Tony Vincent

@tonyvincent

Dad ⭐️ Educator ⭐️ Speaker ⭐️ Former grade 5 teacher ⭐️ http://tonyvincent.bsky.social

Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA

Joined February 2007

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🚨 GIF-tastic news alert! 🚨 You can now download your animated designs as GIFs in @AdobeExpress! 🎉 ✨ Students – turn your science project or book report into a looping slideshow 💡 ✨ Teachers – create exit ticket prompts or animated warm-up questions 🎓 ✨ Creators – share…

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Can your students solve this symmetry puzzle? YES, yes they can (but it might take a while). 🆓 Get this challenging digital activity for Google Slides or PowerPoint. learninginhand.com/blog/digital-y…

tonyvincent's tweet card. Get a copy of this puzzle in Google Slides or PowerPoint! Can you arrange the Y, E, and S pieces in a way that has a line of symmetry running through it horizontally or vertically?

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Tony Vincent@tonyvincent · Jul 24

Bring harmony to your slides—recolor SVGs to match your theme! Check out my quick how-tos for PowerPoint, Keynote, Canva, and Google Slides. learninginhand.com/blog/2025/1/12…

tonyvincent's tweet card. Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) images can be resized and edited without losing quality because they are made up of mathematical paths instead of pixels. I love using SVGs in my documents because I...

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Tony Vincent@tonyvincent · Jul 23

I made three FigJam templates for classrooms: #️⃣ Tic Tac 15 🤣 Learny Libs: Jupiter 🃏 Select and Reflect Read more about these collaborative activities: tonyv.me/3figjams

tonyvincent's tweet image. I made three FigJam templates for classrooms:

#️⃣ Tic Tac 15
🤣 Learny Libs: Jupiter
🃏 Select and Reflect

Read more about these collaborative activities: tonyv.me/3figjams

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Tony Vincent@tonyvincent · Jul 22

Tip Tuesday! Insert a checklist into Google Docs by clicking the Checklist button in the toolbar. Clicking a box adds a check and a strikethrough. Don't want the item to be crossed out? Go to Format → Bullets & Numbering → Checklist menu and toggle the strikethrough off.

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Tony Vincent@tonyvincent · Jul 22

Each year, I present my best and newest stuff at @GaETConf in Atlanta. This year it's November 5-7. Early bird registration deadline is July 31st. conference.gaetc.org/attend-gaetc/

tonyvincent's tweet image. Each year, I present my best and newest stuff at @GaETConf in Atlanta. This year it's November 5-7.

Early bird registration deadline is July 31st.

conference.gaetc.org/attend-gaetc/

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Judy Bowling@jlbowling · Jul 21

AI is trained for fluency, not truth. It can sound incredibly convincing, even when it's wrong. That’s why understanding how the tool works and its limitations is essential. #AILiteracy @InfyFoundation @CodeJoyEdu

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Tony Vincent@tonyvincent · Jul 21

Every year @CyFairEdTech's Virtual Digital Learning Conference offers an amazing array of FREE presentations!

CCyFair ISD EdTech@CyFairEdTech · Jul 21

Get those alarm clocks ready, and prepare your favorite munchies! It's almost time to dive into a day of immersive learning! All the details are at vist.ly/3ykne. Your world, enlightened. Tune in with us, let's make tomorrow legendary!

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Tony Vincent@tonyvincent · Jul 21

Make your Google Forms pop with a custom header! Add personality and pizazz to the top of your next form. Check out my tips and ideas. learninginhand.com/blog/google-fo…

tonyvincent's tweet card. The one trick that will transform your Google Forms: custom header images! Design and animate stunning headers using Google Slides or Canva to make your forms unforgettable.

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Tony Vincent@tonyvincent · Jul 19

Sad news: Wonderopolis will permanently close July 31. 😢 It started in 2010 and became a go-to spot for student-friendly nonfiction. The content should continue to be available on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. 🤞 familieslearning.org/blog/ncfls-dig…

tonyvincent's tweet card. Since 2010, educators, students, and families the world over have sparked learning together using Wonderopolis.org—that’s 5,475 days… 131,400 hours… or a whopping 7,884,000 minutes! Those are some...

