Ambiguity leads to chaos

Ambiguity leads to chaos

This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. When I was young, I thought checklists and procedures were the providence of the old. Now, after a few years in the classroom and in education, I’ve found that keeping everything that needs…

More free art for reuse

More free art for reuse

Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum has put over 700,000 digitised copies of its huge art collection online, and is making them available to reuse as public domain Source: Over 700,000 paintings from the Rijksmuseum online copyright free You need to create an account to download the high resolution jpgs, but without an account you can still right-click – save image…

How to convert different file types with Zamzar

How to convert different file types with Zamzar

Source: Zamzar – video converter, audio converter, image converter, eBook converter I’ve talked about using CloudConvert to convert files to different formats, and Zamzar is another service that will convert a file from one format to another. Using Zamzar is straightfoward. Add the file you want to convert (50MB size limit for free account), select…

How to make a student response system in Google Forms and Sheets #YouTube

How to make a student response system in Google Forms and Sheets #YouTube

Here are the directions on how I created a quick and easy student response system with Google Forms and Google Sheets. Why? Sure there are tons of other ways to get input from your students, but I wanted a quick way I could survey students on the fly. The spreadsheet that has the formula for…