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Internet Travels Of bits and bytes is my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week Learn21 is a proud sponsor of Eduk8me and the Of Bits and Bytes newsletter. Read more about their mission at Learn21. Apps When you need…
🎉 Chrome updates, using ChatGPT, dissecting privacy policies, and more – Of bits and bytes for August 14, 2023
The August feels Ah, August. The month of anticipation, anxiety, and angst. If you are already back with students, congratulations, the hardest part of the month is over. In my district we have another week and a half to finish up PD for new programs, creating accounts for new students & staff, assigning equipment to…
Your brain is not putting its best foot forward when reading text.
By analysing brain activity, researchers found that the brain regulates its resource use and tries to identify the most essential information.A recently completed study indicates that the human brain avoids taking unnecessary effort. When a person is reading, she strives to gain as much information as possible by dedicating as little of her cognitive capacity…
Epic offers free ebooks and reading activities for teachers
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Save pictures using Chrome in the format you want with the Save image as Type extension
Although we are familiar with JPEG and GIF images, a lot of websites have been switching over to WEBP.Unfortunately, that format isn’t compatible with some things, so here are a couple of ways to save that image as a more compatible type. Image file types Pictures on the computer come in various forms, such as…
Technology troubleshooting and mindset
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. Technology troubleshooting and mindset When I’m working with others, I have a question I use to figure out their mindset: When technology goes wrong, what do you do? If they answer that they…