Using a Windows Clip Art disk with .wmf files under OS X or Linux

Using a Windows Clip Art disk with .wmf files under OS X or Linux

Today I stumbled upon a clip art collection I bought of ten years ago. The collection contains over 600,000 images spread across 29 CDs, in various formats. The vector formatted images are Windows Metafile files with a .wmf extension. Vector images use math to describe the image, and can be resized without any loss of…

Simple Graphic Design for The Classroom – I Am Claudius

Simple Graphic Design for The Classroom – I Am Claudius

Unless you’ve degreed in visual or graphic communications, creating appealing images or graphics may be challenging to many.  In this blog, I’ll share some graphic design tips that can help you have a better grasp at creating images, and some tools that will aid you in creating visually appealing graphics. Source: Simple Graphic Design for…

4 Skills Every Student Needs – Leading, Learning, Questioning

4 Skills Every Student Needs – Leading, Learning, Questioning

Though the conversations focused either on the literature or on its implications, students acquired a number of soft skills through the process that were as valuable as the content of the exchanges. Removed from those conversations, I think our students’ education is incomplete without these skills. Source: 4 Skills Every Student Needs – Leading, Learning,…

Google Cast for Education, Pokémon Go, and Google Drawings – Top 3 for the week

Google Cast for Education, Pokémon Go, and Google Drawings – Top 3 for the week

You can try out Google Cast for education now Google Cast for Education is now available for beta Chromebook users. Leveraging Pokémon GO for Schools Ideas for using Pokémon Go at school. 3 Things to Try in Google Drawing – Teacher Tech Google Drawing is a great tool to have in your arsenal.

Pokemon Go Is Driving Insane Amounts of Sales at Small Local Businesses. Here’s How It Works | Inc.com

Pokemon Go Is Driving Insane Amounts of Sales at Small Local Businesses. Here’s How It Works | Inc.com

The speed at which Pokemon Go has spread is unprecedented. Less than a week after launch, this augmented reality mobile exploration game has been installed on twice as many phones as Tinder, it has double the engagement of Snapchat, and it is eclipsing Twitter in its percentage of daily active users. People are spending so…

Create engaging, interactive lessons online with Versal

Create engaging, interactive lessons online with Versal

Versal is an online service that is free for teachers to create interactive lessons.. I still miss HyperStudio, but Versal could replace it for a lot of situations. Once the lesson is created, Versal integrates with SCORM compliant learning managements systems, including Google Classroom and Schoology. The lessons can consist of multimedia and text, with the…