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{Making} New kit from 3Doodler allows students to make their own Hexbug

Byryan March 6, 2018March 7, 2018

3Doodler has also partnered with robotic insect toy company Hexbugs to launch a “Make Your Own Hexbug” set, which lets kids draw insect body parts and legs on a custom DoodleMold. The little motor inside the completed Hexbug lets the robotic insects hop and scurry across, which kids can put inside mazes or race against their friends.

Source: 3Doodler’s new kit lets kids draw bodies for robotic insects – The Verge

What a cool and inexpensive way to get students 3d printing.

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Draw lab diagrams and experiment apparatuses easily with Chemix

Byryan October 11, 2019October 11, 2019

Source: Chemix – Draw Lab Diagrams. Simply. If you are a science teacher or in a lab setting, Chemix allows you to create illustrations of lab equipment. These illustrations can be used in documents for students, or students could use the site to enhance their own notes.

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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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When you need to resize an image try the Social Image Resizer Tool

Byryan November 1, 2018November 1, 2018

When you need to resize and image use the Social Image Resizer Tool. Source: Social Image Resizer Tool So, you took a picture with your smartphone and would like to use it as your Twitter avatar, or post it to the web. The problem is that Twitter will yell at you for uploading such a…

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Use Dave’s Mapper to create fictional town & country maps

Byryan June 5, 2019June 5, 2019

Dave’s Mapper is a fun little site for generating fictional maps. The main purpose of the site is to generate maps for role playing games, but it could also be used by students in the classroom. Design projects such as creating a town or community could benefit from this tool, allowing the students to easily…

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Blur and redact an image with Redacted

Byryan July 18, 2019July 10, 2019

Source: Redacted Sometimes you just want to quickly do one thing to an image, and launch a full blown image editor seems to be a waste. Here’s one of those tools that you can quickly use to blur out parts of an image. I’ve covered another tool in the past, Image Blur. Redacted does one…

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BigHugeLabs has a ton of picture tools to create memes, signs, billboards, and more!

Byryan May 22, 2018May 22, 2018

BigHugeLabs has a ton of picture tools to create memes, signs, billboards, and more! BigHugeLabs has a ton of tools that students can use to spice up their multimedia. The tools can be used without an account. There are no surprises when using the tools. Upload a picture you want to use, and enter the information requested.

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