Movenote is a website, Chrome web app, Android, and iOS app that allows you to create narrated presentations. The app supports Google authentication, so students don’t have to create accounts, and there is also an education version that removes the ads. It’s the easiest app I’ve found for allowing students (or teachers!) to record narrated slide…
Although Google Slides has a bunch of good looking templates, after awhile the presentations all start looking a lot alike. I put together a short video on how to modify an existing template and make it your own, so your presentations have your own blend of flair attached to it. After you create your own…
In the olden days, approximately a year or two ago, you could list your main Google Drive folder by last modified, and your most current files would show up at the top. For some reason, Google modified this so it always shows your folders first before your documents. What a pain. But, Google does offer…
Cub Linux (formerly Chromixium) is an Ubuntu Linux distribution focused on the open source browser Chromium to provide an operating environment much like Chromebooks. What that means is that after making a bootable USB drive, you can wipe out a laptop and make it act like a Chromebook. Notice that I say it “acts” like a…
Mattel Is Making a $300 3D Printing Toy Studio For Kids The ThingMaker 3D is an aggressively priced ($300) 3D printer that pairs with an app to allow kids to create a wide range of toys than span both jewelry and figurines. The companion app that operates the printer is actually a very sophisticated 3D…
Picasa is Google’s desktop app to manage photos, and on March 15th, will be discontinuing the application and support. It’s kinda of sad, because it was a good desktop competitor for users not on OS X and didn’t have access to the Photos app. Users of Picasa will find their photos already stored in Google…
There is apparently a bug on 64-bit iPhones (5s and newer) where setting the date to January 1, 1970 will put it into a boot loop where it won’t boot. In fact, iTunes will not be able to see it to do any type of restore, essentially bricking the device. (Bricking is a term used…
This isn’t a big deal with Google Apps for Education accounts, since they have unlimited space, but for your personal Google accounts, Google is offering 2GB additional storage for completing a security check up on your Google account. Head on over to Google’s Security Checkup for yours.
When taking pictures with your smartphone, two tips come to mind: Don’t bother cropping before taking the picture Almost all smartphones use a digital zoom for zooming instead of an optical zoom. An optical zoom uses lenses to adjust the image being caught by the sensor, but since smartphones do not have the space for…
Share to Classroom is a Google Chrome extension that allows the teacher to share webpages instantly to a classroom. It also lets you you share resources to Google Classroom. I was playing around with Pushbullet.com for this purpose, but Share to Classroom saves the student from having to create yet another account. Plus, the…