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Shapegrams@shapegrams · Jul 17

60+ free Growth Mindset posters! Don't be GROWTHed out by the silliness of the puns. Download the PDF or get the Google Slides document. #EdTech #TeachersOfX #EduTwitter shapegrams.com/growth-posters/

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Tony Vincent@tonyvincent · Jul 15

Tip Tuesday! Having a difficult time positioning an element exactly where you want it in Canva? Hold down Ctrl or ⌘ while dragging. This prevents automatic aligning.

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Shapegrams@shapegrams · Jul 14

Dragging an object with the mouse is not the only way to move it in Google Slides and Google Drawings. You can also move a selection by simply pressing the arrow keys on the keyboard. To make smaller moves, hold down the Shift key while pressing an arrow key. #EdTech #EduTwitter

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Tony Vincent@tonyvincent · Jul 11

Google announced lots of new features at #ISTELive last week. This PDF describes the upcoming features, and when they will be available. I'm most excited for teachers to be able to share and assign Gems (custom chatbots) with students. #EdTech services.google.com/fh/files/misc/…

tonyvincent's tweet image. Google announced lots of new features at #ISTELive last week. This PDF describes the upcoming features, and when they will be available.

I'm most excited for teachers to be able to share and assign Gems (custom chatbots) with students. #EdTech

services.google.com/fh/files/misc/…

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Tony Vincent@tonyvincent · Jul 10

The more you use AI, the more you start to spot its writing habits. I put together a graphic that highlights some of the common signs of AI-generated text. (Just because a piece of writing has a few of these traits doesn’t mean it was written by AI.) learninginhand.com/blog/2025/6/24…

tonyvincent's tweet image. The more you use AI, the more you start to spot its writing habits. I put together a graphic that highlights some of the common signs of AI-generated text.

(Just because a piece of writing has a few of these traits doesn’t mean it was written by AI.)

learninginhand.com/blog/2025/6/24…

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Shapegrams@shapegrams · Jul 9

Shapegrams can be incorporated into a student’s day in a variety of ways! #EdTech #TeacherTwitter #TeachersOfX 👩‍🏫 Whole class lesson 🔁 Station rotation 🌅 Morning message 😊 Choice activity 🛠 Makerspace 🧠 Brain break 👥 Small group 💖 Passion project shapegrams.com

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Tony Vincent@tonyvincent · Jul 9

Crack open Issue 39 of Learning in Hand... 🐴 Slow-mo piñata reveal (or that was the original plan) 📚 Free summer learning series 🤖 Signs of AI-generated writing 🎮 Interactive Google Doodles 📱 iPhone email shortcut ✅ Easy Quizizz certification learninginhand.com/issue39

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Tony Vincent@tonyvincent · Jul 8

Tip Tuesday! You can start a new Google Vids project by importing Google Slides. It inserts your slides into the timeline and adds transitions. Then you can enter a script and record a voiceover or generate a voiceover with AI. vids.google.com

tonyvincent's tweet card. Create, edit, and share rich video content with Google Vids - a powerful online video editor infused with Google’s AI technology.

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Tony Vincent@tonyvincent · Jul 7

FigJam is a free collaborative online whiteboard for classrooms. Watch my 23-minute presentation on using FigJam to spark student curiosity and boost engagement. Recorded at #ISTELive last week. #NotAtISTE #EdTech learninginhand.com/blog/2025/7/3/…

tonyvincent's tweet image. FigJam is a free collaborative online whiteboard for classrooms. Watch my 23-minute presentation on using FigJam to spark student curiosity and boost engagement. Recorded at #ISTELive last week. #NotAtISTE #EdTech

learninginhand.com/blog/2025/7/3/…

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Shapegrams@shapegrams · Jul 6

Sip, sip, hooray! It's Funny Friday! #DadJokes #TeacherTwitter #GoogleSlides P.S. Draw a colorful water bottle in the new Tumbler Shapegram: shapegrams.com/tumbler

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