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Although I haven’t had a chance to try it yet, Quizizz looks like a fun way to have students practice and demonstrate their knowledge of skills in the classroom. One feature I really like is the ability to assign a quiz as homework. This lets Quizizz differentiate itself from other online quiz builders such as Kahoot.
Stopping change by being asleep
You can only live your life asleep or awake. There isn’t any in-between. You are mentally here, or you are mentally elsewhere. This is the reason changes oftentimes doesn’t happen. Source: Going Through Life Asleep – Drew Tolbert I love the thought experiment he proposes.
Save Gmail searches with Quick Links
I’ve talked about Gmail labs previously and today I want to share another Labs addition to Gmail I use all the time, Quick Links. After enabling Quick Links, a new box shows up on the left under your Gmail labels. To save a search, you need to complete the Gmail search first using the normal Gmail…
10 Student-Centered Ways To Use Blab In The Classroom with @shfarnsworth
Blab is a live-broadcasting app that streams video to a “Public” or “Unlisted” stream (host’s choice). With 4 “Open-Seats” available in each Blab, topic-driven conversations are shared with a live audience. Interaction also occurs via text through live audience participation. While anyone can call-in (or ask) for an “Open-Seat”, only the host can approve who…
A TED talk that discusses multitasking your way to creativity
“To do two things at once is to do neither.” It’s a great smackdown of multitasking, isn’t it, often attributed to the Roman writer Publilius Syrus, although you know how these things are, he probably never said it. What I’m interested in, though, is — is it true? I mean, it’s obviously true for emailing at the dinner table or texting…
Save tabs in Google Chrome with these two extensions
There are a couple of reasons why you may want to save tabs in Google Chrome. One would be if you wanted to share a list of websites with students. These two extensions will give you a list of open tabs which includes the page title and web address. Another reason would be to save…