Here are three scripts that let you build a document from user prompts, import Google Analytics into a Google Doc report, and create a document from a Google Sheet file. Source: 3 Impressive Google Docs Scripts to Automate Your Documents For forms in Google Docs we’ve been using autoCrat but there are use cases where script…
An illustrated, interactive guide to Dante’s Inferno Source: Infernal topography This is for all the students and teachers studying Dante’s Inferno. Each level is represented with graphics and information, and you can zoom in and around each level. There is a full list of characters and linkage to the actual poem on Wikipedia.
The presence of an endless stream of content on the internet is a double-edged sword. You’re never bored, but the online distractions can severely affect your productivity without you even realizing it. Therefore, here are some of the best Chrome extensions you should install for combating every kind of online distraction. You will just…
Scratch 3.0 is released today! Source: 3 Things To Know About Scratch 3.0 – The Scratch Team Blog – Medium Scratch 3.0 is scheduled to be released this afternoon! Scratch is an online programming development environment that uses multicolored blocks instead of code. The new version is tablet friendly, discarding Flash which makes Scratch usable on iPads for the first…
Bust out some mad AI generated rhymes with BeatBot. Source: Itay Niv – BeatBot BeatBot is an experiment in music generation, using a stead beat in which you lay down your rhythms. Once you have a good beat going, BeatBot can automatically generate a rap. Don’t hold your breath on the quality of the rap, it’s usually hilarious gibberish.
Create your own face emoji with Emojibuilder. Emoji Builder lets you build different face emojis. The site could be used by students to create an avatar for themselves or to create characters for a story or animation. Once created, the emojis download as a .png file. To create an emoji, you can select the various parts…
Their mission: To support every teacher in the world in developing the next generation of compassionate, resourceful, and iterative learners. Source: BetterLesson | Professional Learning Reimagined BetterLesson provides access to thousands of free lesson plans and resources. These lesson plans are groups by subject, grade level and standard. Beyond the lesson plans is a thorough and comprehensive…
Today, a whole new range of possibility opens up: free .blog subdomains. Source: Announcing Free .blog Subdomains — The WordPress.com Blog One of the best things a teacher can do is create a website, and WordPress powers a majority of the web. So, put those two together and you can create a free website with a wordpress.com…
Conserve the sound« is an online museum for vanishing and endangered sounds. The sound of a dial telephone, a walkman, a analog typewriter, a pay phone, a 56k modem, a nuclear power plant or even a cell phone keypad are partially already gone or are about to disappear from our daily life. Accompanying the archive…
Vivaldi – Adding a Web Panel. Another great feature of Vivaldi is the ability to add a web panel to the side of the browser.This panel will load the mobile version of a website which works a lot better in the narrow window than the full website. You can use the web panel to show…