Information is Beautiful is a source of great data visualizations

Information is Beautiful is a source of great data visualizations

Source: Information is Beautiful Information is Beautiful is a collection of infographics that include all sorts of data about our lives and world. The reality of a student using Information is Beautiful as a source is pretty slim since there are limit infographics available, but, this site could be a source of story starters or…

Query Wolfram Alpha from the Chrome toolbar with this extension

Query Wolfram Alpha from the Chrome toolbar with this extension

Source: Wolfram|Alpha (Official) – Chrome Web Store Wolfram | Alpha‘s tagline is computational intelligence. When you perform a query or calculation on Wolfram | Alpha, it works a little like Google. Wolfram | Alpha will find the solution to your problem. With the  Wolfram|Alpha extension, you can perform these searches by clicking on the extension…

Full page screenshot in Chrome without an extension

Full page screenshot in Chrome without an extension

Google Chrome has a hidden feature tucked away inside Developer Tools that lets you take full-sized screenshots of any web page. This feature captures the entirety of a page, similar to a scrolling screenshot, without the use of a third-party extension. Source: How to Take Full Page Screenshots in Google Chrome Without Using an Extension…

The Library of Congress has an online collection of Public Domain Children Books available

The Library of Congress has an online collection of Public Domain Children Books available

This special collection presents children’s books selected from the General and Rare Book Collections at the Library of Congress. The collection includes classic works that are still read by children today, and lesser-known treasures drawn from the Library’s extensive collection of historically significant children’s books. The books in this collection were published in the United…

Google has updated the look of adding links to a Google Doc

Google has updated the look of adding links to a Google Doc

Google continuously iterates versions of Google Docs, but as it does, there are sometimes parts of Google Docs that aren’t update. The appearance of adding links in Google Docs hasn’t been updated with the rest of the app, but this is now changed. Although it is strictly a cosmetic change, it does help students use…

Edit podcasts as easily as editing a Google Doc with Soundtrap

Edit podcasts as easily as editing a Google Doc with Soundtrap

Soundtrap, a music-editing software company owned by Spotify, is launching a new product today that’s specifically designed to make podcast editing easier. The new product, called Soundtrap for Storytellers, is a full, web-based podcast production tool that allows users to record, edit, and master their audio. Its most impressive feature is how simple it’s supposed to…