Source: Practice typing by retyping ENTIRE classic novels | TypeLit.io
TypeLit.io is a website that let’s you retype an entire novel, and also keeps track of your words per minute and what chapter you are on. I don’t know how useful reading a novel this way would be, but it does allow you to practice typing with real words and sentence structure.
And for those that type in the entire 2,002 pages of The Count of Monte Cristo, kudos to you!
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….
Source: Free online timeline maker Timegraphics is an online tool that can be used to create timelines. It is free to use to create public timelines, and accepts Google log-ins. If you upgrade to premium, then you can have collaborators working on a timeline and make timelines private. The timelines can be exported in various formats…
Source: Chrome Remote Desktop Hat tip to Lance Yoder over at Edgaged.net for this tip. In his district, instead of trying to wirelessly display a mobile teacher device, he flipped it. Instead, the teacher uses Chrome Remote Desktop to control a PC hooked up to the TV. This set up bypasses most of the issues…
Bust out some mad AI generated rhymes with BeatBot. Source: Itay Niv – BeatBot BeatBot is an experiment in music generation, using a stead beat in which you lay down your rhythms. Once you have a good beat going, BeatBot can automatically generate a rap. Don’t hold your breath on the quality of the rap, it’s usually hilarious gibberish.
Everypixel is a AI powered search engine for photos. Everypixel will search 50 online photo repositories and find photos based on what you asked. The AI seems to be pretty good, except on a search for kitten one of the results was this: There isn’t a safe search option, and in my testing, a few obvious…
Google has several advanced tools for searching the web, but, they require several clicks to use. Fast Advanced Google Search is a Google Chrome extension that gives you quick access to these advanced tools. Once installed, the extension can be invoked with an alt-G, with the cursor focus in the Keywords box. From that point on, you can…