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Librarian Approved: 30 Ed-Tech Apps to Inspire Creativity and Creation | MindShift | KQED News

Byryan June 28, 2016June 27, 2016

Tool discovery is often a challenge for teachers interested in finding ways to use technology that will change the way they and their students work. With so much going on in the classroom, many teachers don’t have the time to test out various apps and find the perfect tool to meet their needs. Luckily, several tech-savvy librarians have been curating the apps their colleagues find useful and sharing the all-stars with one another through personal learning communities (PLC) and edWeb webinars.

Source: Librarian Approved: 30 Ed-Tech Apps to Inspire Creativity and Creation | MindShift | KQED News

A pretty nice list of free and paid apps for use in school. I am especially interested in Terraria and Bloxels.

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Accessing Windows and macOS file sharing with Chromebooks

Byryan December 13, 2016December 14, 2016

Google’s new app, available in the Chrome Web Store, lets you easily access files on a network server from within Chrome OS. Source: Chromebooks can now seamlessly access Windows network file shares | PCWorld Although the article focusses on Windows file sharing, macOS computer can use the same networking protocol, SMB. This means that the…

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Grammar checking with Linguix

Byryan November 4, 2021November 4, 2021

Source: Linguix Free Writing Assistant Linguix is a grammar checker and more that is available as a Chrome extension and a website. As a Chrome extension, it is available for writing on various websites. I’m currently using it in the WordPress editor as I write this post. The extension and website do require an account…

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Share large files with a class using Instant.io

Byryan July 26, 2018July 26, 2018

Share large files with a class using Instant.io. Source: Instant.io – Streaming file transfer over WebTorrent Instant.io is a free website designed to make it easy to share large files. If you are a Google or Microsoft school, you could use Google Drive or OneDrive to share large files, but Instant.io is a different use case. Using Bittorrent technology, Instant.io uses…

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Chromebook security, ChatGPT in the classroom, and laptops as barriers to learning – Of bits and bytes for May 1, 2023

Byryan May 1, 2023May 1, 2023

Internet Travels Of bits and bytes is my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week Apps Everyone in the tech industry is constantly updating to keep things secure, and Google is no different. An upcoming ChromeOS (the operating system running…

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Quickly enable or disable Chrome extensions with Extensity

Byryan September 17, 2019September 16, 2019

Source: Extensity – Chrome Web Store There are times when you want to quickly disable or enable an extension, without going through the process of opening the extensions tab. Extensity adds an icon to your toolbar to quickly enable or disable an extension. After clicking on the icon, all of your extensions are shown. Disabled…

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Do you miss the Oregon Trail videogame? Then play it in Minecraft!

Byryan September 22, 2017September 27, 2017

The Oregon Trail is perhaps the most beloved educational game ever made — and soon it’ll be getting a new life in schools thanks to Minecraft. A blocky rendition of The Oregon Trail is now available for Minecraft: Education Edition, a version of the game tailored specifically for classrooms. The new Oregon Trail was created by educational publishing company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and…

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