Update! All About Me Digital Literacy Course

Data Management, Digital Citizenship, Presentation / TechnoKids Blog / July 14, 2025 / all about me, Google Slides, Microsoft PowerPoint, presentation skills

Exciting news for teachers of primary grades! TechnoKids has refreshed TechnoMe, a ready-to-go course that builds self-awareness, digital literacy, and foundational computer science skills. Designed for Grades 1–3, students follow clear, illustrated steps to create a fun “All About Me” slideshow-building confidence with technology while learning to share and express themselves. All About Me Slide […]

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TechnoMe Course – New Digital Literacy Activities for Kids

Presentation / TechnoKids Blog / June 8, 2025 / digital literacy, Google Slides, Microsoft PowerPoint

TechnoKids‘ all-new TechnoMe course features exciting updates. Thanks to valuable feedback from teachers, we’ve added more digital literacy activities to better support your students. There’s now a strong focus on promoting responsible digital citizenship, helping kids make wise choices and collaborate effectively. Plus, we’ve introduced an entirely new session dedicated to computer science, designed to

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How to Make a Pictograph with Google Slides

Presentation / TechnoHella / March 5, 2020 / free lesson, Google Slides, graph, TechnoEarth

Want to learn how to make a pictograph with Google Slides? Keep reading! This blog post explains how to use the drawing tools in Google Slides to transform a slide into a pictograph. What Is a Pictograph? A pictograph is a graph that is made from pictures. Each image represents a value. It could be

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Keyboard Shortcuts for Google Slides

Presentation / TechnoHella / June 27, 2018 / Google Slides, keyboard shortcuts

As you use Google Slides a few times, you can speed up your work by using keyboard shortcuts for some of the functions you use often. Here’s a list of some of the common ones for a PC that you might find helpful. Action Keyboard Shortcut Working with a Presentation Open a presentation CTRL +

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Publish Books – TechnoBookmaking

Presentation / Christa Love / March 5, 2018 / Google Slides, Microsoft PowerPoint, story, TechnoBookmaking

Laurie’s Top TechnoKids Pick This month’s TechnoKids top pick is from Laurie Gerard. Laurie’s favorite technology project is TechnoBookmaking. In TechnoBookmaking primary and elementary students publish books including picture books, flip flap stories, unfolding riddle books, layer book of facts, bookmarks, greeting cards, and more. What makes TechnoBookmaking Laurie’s all-time fav is how enthusiastic kids

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10 Things You Should Know When Animating a Presentation

Presentation / TechnoHella / August 1, 2017 / Google Slides, Microsoft PowerPoint, slide show, TechnoPresenter, TechnoToon

Whether you’re a teacher presenting a PowerPoint slide show to colleagues, parents, or students or if you’re teaching students how to give a dynamic presentation to their peers, following are ten tips to keep your audience hooked! Animating a presentation creatively can keep viewers engaged and interested. Have Fun with Animation Using These TechnoKids Technology

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Zoom Tool in PowerPoint for Awesome Presentations Part 2

Presentation / TechnoHella / July 16, 2017 / map making, Microsoft PowerPoint, slide show, TechnoMap

In my previous post, I listed the steps to create a zoom to a slide using the Zoom Tool in PowerPoint 2016. Don’t confuse this, as I did at first, with the zoom slider in all Microsoft programs that lets you change the magnification of your window. This is entirely different. The Zoom Tool automatically

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Zoom Tool in PowerPoint for Awesome Presentations Part 1

Presentation / TechnoHella / July 2, 2017 / map making, Microsoft PowerPoint, slide show, TechnoMap

Slide Zoom is a new PowerPoint tool that can make any slide show into an interactive, non-linear, and engaging presentation. It’s also an easy way to make links in a presentation look professional. Use the Zoom Tool to navigate through slides in any order. Or, if you’re designing a presentation for use in kiosk mode,

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Why Students Should Use Presenter View in PowerPoint 2

Presentation / TechnoHella / June 18, 2017 / Microsoft PowerPoint, public speaking, slide show

In my previous post, I explained how to use Presenter View in PowerPoint 2016. It’s a nifty feature that, if you have a projection system, allows a presenter to see the current slide, next slide, speaker notes, and presenter tools on a separate screen. The audience sees only the slide. Benefits to Presenter View Speaker

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Why Students Should Use Presenter View in PowerPoint 1

Presentation / TechnoHella / June 4, 2017 / Microsoft PowerPoint, public speaking, slide show

Are you or your students giving a PowerPoint presentation using a projector? Do you have speaker notes on the slides to which you would like to refer? Presenter View is a great feature in PowerPoint 2016 that allows the audience to see only the slide on a large screen while the presenter can see the

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