Google Cast for Education is meant to be used as a replacement for Chromecasts devices, but it can be a little confusing on how to use Google Cast for Education in your classroom. What is a Chromecast? A Chromecast is a small, handheld device that plugs directly into your TV’s or projector’s HDMI port. It…
Email is the technology that everyone loves to hate. They use it daily, and most hate every minute of it. I believe part of the problem is the difficulty in coming up with a workflow managing your email effectively. And by effectively, I mean that whether you are on your computer, a tablet, or smartphone, you…
Although I’ve created a couple of cheat sheets for remembering keyboard shortcuts, there are other ways to remind yourself which key does what. A lot of Google products have a key sequence that will show you the keyboard shortcuts for the current product: Product Show Keyboard Gmail* Shift – / Chromebook Control – Alt –…
Free icons to use for badges from OpenClipart OpenClipart has some great choices to help you create badges or other graphics for your classroom. Giving privacy for better behavior When always watching, there may be some consequences when you’re not watching. Keep your accounts safe with two factor authentication What is two-factor authentication and why…
Security today is a really big issue, and one of the best steps you can take to keep yourself secure is to use two factor authentication. What is two factor authentication? Currently you probably use a username and password to identify yourself to services. This is the concept of logging in using something you know….
Information technology evolves through disruption waves. First the computer, then the web and eventually social networks and smartphones all had the power to revolutionize how people live and how businesses operate. They destroyed companies that weren’t able to adapt, while creating new winners in growing markets. Source: The AI disruption wave | TechCrunch Manufacturing output…
Thanks to Brian Pool I’ve been looking at using Moodle and adding some gamification elements to my classroom. One aspect of gamification is creating badges for students to earn. In the video Gamify your Moodle courses in under 20 minutes Federic Nevers shows how he makes his badges for Moodle by using OpenClipart. When you visit OpenClipart, there are samples…
There’s a natural state of heightened attention to the self when we know we’re being watched, Bernstein notes. “Our practiced response become better,” he told me, “our unpracticed responses become worse.” So actions that have been drilled by the boss may well turn out better when everyone believes the boss is watching. On the other…
New freebie – Chromebook Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet Here’s a cheat sheet with some of the more used keys on the Google Chromebook. Zoom on a Chromebook with these magnification shortcuts And speaking of Chromebook shortcuts, here are three ways to zoom on the Chromebook. Tab-resize splits your Chrome window easily Resize or create multiple…
Tab-resize quickly splits Google Chrome into the number of windows you specify. Once installed, it adds a button to your toolbar which lets you use the extension. Clicking on it gives you several default layouts that you can use. The extension also supports multiple monitors. You probably already have a way to snap windows through…