Source: 4thewords | Online Writing Game And Community
This is a cool writing site which makes writing a game. Unfortunately, there is only a 30 day free trial available, but they are beta testing a product for teachers.
4thewords offers users a place to write, share, and play. Writing on the site offers different achievements users can unlock. The site looks really useful, and I hope their education product is priced competitively.
For this year’s installment of “Free Classroom Apps to Try This Fall” I decided to round up a collection of apps that might be somewhat lesser known, but still offer lots of classroom potential. Additionally, I tried to find apps that could be used across grade levels and/or subject areas. Source: 8 Free Apps to…
Getting started with blogging can be an intimating process. WordPress is the big dog when it comes to blogging, but setting it up for the first time is not as user friendly as I would like. You could try bloggin at Twitter or on Facebook, but that locks your content into their systems and limits…
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Source: GoFullPage – Full Page Screen Capture – Chrome Web Store There are times when it would be nice to share a picture of a web page with your students, but the page is too long to capture at once. That’s where GoFullPage for Chrome1 comes in. After you install the extension, click on the…
Share to Classroom is a Google Chrome extension that allows the teacher to share webpages instantly to a classroom. It also lets you you share resources to Google Classroom. I was playing around with Pushbullet.com for this purpose, but Share to Classroom saves the student from having to create yet another account. Plus, the…
Are you curious about Linux but don’t want to mess up your computer to learn more? What about your students? DistroTest.net allows you to test over 200 Linux distributions with only your browser. What is Linux? Linux is an operating system like Microsoft Windows and macOS. It’s the most used operating system in the world,…