Source: Lo-Fi Player Here’s a fun little activity that students could play around with when they just need a second to chill. The Lo-Fi Player has several items you can click around with to create the chill beats that you need. And, when you are finished, you can share your production with a simple link.
Source: Alice Keeler Webcam Record – Chrome Web Store Sure, you may have already installed Screencastify or Loom, but what if you what to record a quick 30 second webcam video of yourself? Say, to give directions? Then look no further than the Alice Keeler Webcam Record Chrome Extension (say that five times fast). Once…
Source: Annotate Meet Extension for Chrome – Instant Relevance This is a pretty cool extension. Once installed, you’ll have a new annotate icon in the toolbar. Clicking on it when not presenting will just show you some help. The magic happens when you’re presenting in a Google Meet. To see it in action, enter a…
Source: Background blur for Google Meet – Chrome Web Store I looked at several different Chrome extensions that students could use to cover up or blur their backgrounds, and Background blur for Google Meet was the one I liked the best. It’s simple, doesn’t distract, and does exactly what it says it does. Once installed,…
Edit: 27 Apr 2021 – I put together a video on setting up your own TierMaker: Source: Tier List Maker for Everything – TierMaker Sometimes I will fall down the rabbit hole of something totally unrelated to education and find a tool that would be awesome to use in the classroom. I was watching…
Source: B-REEL Meeting Intruders – Chrome Web Store Yes, I need this in my life.
Our solar system collectively hosts over 200 known moons, some of which are vibrant worlds in their own right. Take a tour of the major moons in our celestial menagerie, including those that are among the most mystifying—or scientifically intriguing—places in our local neighborhood. Source: The Atlas of Moons Who knew that moons could be…
Source: Orb.Farm This is pretty cool. Orb.Farm lets you run your own biosphere, adding materials as you like to see their affect on your own little world. There is a lot here to use, especially if you are teaching science and biomes. The built in help describes everything that can go in to your biosphere…
Source: Transpose ▲▼ pitch ▹ speed ▹ loop for videos – Chrome Web Store Transpose ▲▼ pitch ▹ speed ▹ loop for videos is a cool extension if you use a lot of YouTube videos for learning. YouTube has speed controls, but this extension adds more control on to the videos.
Source: Remove Video Background – Unscreen Unscreen can remove the background of short video clips(less than 5 seconds). It works pretty well. I took a video from Coverr and here is the result: Not bad.