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A checklist to keeping you and your students safe on the internet
Source: Security Checklist Security Checklist provides you with a checklist of items to look at and check off in regards to internet security. The list is pretty good. When you are working with students you will want to offer additional information since the website doesn’t offer enough explanation of what some of the terms and services means….
Add a background to screenshots with Screely
Source: Screely – Generate Beautiful Images When using the built in screenshot tool in macOS, a drop shadow is automatically added. This makes the screenshots look really good. But, when you’re on a different operating system, your screenshots don’t look nearly as good. Screely is a free website that allows you to add drop shadow, background, fake…
Weaponized PowerPoint
GEICO’s latest commercial takes aim at narcissistic supervillains: “As long as evil villains reveal their plans, you can count on GEICO saving folks money. Fifteen minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance.” To be sure, GEICO is poking fun at the iconic villain trope that, by now, we all know gives our…
Generate your own spaceship
Source: Ship – shapeWright.com Here’s a fun little ship generator that builds a spaceship based on the words you feed it. I could see this being used to create graphics for stories. In science, students could figure out what a space ship would have and label those parts on their own ship.
Use the Send from Gmail Google Chrome Extension to share the current page through email
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