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How Much Do Countries Spend on Healthcare Compared to the Military?

How Much Do Countries Spend on Healthcare Compared to the Military? | SoRo class | Scoop.it
Every year, governments spend trillions on healthcare and defense. But how much is spent per person, and how does this compare by country?
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July 22, 2020 12:52 PM
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Google Sheets: Modifying Cells

In this video, you’ll learn more about modifying rows, columns, and cells in Google Sheets. Visit https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/googlespreadsheets/modifying-columns-rows-and-cells/1/ for our text-based lesson.

This video includes information on:
• Modifying columns, rows, and cells
• Inserting, deleting, and moving rows and columns

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July 22, 2020 12:20 PM
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Google Sheets: Getting Started

In this video, you’ll learn more about getting started with Google Sheets. Visit https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/googlespreadsheets/getting-started-with-google-sheets/1/ for our text-based lesson.

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July 21, 2020 5:33 PM
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Tutorial: Setting Preferences on Google Docs to Save Time Grading

This tutorial walks you through setting up customized preferences in Google docs to make grading faster and easier!
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July 21, 2020 11:57 AM
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Student collaboration in shared Google Slides

TABLE OF CONTENTS WITH TIMESTAMPS BELOW!

Teamwork is a desirable job skill in today’s economy. When we let students collaborate, we prepare them for the future! Here’s how Google Slides can help. See several examples for using this in the classroom and learn four NINJA TRICKS!

This video is brought to you by Ditch That Textbook (http://ditchthattextbook.com), which is all about less reliance on the textbook through technology, creativity and innovation.

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July 18, 2020 11:00 PM
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Make Google Slides Presentations EVEN better by adding Video!

Today we look at adding and editing video within Google Slides. Did you know you could trim and tweak the media you add to a presentation?


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July 18, 2020 9:18 PM
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Google Slides - Image Options & Replace Images

A demonstration of image manipulations in Google Slides. These options exist in Google Drawings as well. Additionally, replace an image and retain most manipulations.

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July 17, 2020 12:14 PM
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Confederate flags fly worldwide, igniting social tensions and inflaming historic traumas

Confederate flags fly worldwide, igniting social tensions and inflaming historic traumas | SoRo class | Scoop.it
Symbols of the Confederacy can be seen in Brazil, Ireland, Germany and beyond. While some people may not grasp their racist history, others clearly fly the 'rebel flag' to defend white supremacy.
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July 13, 2020 11:07 AM
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Teachers Are as Racially Biased as Everybody Else, Study Shows

Teachers Are as Racially Biased as Everybody Else, Study Shows | SoRo class | Scoop.it
A paper published by researchers from Princeton and Tufts universities compares teachers’ explicit and implicit biases with those of other American adults.
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July 13, 2020 10:55 AM
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How an Alaskan Volcano Is Linked to the Decline of the Roman Republic | Smart News

How an Alaskan Volcano Is Linked to the Decline of the Roman Republic | Smart News | SoRo class | Scoop.it
New research suggests Mount Okmok's eruption in 43 B.C. sparked extreme weather halfway across the world
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July 13, 2020 10:48 AM
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Animation: How the Demographics of China and India are Diverging

Animation: How the Demographics of China and India are Diverging | SoRo class | Scoop.it
The world's two most populous countries have some economic similarities, but China and India are also diverging in one key area: demographics.
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July 10, 2020 11:01 AM
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How To Make A Table Of Contents In Google Docs

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July 4, 2020 8:37 PM
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Damascus Steel Facts: How It Got Its Name and How It's Made

Damascus Steel Facts: How It Got Its Name and How It's Made | SoRo class | Scoop.it
Learn about ancient and modern Damascus steel and how this metal is formed, where it gets its name and more.
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July 22, 2020 2:37 PM
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Google Sheets: Creating Simple Formulas

In this video, you’ll learn more about creating simple formulas in Google Sheets. Visit https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/googlespreadsheets/creating-simple-formulas/1/ for our text-based lesson.

This video includes information on:
• Creating formulas using cell references
• Creating formulas using the point-and-click method
• Editing formulas

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July 22, 2020 12:20 PM
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Google Sheets: Working with Multiple Sheets

In this video, you’ll learn more about working with multiple worksheets in Google Sheets. Visit https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/googlespreadsheets/working-with-multiple-sheets/1/ for our text-based lesson.

This video includes information on:
• Switching between sheets
• Moving and duplicating sheets
• Creating and deleting sheets

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July 21, 2020 7:23 PM
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Control Alt Achieve: Triple Differentiation in Google Classroom - Beginning, Middle, and End

Control Alt Achieve: Triple Differentiation in Google Classroom - Beginning, Middle, and End | SoRo class | Scoop.it
Choice is a wonderful thing. We all love choice in our daily lives from what clothes you dressed in this morning, to what food you at
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July 21, 2020 1:00 PM
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How to Make INTERACTIVE Google Slides (All the Basics & Then Some!)

In this tutorial, you will learn how to make interactive Google Slides for your students. This is like a hyperdoc in Google Slides. Include videos, links, images. Link assessments from Google Forms and direct links to assignment in Google Classroom. Learn how to make a table of contents that directly links to other slides and so much more!
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July 18, 2020 11:30 PM
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Tech Tuesday #56 - Better Google Slides Themes

We explain how to import cool themes from other presentations and PowerPoint files, plus we highlight SlidesCarnival - and AWESOME site for free Slides Templates


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July 18, 2020 9:30 PM
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Google Slides - Presenter View with Q&A

This is a quick overview of how to use the presenter view with Q&A in Google Slides.

Music Credit: "Motivational" by Scott Holmes
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July 17, 2020 12:15 PM
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The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European

The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European | SoRo class | Scoop.it
Recent protests on racial justice have also questioned the portrayal of Jesus as a white man. An art historian explains how this image appeared and came to be marketed worldwide.
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July 13, 2020 11:10 AM
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Naming the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the virus that causes it

An explanation of the official names for the corona virus disease (COVID-2019) and the virus that causes it.
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July 13, 2020 11:05 AM
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How People and Companies Feel About Working Remotely

How People and Companies Feel About Working Remotely | SoRo class | Scoop.it
During the pandemic, millions of people have transitioned to working remotely. But how do workers and managers actually feel about it?
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July 13, 2020 10:51 AM
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Create an automated Google Slides Spiral Review

This free Add-on by Alice Keeler will let you create a list of review questions... keep adding new review questions after each lesson, and it will every hour update a Google Slides with 5 new questions. Every time the students open the Slides they have 5 new questions to revisit.
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July 11, 2020 2:53 PM
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What the eclipse of horses tells us about electric cars

What the eclipse of horses tells us about electric cars | SoRo class | Scoop.it
The world might be on the verge of another revolution like that of the replacement of the horse with the rise of electric cars and self-driving
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July 5, 2020 4:27 PM
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How to Convert a PDF to a Google Doc

How to convert a PDF to a Google Doc

STEPS:
1. Drag the PDF to your Google Drive
2. Right click on the file
3. Select "Open With"
4. Click on Google Docs


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