Phoshor icons, a comic, and a meme – Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2021/05/icons-and-graphics-for-your-multimedia-needs-from-phosphor-icons/
https://eduk8.me/2021/05/moving-outside-comic/
https://eduk8.me/2021/05/start-of-summer-eduk8meme/
On May 2nd, Microsoft held an education focused event to announce several initiatives. During the presentation they discussed several new and upcoming products aimed at the educational sector. Windows 10 S Windows 10 S is a limited version of Windows that may be of interested to school districts looking at Windows devices. Limited may be…
Free icons to use for badges from OpenClipart OpenClipart has some great choices to help you create badges or other graphics for your classroom. Giving privacy for better behavior When always watching, there may be some consequences when you’re not watching. Keep your accounts safe with two factor authentication What is two-factor authentication and why…
Stephen Colbert warned us when he coined the term “truthiness” for those things that feel satisfyingly true, but have no actual basis in fact. And now we are swimming in it. From a Washington Post piece about brexit: All of this has come about thanks to a world that is increasingly suspicious of experts. Please,…
Yet, there are often times when I’ll speak to a group about Genius Hour, write a post, or have a conversation online with teachers or school leaders that have serious misconceptions about Genius Hour. This is by no means an indictment, as we all (me included) have misconceptions about different types of learning, projects, and…
The other day I came across a web app that allowed users to print GIF animations as flipbooks. The site – gifprint.com – isn’t working anymore but the idea is nonetheless interesting. The app extracts all the image frames of the animated GIF, arranges the individual frames in sequence, like a contact sheet, and then…
Test your phishing email detection skills with Google. Source: Phishing Quiz Phishing is a hacking technique where the attacker fakes their identity to the victim, hoping the victim will not notice that they are not talking to who they think they are. At my school we’ve had several emails from attackers saying they are a principal,…