As the use of passwords grow, it has become convenient to break one of the most important rules of the internet. That rule is NEVER USE THE SAME PASSWORD ON MORE THAN ONE SITE! Unfortunately, it is a trap that we fall into all too easily, so any security breach of one site may cause…
Continuing on the “tabs in Chrome” theme comes Toby. Toby is another way to organize, save, and sync your tabs in Google Chrome. As I played with it, I felt like I was working with my Chrome books, but Toby works better than that. By replacing the new tab window, Toby shows you your open and…
After releasing my Google Voice Typing Cheat Sheet last week, I decided to put together a Chromebook Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet for the keyboard shortcuts on a Chromebook. How do you get it? By joining the Eduk8me mailing list. Why should I give you my email?
There are a couple of reasons why you may want to save tabs in Google Chrome. One would be if you wanted to share a list of websites with students. These two extensions will give you a list of open tabs which includes the page title and web address. Another reason would be to save…
There are times when you want to zoom on a Chromebook, for example, when you are demonstrating a website for your class and you want the students to only look at a particular part of the website. There are three ways to zoom on a Chromebook. Magnify the current webpage. By using the control– (that’s…
First Eduk8me Giveaway – Choice of one of three books Not quite a surprise that a free book giveaway would be the most popular post of the week. Be sure to enter and share your lucky link for more entries. (Also, you will need to confirm your email to enter.) New freebie – Google Voice…
With the new features added to Google Voice Typing last week, I decided to put together a cheat sheet for the commands of Google Voice Typing. How do you get it? By joining the Eduk8me mailing list! Why should I give you my email?
Anyway, in the case of coding for all, advocates often make an economic claim, one that says American companies will be desperate for new workers to write software, with the numbers often in the hundreds of thousands. Source: CS Is Not The Solution – Assorted Stuff I don’t really know who is talking about the coding…
I found CaptureCast to be a worth screencasting tool for Chrome and Chromebooks, and I have discovered a new use for it. Since you have full control of what CaptureCast captures, you can use it as a quick webcam recorder or as a plain audio recorder. To capture audio, click on the CaptureCast icon in your…
I’m switching it up this week, instead of posting the top 3 posts of the week indifferent to when the articles were posted, I’m switching to posting the top 3 posts of the week that were published that week. No more seeing Highlight rows in Google Sheets as the top post for the week. Four…