Share large files with a class using Instant.io. Source: Instant.io – Streaming file transfer over WebTorrent Instant.io is a free website designed to make it easy to share large files. If you are a Google or Microsoft school, you could use Google Drive or OneDrive to share large files, but Instant.io is a different use case. Using Bittorrent technology, Instant.io uses…
Help students with Dyslexia with the Chrome OpenDyslexic Font extension. Source: OpenDyslexic Font for Chrome – Chrome Web Store This extension switches the fonts used on websites to the OpenDyslexic Font, a font designed to help people with dyslexia. Once installed, there is a switch to turn it off or on. In my testing it…
Find a website’s RSS feed easily with the blog-feed-finder WordPress widget. Source: GitHub – oeru/blog-feed-finder: A WordPress widget that helps a user enter a valid URL for their personal blog feed. Via: http://cogdogblog.com/2018/06/better-magic-box/ I may have mentioned RSS at one time or another. It’s the glue that is still around, and used by a majority…
How to use the calculator built in to Google. This may be an old trick, but it’s still very useful. When performing a Google search, you can instead type a problem to solve, such as 23*21 like in the example pic above. Google will then switch to calculator mode and show you the answer. You…
Source: Screely – Generate Beautiful Images When using the built in screenshot tool in macOS, a drop shadow is automatically added. This makes the screenshots look really good. But, when you’re on a different operating system, your screenshots don’t look nearly as good. Screely is a free website that allows you to add drop shadow, background, fake…
Search your Chrome bookmarks with the Holmes Chrome Extension. Source: Holmes – Chrome Web Store If you’re a heavy user of bookmarks in Chrome, then this extension can help you find the bookmark you need.
Itty bitty sites are contained entirely within their own link. (Including this one!) This means they’re… ?Portable – you don’t need a server to host them ?Private – nothing is sent to –or stored on– this server ?Easy to share as a link or QR code Itty bitty sites can hold about as much as a printed page, and there is a lot you can do with…
Image Blur is a web tool that allows you to blur sensitive information on pictures. Source: Image Blur – Hide your important data. A lot of the screenshot tools have the ability to blur out information, but it’s always good to have a web app available for those times when you need to redact data…
Library of Congress’ Maps that Changed the World site. Source: Maps That Changed Our World This is a great resource for social studies classes, the Library of Congress’ Maps That Changed Our World and is a must see for anyone interested in maps or the world.
Ancient Earth globe is a Google Earth but for going back millions of years Source: Ancient Earth This is a very cool tool for studying the past geology of the Earth. One of the most interesting features is the ability to enter an address and have Ancient Earth locate where that address would be on…