Category: Technology and Learning
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Tech Help Now!
I try not to do this too often but sometimes a find a resource that is just too good not so share. MakeTechEasier.com is an awesome website full of ways to overcome tech issues. There are 3 simple tabs: How To’s, Courses and Cheatsheets. All of them have easy to use resources. The other cool…
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Avoid Plagiarism!
Here are 2 resources for you. If you want to check any doc, docx or pdf against another document checker than Turnitin.com try DOC Cop. It performs a similar type of search. It is free and easy to use. Simply create an account using an email address. The second resource is plagiarism.org. This is an amazing site…
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Great Images with Licensing!
I am always on the hunt for great images that are released for Creative Commons licensing for use. Check out Pixabay.com. It has a very large database of images, it is easily searchable by keyword. Another cool feature is that it is also categorized for easy browsing. It makes looking for those beautiful images for…
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Write like Hemingway!
I had heard of this program but really did not check it out until an English teacher showed me. (Thanks Rich!) You can use the Hemingway editor site to evaluate your writing style. It will give you great feedback and recommend changes simply by copying and pasting your text into the online editor. There is…
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Avoid Survey Fatigue with Good Survey Tools!
Recently it seems we have become overly surveyed. This is likely the result of our constant need for proof or data. None of these things by themselves is bad, however when we begin to receive a different survey every day it becomes a bit tiresome and we then get a syndrome called ‘survey…
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Image Help & Creativity with Google Docs!
Looking for the perfect image? Want to make sure you cite it properly? Look to either CreativeCommons or WikiMedia Commons. Then just locate images that have ‘Some Rights Reserved’. Then at WikiMedia select your usage method and copy/paste on or near the image’s final location. At Creative Commons it is best to construct…
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Cool Picture Collages with Loupe Collage!
Love Word Clouds or Tagsedo? Then you must check out Loupe Collage! It is a simple free Extension for Chrome. You can select where your folder of images comes from and then simply upload the selected images. Finally select what type of final ‘collage’ you would like the pictures to show up in. Really a…
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Podcasting for Education
Are you a Podcast lover? I was and then I kind of let them go a little bit. Well get ready to enjoy – check out AudioBoom. It is an easy Podcast feeder. Which means you can setup a free account and then subscribe to any number of Podcasts you like. Explore sports, science,…
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Google and LIFE together – and some Tips and Tricks from ME!
With our refocusing on the importance of citation, sometimes if feels like we cannot find great images because they are watermarked. NOT TRUE! Check out the Google and LIFE (magazine) collaboration. Here you can search an amazing database of LIFE Magazine photos by year. Locate award winning photos that display, history, passion and strife all…
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Speech to Text is Here to Stay!
About a year ago, I started telling people that speech to text was not that far off. This is the ability to record what you say and have your computer type it. It really has been around for some time, but until recently it hasn’t been that good. Enter Speech to Text Add-on for Chrome.…
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