Canva, the design tool that’s free for educators, has a built-in screen recording tool. Screencasts Screencasts are a great way to present information to your students, and there are a plethora of options to use to create them. The idea is to record what’s on your screen while you narrate what you are doing. The…
I love this small change to the ChromeOS clipboard history. Clipboard history is the ability to store more than one item in your computers clipboard. Having a clipboard history is one of my make or break features I need to be efficient on a device. In the past I’ve used Clipboard History 2 when I’m…
Internet Travels Of bits and bytes is my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week Apps Everyone in the tech industry is constantly updating to keep things secure, and Google is no different. An upcoming ChromeOS (the operating system running…
Ed photos for the week Your character… Reading Boost Toolbox Col: “Failure…” – Mastodon App UK
“If you’re not inconvenienced, then it’s not secure” – Ryan Collins What’s all this then? All of the major browsers have a built in password manager. The password manager allows you to store your usernames and passwords for sites you use. If you want to work cross platform then there are several password managers that…
I’m not much of an artist, so I’ll take all of the tips I can get. Here are a few that I use to help me create better looking documents. Also be sure to seek out those in your district that may have experience or education in design, they are amazing resources. Use Canva or…
Internet Travels Of bits and bytes is my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week Apps Besides Canva, Adobe has their Adobe Express project. If you’re interested in it, The Nerdy Teacher has a getting started guide available. Adobe Express,…
Ed photos for the week Student Guide to Google Classroom – Teacher Tech Relevance promotes intrinsic motivation “Could be” “Everyone loses when we don’t hear from all the voices in the room.” yu: “#universalstudios #Japan age range is wild :BlobC…” – Scholar Social This is from 365 Meditations for Teachers by Greg Henry Quinn Do…
MindPane is a Chrome extension that can create a MindMap of a website. Installing Navigate to the MindPane page on the Chrome Webstore and tap the Add to Chrome button. Once installed, click the puzzle piece and pin the extension to the toolbar. Using MindPane is a nice way to help you or your students…
Back at the OETC conference in February I was taking pictures of a presenter’s slides when I noticed this icon: Pressing it opened up a whole new way for me to take notes with my phone. Live Text I have been using the iOS Live Text feature for awhile. It allows you to copy text…