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Join.me is a dead simple way to host an online meeting
Last night I was troubleshooting with a friend over the phone, when I wanted to share my screen with him. I went through the usual suspects: Google Hangouts, Chrome Remote Desktop, Teamviewer, etc. when I remembered Join.me. A quick 15MB download later and I was broadcasting my screen. Although I had to download an app…
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Help low-vision readers by using the free Atkinson Hyperlegible font
Atkinson Hyperlegible font is named after Braille Institute founder, J. Robert Atkinson. What makes it different from traditional typography design is that it focuses on letterform distinction to increase character recognition, ultimately improving readability. We are making it free for anyone to use, download here! Source: Download the Atkinson Hyperlegible Font | Braille Institute I’ve…
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Google has added new fonts that improve reading speed to Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides
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Source: The funniest TED Talks | TED Talks What can I say, it’s all in the title. Ok, maybe I will add a comment. These talks could be an incentive to get students to watch Ted Talks in a new light, one where the students realize that they could actually enjoy a Ted Talk.
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Would you like a simple way to create explainer videos? Then check out mysimpleshow With mysimpleshow you write your script, add the elements to the scenes (or use the ones mysimpleshow suggests), and you’re done. Using text to speech, mysimpleshow will create a video with a computer voice for the voiceovers. It actually sounds pretty good. To get started, create an…
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Sharing: Exploring Graphing with Kindergarten using Google Sheets (via @alicekeeler)
Exploring Graphing with Kindergarten using Google Sheets Use this Google Sheets template with Kindergarteners to explore graphing. Students use physical manipulatives to count and then represent the number in a graph. What an awesome collection of templates to use with Kindergarteners in Google Sheets! These could be used at the higher grade levels too. Do…