A Meme, learning spreadsheets, and Kid Pix – Top 3 of the Week
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https://eduk8.me/2021/08/learn-spreadsheets-with-sheethacks/
https://eduk8.me/2021/08/kid-pix-is-back-and-its-in-your-browser/
When taking pictures with your smartphone, two tips come to mind: Don’t bother cropping before taking the picture Almost all smartphones use a digital zoom for zooming instead of an optical zoom. An optical zoom uses lenses to adjust the image being caught by the sensor, but since smartphones do not have the space for…
In the past year and a half I have been running Linux on an Lenovo Ideapad. It worked really well, but I was missing a couple of things. One was wireless mirroring. My workaround was to use Chrome and a Chromecast, but it wasn’t as smooth as I would like. I was also missing some…
Source: 10 Reasons Kids Should Learn to Code Wondering what kids get out of learning to code?
13 things to do before the first day of school #b2s The entire list is updated today! 16 Ideas for Student Projects using Google Docs, Slides, and Forms Pretty cool ideas! And can be used for other pieces of software. Highlight rows in Google Sheets with conditional formatting This is one of the most popular…
While some outdated educators are hung up on making students sit, stare, and copy down their every word (by hand!), innovative educators know there is a better way. At this year’s #NYCSchoolsTech Summit teachers came together to learn about innovative ways to support teaching and learning but they weren’t focused on taking notes. Source: Lisa Nielsen: The…
Quickly create Google documents in a specific folder through these special links A simple bookmark can create a Google document in specific folder. Alice Keeler’s Chrome Extension – AnyoneCanView A great extension that takes the guesswork out of sharing documents in Google Drive. Quickly create Google documents in a specific folder with a specific account…