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Highlight or remove results from a Google Search with the Google Search Filter add-on
Source: Google Search Filter – Chrome Web Store This is a pretty cool add-on for Google Chrome. With it, you can highlight results from websites you like while hiding results from websites you don’t want to see (I’m looking at you Pinterest…). Once installed, go to google.com and click on the extension in the toolbar….
Word processing with Canva Docs
Canva has added Canva Docs, a way to use Canva as a word processor. What are Canva Docs Canva is an online design tool used for creating all sorts of multimedia projects such as presentations, flyers, and movies. They’ve taken those tools and added word processing features. You can now create stunning documents using the…
Quick and Dirty Screen Recorder – free and no install required!
Source: Screen Recorder | Free, Private, No Ads Screen Recorder creates a screencast, with or without a microphone. That’s it. No editing, no webcam, no nothing. When the recording is complete, you can download a movie file in .webm format. Sure, if you have access to Screencastify (free during the current crisis) Loom (free for…
Students are relying on libraries to access the cloud
As cloud computing has become an integral part of the lives of students at public schools, it has increased the importance of a place generations of students have turned to for much more analog learning needs—the library. Both public and school libraries have always been a source of information for students. And while the Internet has undoubtedly…
People prefer pain instead of thinking hard
Thinking takes real effort. It requires sustained attention. Scientists have known for some time that focusing your mind consumes considerable metabolic resources. But in our day-to-day lives, we discount the effort needed to pay attention and think because it doesn’t feel as physically strenuous as, say, lifting a 50-pound weight. Source: To Avoid Thinking Hard, We Will Endure…
đź“· Ed photos of the week for 2023-01-19
Ed photos for the week Reading? Assessing – “…will better align instruction with assessments” means “will facilitate teaching to the test.” Imagine being so clueless about learning, or so beholden to the imperative of corporate profit, that you talk about this as if it’s a good thing. NEW @educationweek post: “Classroom Cellphone Use Is Fraught….