Thanks to Brian Pool I’ve been looking at using Moodle and adding some gamification elements to my classroom. One aspect of gamification is creating badges for students to earn. In the video Gamify your Moodle courses in under 20 minutes Federic Nevers shows how he makes his badges for Moodle by using OpenClipart. When you visit OpenClipart, there are samples…
There’s a natural state of heightened attention to the self when we know we’re being watched, Bernstein notes. “Our practiced response become better,” he told me, “our unpracticed responses become worse.” So actions that have been drilled by the boss may well turn out better when everyone believes the boss is watching. On the other…
New freebie – Chromebook Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet Here’s a cheat sheet with some of the more used keys on the Google Chromebook. Zoom on a Chromebook with these magnification shortcuts And speaking of Chromebook shortcuts, here are three ways to zoom on the Chromebook. Tab-resize splits your Chrome window easily Resize or create multiple…
Tab-resize quickly splits Google Chrome into the number of windows you specify. Once installed, it adds a button to your toolbar which lets you use the extension. Clicking on it gives you several default layouts that you can use. The extension also supports multiple monitors. You probably already have a way to snap windows through…
As the use of passwords grow, it has become convenient to break one of the most important rules of the internet. That rule is NEVER USE THE SAME PASSWORD ON MORE THAN ONE SITE! Unfortunately, it is a trap that we fall into all too easily, so any security breach of one site may cause…
Continuing on the “tabs in Chrome” theme comes Toby. Toby is another way to organize, save, and sync your tabs in Google Chrome. As I played with it, I felt like I was working with my Chrome books, but Toby works better than that. By replacing the new tab window, Toby shows you your open and…
After releasing my Google Voice Typing Cheat Sheet last week, I decided to put together a Chromebook Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet for the keyboard shortcuts on a Chromebook. How do you get it? By joining the Eduk8me mailing list. Why should I give you my email?
There are a couple of reasons why you may want to save tabs in Google Chrome. One would be if you wanted to share a list of websites with students. These two extensions will give you a list of open tabs which includes the page title and web address. Another reason would be to save…
There are times when you want to zoom on a Chromebook, for example, when you are demonstrating a website for your class and you want the students to only look at a particular part of the website. There are three ways to zoom on a Chromebook. Magnify the current webpage. By using the control– (that’s…
First Eduk8me Giveaway – Choice of one of three books Not quite a surprise that a free book giveaway would be the most popular post of the week. Be sure to enter and share your lucky link for more entries. (Also, you will need to confirm your email to enter.) New freebie – Google Voice…