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Add a background to screenshots with Screely

Byryan July 19, 2018July 18, 2018

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 window or fake browser. Here’s what the top screenshot looks at when put through Screely.

Really useful tool!

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Create pixel art with.. Wait for it… Pixalart.com!

Byryan December 23, 2020December 23, 2020

Source: Pixilart – Free Online Art Community and Pixel Art Tool Here’s a very cool drawing tool that students can use without creating an account. That doesn’t mean they can’t create account, Pixilart supports creating accounts with Facebook, Twitter, or Google logins in addition to allowing accounts to be created with only an email. Pixilart…

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10 things to do on your iPad

Byryan June 9, 2018June 9, 2018

When I reflect back to early versions of iOS and the workarounds that teachers and students used to have to jump through hoops to complete through third-party applications, the iOS operating system has come a very long way from where it used to be. Source: Ten things every educator should be able to do with their…

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Free ebooks from NASA

Byryan October 5, 2018October 5, 2018

Free ebooks from NASA. Source: NASA e-Books | NASA NASA has a multitude of eBooks available, cover aeronautics and space travel. Every ebook I checked was available in PDF, but several were also available in .MOBI for use on Kindle devices and .EPUB for other ebook readers and portable devices.

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Managing and sharing your bookmarks with Raindrop

Byryan December 15, 2023April 8, 2024

Throughout the years I’ve saved bookmarks in various places. At first, I only used the browser. That worked ok, but was limiting because bookmarks didn’t sync between different machines back then, so I started looking at alternatives and found https://del.icio.us, the hard to spell but great to use bookmark service. This service introduced me to…

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Record podcasts and interviews with only a browser using Cleanfeed

Byryan March 17, 2020March 17, 2020

Source: Cleanfeed Cleanfeed is an audio recorder that lives entirely in the browser. You can use it to record yourself, or add others to the conversation. The account holder needs to be at least 16 years old, so using the service with students would be limited to the latter part of high school.

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Mash up emojis with Emoji kitchen

Byryan July 6, 2021June 29, 2021

— Read on emoji.kitchen Mash up two emojis to create your own emoji with emoji.kitchen. There is a random button to randomly pick two emojis, or you can click on each emoji to select one. Once your mashup is complete, you can download the graphic or share it directly from the website.

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