The Google Fonts team has teamed up with Thomas Jockin to create a series of fonts that are aimed at improving reading speed. To learn more about the research behind this initiative, see here for more details.
I’ve already posted about OpenDyslexic, the font to improve readability for dyslexics, and now comes the Lexend fonts, designed to improve reading speed.
I get asked a lot about uses for the Raspberry Pi. Well, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has you covered. Hello World is an online magazine for educational Raspberry Pi users. Available for free as a PDF, it is published three times a year with articles for the making teacher. The magazine is even a better…
Source: Sourceful Sourceful is a repository of all things Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. The resources include database like lists of music and licensing for streaming and Escape room types of activities in Google Docs. The number of resources is quite astounding, and you can submit your own. This is a really cool resource.
Copying and pasting content into individual slides can be tedious. There has to be a better way! Now that Google Apps Script allows us to code Google Slides I have some new templates for you to try! The Doc to Slides Add-on will allow you to take content from a Google Doc and push it…
Stuffy offices can halve cognitive scores The best way to tackle a tough task at work may be to crack a window and breathe deep. Compared with inhaling fresh air, gulping down the stale air found in conventional office buildings can stifle cognitive function by half, researchers report in Environmental Health Perspectives. The finding suggests…
XDA Developers has announced that Google’s Live Caption feature is rolling out for Chrome desktop users. This is a really cool feature, once it is turned on, it will put up closed captioning for any audio that is playing in Chrome. To turn it on, navigate to a page with audio, such as a YouTube…
Today, Chrome OS devices do everything from helping people get things done to entertaining them while they unwind. But we want to do more to provide a powerfully simple computing experience to the millions of people who use Chromebooks. We’re celebrating 10 years of Chromebooks with plenty of new features to bring our vision to…