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Open source text to speech extension for Google Chrome – Speak

Byryan February 17, 2017February 22, 2017

Speak is an extension for Chrome that performs text to speech.

You may already know about Speak-It, but it has two issues that may not work for you in your district. One is the fact that is free for non-commercial use only. Does a school district satisfy that requirement? I don’t know. The second is that all of the requests are sent to their server for processing. This adds to your bandwidth usage in your district and could have privacy implications.

Speak is an open source extension for Chrome that is definitely free to use and uses local text to speech. Once the extension is installed, clicking on a paragraph in a webpage will start it talking. You can adjust the behavior of the extension through the toolbar icon.

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Improving Close Reading Skills with Microsoft OneNote – Simplek12

Byryan June 22, 2016June 20, 2016

To get a deeper understanding of text, students use close reading strategies to interact with the text using multiple methods. In an analog format, students use highlighters, sticky notes, columns, and writing to question and emphasize important points and questions. In a digital format, OneNote can be an easy digital alternative for teachers to use…

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WeBoard is a free, collaborative, interactive whiteboard app

Byryan November 5, 2019November 5, 2019

Source: WeBoard Here’s another option for a collaborative whiteboard. The free plan offers 10 saved boards and enough features to be useful. The paid plain is 5 Euros a month, and adds other features such as screen recording and 1,000 saved boards. Sign up is quick an easy, you can use either a Google log…

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Find and insert free pictures with the Pixabay Free Images Google Docs add-on

Byryan April 20, 2017April 26, 2017

Use this add-on to choose from thousands of free images and insert them in your Google Docs document. Source: Pixabay Free Images – Google Docs add-on Pictures that show up in the results with this add-on are Creative Commons 0 licensing, which means you can use them for any purpose, including commercial. The first time…

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Comic, rating schools, and resizing images in bulk – Top 3 of the Week

Byryan November 11, 2018November 11, 2018

https://eduk8.me/2018/11/comic-work-is-work/ https://eduk8.me/2018/11/rating-schools/ https://eduk8.me/2018/11/resize-multiple-images-with-birme-bulk-image-resizing-made-easy/

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AI Dungeon, greetings, and a comic – Top 3 of the Week

Byryan December 29, 2019December 29, 2019

https://eduk8.me/2019/12/ai-dungeon-2-is-here/ https://eduk8.me/2019/12/christmas-eve-greetings/ https://eduk8.me/2019/12/comic-all-i-want-for-christmas/

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7 Ways Teachers Are Connecting and Collaborating Online

Byryan August 17, 2016August 15, 2016

To get that valuable time and space to collaborate with fellow educators—in their city, state, country or across the world—some teachers are taking to online networks and DIY-ing their own face-to-face meet-ups. Through grassroots “unconferences” like Edcamps, online forums like #edchat and informal Facebook groups, teachers are taking professional learning into their own hands. Source: 7 Ways…

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