Source: Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker – Chrome Web Store The tracking of you across the web is getting worse, but there are extensions that can help you with that. Ghostery is one such add-on for Google Chrome. Once installed, it goes to work. As I was testing Ghostery, I came across sites that had 20-30…
Revisiting Slides (not Google Slides, but slides.com). Source: Slides – Create and share presentations online Slides is an online application that can be used to create presentation. Options are always good, and if students are getting bored with Google Slides, maybe they could try Slides. Students can create a free account using their Google login. In the free…
Easily type emojis in Chrome with this addon. Source: Emoji Keyboard by EmojiOne™ – Chrome Web Store Add this as another way to type emojis when using Google Chrome. To use the add-on, click on its icon in the toolbar. From there, you can search or click on the different emojis to use. When you’re…
My Presentations at the Ohio Educational Technology Conference. Can Curiosity Kill the Robotic Cat? is my FREdTalk for Wednesday morning at 8:30am. in Hall A. A sneak peak of the slides is available. Finding Real Education Talk is an ignite style presentation which is 5 minutes long and 20 slides. The 20 slides auto-advance. At…
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From February 12 through February 14, the Ohio Educational Technology Conference will take place at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. This is the 20th year that I’ve attended the conference, so it’s becoming second nature. I will be presenting twice. First up will be my 5 minute ignite style FREdTalk presentation on Wednesday, February…
Move over trust falls and ropes courses, turns out playing video games with coworkers is the real path to better performance at the office. A new study by four BYU information systems professors found newly-formed work teams experienced a 20 percent increase in productivity on subsequent tasks after playing video games together for just…
Source: Flag Stories This site is hard to explain. Ferdio breaks down all of the worlds’ flags and aggregates various aspects of each flag. For example, there is a graphic showing the relative popularity of each color of the various flags.
This interactive incorporates engaging 3D-models of viruses that students can click on to rotate and view from different angles. In the process they will learn about the criteria that scientists use to classify viruses, the characteristics of different viruses, and the global prevalence of viral infections. A link to an illustration of the relative sizes…