Tuesday Tips October 15, 2019

TECH TIP:  RemoveBG for Removing Picture Backgrounds

Looking for a way to have students insert themselves into historical scenes or perhaps a scene from a book?  Have them take photos of themselves (preferably against a plain background), then they upload those photos to RemoveBG and the background is removed, the image is saved a PNG.  They can then overlay that image onto whatever backdrop they select.  

I used this with this year's Banned Books Week bulletin board display.

The final product:

BOOK TIP:  National Book Award Finalists Announced

On November 20th, the National Book Foundation will announce its winners of the National Book Award, a prestigious award that celebrates the best of American literature in five categories:  Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Translated Literature and Young People's Literature.  The finalists in each of these categories was just announced.  I use these lists to get inspiration for my own reading or to plan purchases for here.  Check it out!