Are you or your students afraid of public speaking? Check out the free eBook Demystifying Public Speaking
Source: Demystifying Public Speaking by Lara Callender Hogan Lara Hogan’s Demystifying Public Speaking has been available as a physical book, and you can now read it for free online. I’ve done plenty of presentations in front of people, and after reading through this book, I realize what an amateur I’ve been. This book is chock…
Generate Word Clouds in Google Docs with the Word Cloud Generator add-on
Source: Word Cloud Generator – Google Workspace Marketplace Here’s a cool add-on for Google Docs, Word Cloud Generator. Once added, you can create a word cloud of your document right inside of Google Docs. There are a few options, including removing words, but these are pretty limited.
Learn history with Mission US
Source: Home – MissionUS For students, MissionUS is an opportunity to live a bit of US history, while teachers will have access to a wide range of support materials for each mission. The site asks you to read through the materials and do the mission before assigning the site as work. The site does require…
Downside of long hours, a meme, and gamifying writing – Top 3 of the Week
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Working long hours is not good for you or your school
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. There are some of us who wear busyness as a badge of honor, the the research shows that there are diminishing returns for the length of time you work on a project. While crunch…
Wavemaker is a free novel writing app
Source: Wavemaker, Cross Platform Novel Planning and Writing Software Wavemaker is an only web app designed to help you or your students write books. There are three projects you can start with, and Wavemaker will set up the different chapters for you to jump in and start writing. If that’s all there was to Wavemaker…
Free health icons & more – no attribution required
Source: Health icons I love me some free icons, and Health icons has a ton! Don’t let the name fool you, because although there are a lot of icons that involve medical items, there are also a ton of icons for other things. Here are some of the health icons: But there are also: And…