Category: Educational Technology
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Kami for Chrome
Kami extension for Chrome Want a few more tools when collaborating with others? Kami allows you to share ANY doc with the ability to annotate, share, work on pdfs, and much more. It is a great addtion to Chrome. It also works on the mobile verion if you are working with tablet and writiing. Teachers…
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Gimp for All Your Photo Editing
GIMP – Photo Editor – Very Similar to Photoshop Need to quickly edit a photo but don’t have Photoshop? Gimp is open source and FREE! It is a tool that has been around for quite some time and even has a similar interface to Photoshop. It is webbased so no big installation or memory hog.…
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Take Control of YOUR Google Data!
There is loads of discussion about protecting our information online. In the past, I’ve spoken about downloading your Facebook data. Now let’s get to what Google keeps on us. It is remarkable how much information Google has collected. Now you can take a look, and set Google to not save some of this personal information. …
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Get Focused for Exams.
This time of year we are all trying to finish projects and have exams coming up. It is time to get focused. Use the Chrome Extension called Focus Mode to make sure you use your time wisely. This easy to use extension loads right into Chrome and then blocks sites you might be tempted to…
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Google: Talking to Books?
This is BIG. Google now has taken their amazing search engine and applied it to the books that it currently holds and those it doesn’t yet. Talk to Books, is a simple search tool. You need only use natural language (example: How do I learn to speak Japanese?) and it will respond with a list…
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Check Your Data on Facebook and Take a look at Dotstorming!
You should be concerned about the recent Facebook leak of data. It is big and it might impact you. Unfortunately, the only thing you can do is to look and see what Facebook has stored in their servers specifically about you. Take a few minutes and download your user data. Probably the most shocking thing…
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Get Sounds Legally for Projects
Sounds and music for presentations make HUGE improvements to the professionalism of the actual presentation. We all have the moment where we are trying to decide ‘do I just put the music in and ignore copyright or do I do the right thing?’. I suggest doing The Right Thing. Enter Dig CC Mixter as a source of sounds…
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Facebook Logged Me In! How do I get Logged OUT?
You may have heard of the recent data breach at Facebook. Over 50 million user’s data was accessed or sold to entities. This was done largely by accessing people’s Facebook account via legal means through apps that use Facebook accounts to login. Sometimes we forget how or why we used Facebook to login. It is…
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Google Offline
I was on away this weekend with students at Track Meet and I had loads of questions about using Google Docs and GMail Offline. This is an amazing feature if you’ve never used it. It allows you to work and check things while not connected to a network. Then when you do connect to a network again…
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Chill Out with Calm
As you get signed in for free, you are immediately greeted by the calming sounds of the ocean, a breeze blowing and birds chirping. This is the result of my new Calm.com account. I’ve seen loads of seniors this week stressing over Mock Exams. Regardless of your exam anxiety, it would be nice to have a calm…
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