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Design your own book cover with coverjig.com

Byryan January 6, 2021January 5, 2021

Source: Coverjig | Make a book cover you’ll love

For students writing books, CoverJig can be used to create a book cover for their work. The site works without signing in, although if you want to save progress, you’ll need to create an account. To export your picture for free, you’ll screenshot the book cover.

There are tons of tools to use on your book cover. The number of fonts are limited, but the filter tools work on text along with pictures. This gives you a ton of options to create some great looking book covers.

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Alice Keeler Webcam Record Chrome extension

Byryan September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

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…

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Be chill and create your own lo-fi beats

Byryan September 19, 2020September 9, 2020

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.

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Tech tools for struggling readers and writers

Byryan October 9, 2017October 11, 2017

Dr. Brian Friedlander discusses the top tech tools for kids who struggle to read and write. From voice dictation to word suggestion and more, this podcast talks about the practical tools that will help kids empower themselves to learn. Source: Top Tech Tools for Kids Who Struggle to Read and Write What are some of your…

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A job of the future – scifi authors imagine future threats for the French military

Byryan September 7, 2019September 7, 2019

The French military wants to figure out what its armed forces might face in the future. To help, it’s bringing on a group of people who are well-versed in imagining the future: science fiction writers. The UK’s Telegraph reports that France’s Defence Innovation Agency is hiring between four and five writers to form a “Red Team” that will come…

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Create links to Google Drive Documents quickly and easily with Sir Links-a-Lot

Byryan May 6, 2020May 6, 2020

Source: Sir Links-a-Lot – Chrome Web Store Here’s a neat extension with an even better name. After adding Sir Links-a-Lot to Google Chrome, you can easily create links for Google Docs/Sheets/Slides documents for others to preview or copy. I’ve written before on how to modify the address of a Google Docs/Sheets/Slides document, Sir Links-a-Lot is…

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New BBC Micro:bit announced!

Byryan October 28, 2020October 23, 2020

Source: Meet the new BBC micro:bit | micro:bit I have been a big fan of the micro:bit since the initial release, and the updated model looks really cool. The addition of a microphone and speaker makes the device more useful out of the box. My biggest issue is purchasing, they seem to be difficult to…

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