Google Docs scripts, a comic, and searching your library – Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2019/01/automate-google-docs-with-these-three-scripts/ https://eduk8.me/2019/01/comic-back-from-break/ https://eduk8.me/2019/01/search-your-local-library-for-books-while-browsing-amazon-and-other-sites-with-this-browser-extension/
Finally, the Chrome Dino Game will sync your high score!
Finally, the Chrome Dino Game will sync your high score! Source: Show off your Chrome dino-game skills with the arrival of cross-device high score sync The bane of classrooms everywhere, the Chrome Dino Game, has a new feature in an upcoming version of Google’s Chrome browser. When Chrome is offline, there is an easter egg in…
Let Google spell out that number for you
Let Google spell out that number for you. A neat feature of Google search that I didn’t know about. In the Google search box, you can type a number and append =english to the end, and Google will give you the English pronunciation of the number. I tried various other languages, and it appears this is…
Using virtual reality in the classroom
Opportunities, barriers, and considerations for teachers and developers working with VR, Source: Virtual Reality In the Classroom, It’s Worth It If You Do It Right I love reading stories of actual experience in the classroom with new technologies!
Search your local library for books while browsing Amazon and other sites with this browser extension
As you browse books and e-books, the Library Extension can check your library’s online catalog and display the availability of that item on the same page. Source: Library Extension – See book availability from your local library | Library Extension This is, without a doubt, one of the coolest extensions I’ve covered. After installing the extension,…
Automate Google Docs with these three scripts
Here are three scripts that let you build a document from user prompts, import Google Analytics into a Google Doc report, and create a document from a Google Sheet file. Source: 3 Impressive Google Docs Scripts to Automate Your Documents For forms in Google Docs we’ve been using autoCrat but there are use cases where script…
Scratch 3.0, distractions, and a comic – Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2019/01/scratch-3-0-is-released-today/ https://eduk8.me/2019/01/avoid-online-distractions-in-google-chrome-with-these-chrome-extensions/ https://eduk8.me/2018/12/comic-more-turkey/
Stopping change by being asleep
You can only live your life asleep or awake. There isn’t any in-between. You are mentally here, or you are mentally elsewhere. This is the reason changes oftentimes doesn’t happen. Source: Going Through Life Asleep – Drew Tolbert I love the thought experiment he proposes.