Source: Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker – Chrome Web Store
The tracking of you across the web is getting worse, but there are extensions that can help you with that. Ghostery is one such add-on for Google Chrome. Once installed, it goes to work. As I was testing Ghostery, I came across sites that had 20-30 different trackers on them! Eduk8.me has 4, I’m going to have to see what I can do about that.
WriteReader looks like a fun and easy way for students to digitally publish their books. The site is free to use, there are only costs if you would like a print or download a book. If you would like access to ebooks you can use in your classroom, then checkout the WriteReader library. There are…
3Doodler has also partnered with robotic insect toy company Hexbugs to launch a “Make Your Own Hexbug” set, which lets kids draw insect body parts and legs on a custom DoodleMold. The little motor inside the completed Hexbug lets the robotic insects hop and scurry across, which kids can put inside mazes or race against…
Google Dataset Search is a search engine for various sets of data available on the internet. This could be used by students to find more information out about something they are studying. To use the site, you visit Dataset Search and start typing the kind of data you want. Dataset Search will search as you…
“Keyboarding was a new skill and computers were driving home the need for everybody [to learn to type],” Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing developer Mike Duffy tells The Verge. “And then suddenly, everybody had to do it and do it reasonably well. People had an interest on their own, but it was also parents thinking of…
Badge List is a service that lets you create and award badges. Badge List offers both free and paid accounts, the difference being is that the free accounts are totally open and have no privacy. There is educational pricing available, starting at $25 a year for a teacher. Once you are signed up, you can create your…
What’s changing We’re introducing three new features that will help you clean up and work with your data in Sheets. These features are:* Remove duplicates* Trim whitespace* Compatible spreadsheet shortcuts Source: G Suite Updates Blog: Three new features to format and work with data in Sheets These are some great features that will be a…