Category: Technology and Learning
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Making videos with ‘the hand’ effect.
I have been working with lots of students on video projects lately and a step that always gets lost in the shuffle is the story board. Students seem to really like the voice over effect with the hands/drawing effect. This is very cool and can be very concise. MySimpleShow.com is the perfect tool for both.…
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Make Chrome FASTER!
If you are like me you are always looking for things to work faster. I use Chrome for all of my work and lately it has seemed a bit slower. This week I am offering some great tips provided by Jose Viches on the latest ways to increase Chrome speed. Two things mentioned that I…
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Market Yourself to Colleges!
I really enjoy when someone shares something they think is good enough to share with others. Mr. Vaughan shared this with me last week and it is very timely and an awesome resource. Safe, Smart & Social is a great website with safe ways to improve your life. The article that we thought would be…
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Anki for recordable flash cards!
Do you make flashcards? It just got easier. Anki is a small little program that you can download for free. It allows you to build or even import lists of information and create decks of flashcards. You can create up to 1000 cards in a deck. You can type, import lists or even record onto…
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Get more sleep by reducing ‘Blue Light’
Do you know about the ‘Blue Light’ on your phones, computers and TV’s that can lead to a lack of sleep and eye strain? A simple app called F.Lux is all you need to help reduce these problems and hopefully get you to sleep faster. Basically as the day passes the colors on your monitor…
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Take a BREAK from Studies
It is exam time! Sometimes we get caught up studying and we forget that our brains need time to process. Time Out is a great app that reminds you to stop and take a break on your computer or device. You can set an easy timer for any amount of work time and break time. It…
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Move your Google Drive with Takeout!
It is the time of year when students graduate and move on to that next chapter of their lives. Staff move on to other locations and generally people move. With Google providiing unlimited space in Google Apps for Education, many of us have litterally tons of things built into our Google Drive. The best tool…
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Take a Break and Perform Better!
During exams many of us stress, eat too much and worry without every getting enough exercise. Check out LearingStation.com. “Brain breaks can also improve students’ concentration and performance on standardized tests”. (Springer, Atteberry, Werner, & Misner, n.d.) There are the times where we need to remember that exercise helps our minds break as well as helps…
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AdjustYourPrivacy!
With all of the different accounts, emails, social media, etc out there checking your privacy settings can be a daunting task. Now you can use AdjustYourPrivacy.com. This site is very cool. It provides direct links to the privacy pages for most of the social media sites. It is an easy way to check all of…
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Adobe Reads to YOU!
It seems that more and more documents are crossing my desk via Adobe PDF. This is great as it means less printing (SAVE THE TREES!). However it often means a lot of reading on the computer. Sometimes it is nice to have these documents read to me while I am doing other tasks. Check…
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