The effects of social media use on teenage life satisfaction are limited and probably “tiny”, a study of 12,000 UK adolescents suggests. Family, friends and school life all had a greater impact on wellbeing, says the University of Oxford research team. It claims its study is more in-depth and robust than previous ones. Source: Social…
Creative Commons is a licence for creative works that allows the creator to offer different terms than what is possible under copyright. Most Creative Commons works are licensed Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) or Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA). Attribution means you have to give the creator credit, noncommercial means the work can’t be used in a commercial setting,…
1MB is the simplest way that I’ve seen to create a website online. Like the name of the site, you’re limited to 1 megabyte of data, but that can be quite a lot. The free account is limited in other ways, such as uploading images, but the site would still be very useful to help…
What’s changing We’re introducing three new features that will help you clean up and work with your data in Sheets. These features are:* Remove duplicates* Trim whitespace* Compatible spreadsheet shortcuts Source: G Suite Updates Blog: Three new features to format and work with data in Sheets These are some great features that will be a…
In honor of Minecraft’s 10th anniversary, Microsoft has created a website called Minecraft Classic. This is the original version of Minecraft released in 2009. It only works in creative mode, but you can invite up to 9 others to build with it. Unfortunately, it looks like there is no way to save your creations. Minecraft…
Students’ opportunities to learn about and use technology and engineering happen both inside and outside the classroom. Therefore, the 2018 TEL assessment included a student survey questionnaire asking about these experiences across and within the three content areas—Technology and Society, Design and Systems, and Information and Communication Technology. Source: NAEP Technology & Engineering Literacy: Student…
Son won’t turn off his video game? Daughter obsessed with “likes” on Instagram? It may not be entirely their fault. Like the high-octane sugar in a pint of Ben & Jerry’s and that irresistible chemical spice in Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, the ingredients in social media, video games, apps, and other digital products are carefully engineered…
Coda is an online document and app creator that is free. Apps created with Coda look like a regular document, but with interactive features. To get an idea on what is possible, check out the templates page. A Google account is required to sign in and use Coda. Coda documents can be shared with others…