Source: Squiffy – A simple way to write interactive fiction Do you want to write interactive stories, but Twine seems a little too complicated? Then try out Squiffy. Squiffy is available to use in your browser, or you can download the application version for Windows. macOS, or Linux. For the web based version, you can…
Google has used the .new top level domain to make it easier to create a Google Doc (docs.new), Google Sheet (sheets.new), and Google Slides (slides.new), and now they have added a bunch of other shortcuts. Education related shortcuts include: kahoot.new & quiz.new – create a new Kahoot! quiz quizlet.new – Create a new Quizlet meet.new…
Source: G Suite Updates Blog: Better visualize shorter meetings in Google Calendar Nice usability feature for Google Calendar. Any meeting scheduled for less than 25 minutes will show the length in the calendar event.
Microsoft announced the Minecraft: Education Edition Chromebook Beta is now open for people to try! There are a few caveats with the beta: Minecraft is the Android version, so your Chromebook must support the Google Play store. You can’t use a managed account (I would assume this means a managed Chromebook too). You’ll need a…
Source: Storillo | Putting the “group” back in group work! Storillo is a writing tool for group work. Think of it as Google Docs version history on steroids. You can track each student’s contribution to the document in an easy to use format. The teacher can look at the finished document and see exactly which…
Source: TAGX TAGX is a free online tool that allows you to highlight and annotate videos from sources such as YouTube, Vimeo, or other videos available online. Once you’ve entered the link to a video, you can play through the video, adding your own commentary, highlights or tags. This is a great way to offer…
One of my most asked questions is How do I edit PDFs? This has been a tough question to answer, in the past I would recommend XODO or Kami. Today I’m going to start recommending Sejda. Source: Sejda helps with your PDF tasks Sejda is a full line of PDF tools, besides being able to…
Source: Free Word Cloud Generator – MonkeyLearn Sure, word cloud generators are a dime a dozen, but how many are powered by artificial intelligence? MonkeyLearn Free Word Cloud Generator using AI to help it create the word cloud. You can see above the word cloud generated from the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of…
Source: Paste by WeTransfer | Where ideas come together Paste was recently released at version 2.0, and if you are looking for a way to differentiate your presentation deck, be sure to check it out. You can create an account from your Google login and create up to 3 decks on the free plan. There…
Source: Netstory – Welcome to the World of Modern Interactive Fiction and Text Adventures Netstory is a free option to play or create interactive stories. The stories play out on the right side like a conversation, and the player makes decisions on the direction to go. It’s a lot like Twine.