Figuring out how to keep Google Drive organized seems to baffle many users. Here’s a handy infographic to remind you of some tips and techniques! Source: How do I Keep Google Drive Organized?!? I keep a folder for each school year. A couple of weeks ago I created the 18-19 folder and started using it for…
Share large files with a class using Instant.io. Source: Instant.io – Streaming file transfer over WebTorrent Instant.io is a free website designed to make it easy to share large files. If you are a Google or Microsoft school, you could use Google Drive or OneDrive to share large files, but Instant.io is a different use case. Using Bittorrent technology, Instant.io uses…
Help students with Dyslexia with the Chrome OpenDyslexic Font extension. Source: OpenDyslexic Font for Chrome – Chrome Web Store This extension switches the fonts used on websites to the OpenDyslexic Font, a font designed to help people with dyslexia. Once installed, there is a switch to turn it off or on. In my testing it…
Find a website’s RSS feed easily with the blog-feed-finder WordPress widget. Source: GitHub – oeru/blog-feed-finder: A WordPress widget that helps a user enter a valid URL for their personal blog feed. Via: http://cogdogblog.com/2018/06/better-magic-box/ I may have mentioned RSS at one time or another. It’s the glue that is still around, and used by a majority…
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In a corner of SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California, a small, secretive group called Ad Astra is hard at work. These are not the company’s usual rocket scientists. At the direction of Elon Musk, they are tackling ambitious projects involving flamethrowers, robots, nuclear politics, and defeating evil AIs. Those at Ad Astra still find…
How to use the calculator built in to Google. This may be an old trick, but it’s still very useful. When performing a Google search, you can instead type a problem to solve, such as 23*21 like in the example pic above. Google will then switch to calculator mode and show you the answer. You…
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…
Search your Chrome bookmarks with the Holmes Chrome Extension. Source: Holmes – Chrome Web Store If you’re a heavy user of bookmarks in Chrome, then this extension can help you find the bookmark you need.