What do a name change, a new font, and fewer browser tabs have in common? In this episode, I unpack the Quizizz rebrand to Wayground, share Edpuzzle’s leap beyond video with new interactive tools, highlight Google Classroom’s latest add-on integrations, and spotlight Google Fonts’ Playwrite—a typeface built to support handwriting instruction. Plus, in the Soapbox moment, I reflect on my son learning to drive and the lessons we’re both picking up along the way.

#EduDuctTape Episode 127

0:00:00 INTRO 

0:02:04 Soapbox Moment: Mirrors, Mailboxes, and Merging

0:07:06 EdTech & Education News & Updates

0:07:38 Quizizz Becomes Wayground

https://wayground.com/home/from-quizizz-to-wayground?lng=en

0:11:45 A Font That Teaches Handwriting? Meet Playwrite.

https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/collaboration-creativity-tools/

https://fonts.googleblog.com/2024/06/playwrite-is-new-font-superfamily-for.html

0:13:55 Edpuzzle Moves Beyond Video

https://edpuzzle.com/press/edpuzzle-quizzes-beta

0:15:30 New Add-ons in Google Classroom

https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/collaboration-creativity-tools/

0:17:15 Innovative Sentences to Learn From

https://thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/new-project-innovative-sentences

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OdrbjMb9OT4fTrJtit-h1fIGyNFNchegSZwLc-A-62E/preview?slide=id.g22a3d5dd5f1_0_36

 

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