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  • Google’s Gemini will now generate presentations for you

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    Google is rolling out out a new feature for Gemini’s Canvas, the free interactive workspace inside the AI chatbot’s app, meant for students and employees who need to create presentations. Gemini is now capable of generating slides with just a prompt, though users can also upload files like documents, spreadsheets and research papers if they want a presentation based on a specific source. If the source doesn’t matter, users can write a prompt, such as “Upload any source to create a presentation on [a specific topic],” for instance. But if the source is essential, they can upload the file first and then ask Gemini to create the presentation for them.

    The resulting decks already have a theme and images attached with the text. Users will be able to export them straight from the Gemini app into Google Slides, though, and will still be able to edit and refine the decks as needed or work on it in collaboration with a teammate. The capability is now making its way to both personal and Workspace accounts.

    Google launched Canvas in March for people to use when they want to share their writing or code to Gemini for editing. If users put in code or prompts for projects like apps, web pages and infographics, Canvas will be able to show them a visual representation of their design.

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  • Supermom In Training: Our summer canvas

    Supermom In Training: Our summer canvas

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    We experiment with a lot of crafts in our household, especially the messy ones in summertime (the backyard becomes our craft room). So this year, instead of wasting smaller canvases and umpteen pieces of paper, we decided to keep adding to one bigger summer canvas.

    Here are some of the crafts we’ve done on this year’s summer canvas:

    – Egg shell painting. OK, so this takes some planning, but I try and salvage some egg shells, which we clean, fill with paint, and seal with a small piece of tissue paper or tape. Then we thrown the eggs at the canvas and watch them crack, break, smash, splatter, and more.

    – Water gun painting. We watered down some paint and then filled one of our water guns with the coloured water, then we shot it at our canvas. Just remember to empty the water pistol when you’re done (or you’ll have kids battling with paint-filled guns!).

    – Bubble painting. Add some food colouring to standard bubbles and then get blowing. When the coloured bubbled hit the canvas and break, they leave the coolest little circular blobs!

    – Pompom art. I put different coloured washable paints in a muffin tin and then armed the bean with different pompoms, which he soaked in paint and then threw at the canvas. The sound and effects were cool (SPLAT!).

    – Blow art. Put a blob of paint on a canvas or piece of paper and then, using a straw, blow the paint. Watch how it moves and travels across the surface. Decorate your blobs afterwards to look like monsters, aliens, or anything you can imagine!

    What will we do next on our summer canvas?!

    A full-time work-from-home mom, Jennifer Cox (our “Supermom in Training”) loves dabbling in healthy cooking, craft projects, family outings, and more, sharing with readers everything she knows about being an (almost) superhero mommy.

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  • Online Christian Consortium Raises the Bar in Online Learning by Partnering with BocaVox Software Solutions

    Online Christian Consortium Raises the Bar in Online Learning by Partnering with BocaVox Software Solutions

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    updated: Dec 6, 2016


    Westlake Village, CA, December 6, 2016 (Newswire.com)
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    Oaks Christian Online (OCO), one of the finest college preparatory online schools in the nation and the founding school of the Online Christian Consortium (OCC), has adopted Maestro SIS, by BocaVox as their Student Information System (SIS) and Canvas, by Instructure as their Learning Management System.

    BocaVox CEO Sue Diseker comments, “We are thrilled to be partners with top-tier consortiums like the OCC, as they reflect our commitment to excellence and ongoing innovation, and help us achieve our goal of developing technology that raises the bar for education.”

    By using innovative online learning technology like Maestro SIS and Canvas, we are able to provide our Partner Schools with the platform to support an engaging and fully accredited college preparatory program.

    Christy Cleugh, VP of Operations and Curriculum Development at OCO

    Students from partner schools belonging to the OCC can now take courses through the online program in addition to attending their on-campus classes. The OCC manages both part-time and full-time online students through the Maestro database. The hierarchical architecture of Maestro SIS enables the Online Christian Consortium to offer customized services for different schools, programs and student types – all within a single, user-friendly application.  This flexibility will enable OCC to extend partnership opportunities internationally.

    “By using innovative online learning technology like Maestro SIS and Canvas, we are able to provide our Partner Schools with the platform to support an engaging and fully accredited college preparatory program,” states Dr. Christy Cleugh, VP of Operations and Curriculum Development at OCO.

    The BocaVox and Canvas teams worked together to implement an enhanced integration called a Trust Relationship for schools that have their own Canvas LMS but wish to utilize the OCC courses through Maestro and Canvas.

    About Oaks Christian Online

    OCO is the founding school of the Online Christian Consortium, a leadership organization of schools committed to theologically engaged, college-preparatory, accredited, online programs. The organization’s vision is that its courses provide an education that uplifts, transforms and inspires students around the world. For more information on The Online Christian Consortium, please visit: http://onlinechristianconsortium.org.

    About BocaVox

    Founded in 2003, BocaVox developed Maestro SIS, an integrated Student Information System that manages online and blended learning schools and colleges.  Maestro SIS is a comprehensive, high performance administrative software that is customizable to meet unique business procedures for K12 and higher education institutions, with features to support individualized learning. For more information, visit https://bocavox.com.

    Media Contact:

    Christy Cleugh
    Ed.D., VP of Operations and Curriculum Development
    Oaks Christian Online
    818-824-9463

    Source: Oaks Christian Online

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