Freedom to move about the room and teach! I’m not a big fan of being stuck at the front of the room with the computer or interactive whiteboard. I demonstrate how I use a mobile device, in this case a tablet, to control the computer plugged in to the projector. With Chrome Remote Desktop you…
Source: Controls for Youtube – Chrome Web Store Along with millions of others, I like to watch YouTube videos to learn and to be inspired. Sometimes I miss things in the video when I’m in the process of taking notes and I would like to quickly rewind. Unfortunately, YouTube doesn’t give us a 15 second…
Source: Story Dice – a creative storytelling tool from Dave Birss Unfortunately, the Emoji story telling tool I have shared previously is offline, but, luckily David Birss has come to the rescue with Story Dice. The concept is simple. Roll the dice and come up with a story that involves the pictures that have randomly…
Source: Trizbort.io | Trizbort.io is open-source adventure game mapping and code generation software based on the Trizbort desktop app by genstein and Jason Lautzenheiser. Here’s another tool that you can use to create maps. I’ve mentioned others in the past, and this one is pretty cool. It doesn’t require you to create an account. Once…
These are my top 5 FREE tools for teachers. Not just freemium where you get a few features for free, I’m talking about services in which you get ALL access for free. The list also doesn’t include any Google tools. Canva Adobe Spark Loom for Education Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Davinci Resolve
It’s safe to say that “the career for life” is over. People now hold an average of 15 jobs in their working lifetime. What’s more, according to Deloitte the lifespan of a skill has decreased to just five years from 30 on average. Rapid technological advancements are increasingly impacting the traditionally steady trajectory of professional…
Source: A more helpful Chrome, throughout your workday Google is adding the ability to highlight text on a website when you create a link. I mentioned this ability before when using an add-on, but now it will be available without the add-on. The ability is not showing up for me in Chrome version 90 yet,…
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