Although Chrome allows multiple profiles and offers an Incognito mode, sometimes you want to use different accounts with a web service. Google handles multiple logins pretty well, but there are other sites that do not. Sessionbox allows you to have multiple tabs open to the same site, each tab being it’s own separate entity. Multiple…
Updated Sept. 2020 – Google accounts are not required for guardians, how to remove guardians Google Classroom added the ability to invite guardians over the past year, but there are some questions on how the process works. This Google Classroom How to invite parents article will hopefully help with that. I’ve also created a video to…
Google Cast for Education is meant to be used as a replacement for Chromecasts devices, but it can be a little confusing on how to use Google Cast for Education in your classroom. What is a Chromecast? A Chromecast is a small, handheld device that plugs directly into your TV’s or projector’s HDMI port. It…
Email is the technology that everyone loves to hate. They use it daily, and most hate every minute of it. I believe part of the problem is the difficulty in coming up with a workflow managing your email effectively. And by effectively, I mean that whether you are on your computer, a tablet, or smartphone, you…
Although I’ve created a couple of cheat sheets for remembering keyboard shortcuts, there are other ways to remind yourself which key does what. A lot of Google products have a key sequence that will show you the keyboard shortcuts for the current product: Product Show Keyboard Gmail* Shift – / Chromebook Control – Alt –…
Free icons to use for badges from OpenClipart OpenClipart has some great choices to help you create badges or other graphics for your classroom. Giving privacy for better behavior When always watching, there may be some consequences when you’re not watching. Keep your accounts safe with two factor authentication What is two-factor authentication and why…
An interesting use of computer vision and machine learning to generate metadata about student engagement. This could (should|will) be used for more than just lecturing, and what if students had access to their own data? This could be a powerful tool to support self-reflection on teaching and learning… Source: Charlene Chin – Will this be the…
Kids, and adults, can certainly learn stuff from watching videos of the type Green produces (and I have). But those topics exist in isolation. And connecting them into something actually useful is a far more difficult process. One that requires teachers. Source: Video Will Not Fix Education – Assorted Stuff Skills in isolation is never a…
Security today is a really big issue, and one of the best steps you can take to keep yourself secure is to use two factor authentication. What is two factor authentication? Currently you probably use a username and password to identify yourself to services. This is the concept of logging in using something you know….
Information technology evolves through disruption waves. First the computer, then the web and eventually social networks and smartphones all had the power to revolutionize how people live and how businesses operate. They destroyed companies that weren’t able to adapt, while creating new winners in growing markets. Source: The AI disruption wave | TechCrunch Manufacturing output…