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…
As I get ready for the Ohio Educational Technology Conference this week I though it would be a good idea to revisit my conference checklist.
1. Charge devices and battery packs
My devices I’m currently taking are a 2010 MacBook Pro, iPad Mini 3, and i…
As I get ready for the Ohio Educational Technology Conference this week I though it would be a good idea to revisit my conference checklist.
1. Charge devices and battery packs
My devices I’m currently taking are a 2010 MacBook Pro, iPad Mini 3, and i…
When Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the NSA spying, the term metadata came up. Metadata is the bits of information attached to a piece of intelligence. For example, a phone call has metadata data attached to it such as the date and time of the call, who was making the call, who received the call,…
Yesterday I mentioned using Protopage.com as a way to share links with your class or to replace bookmarks. I don’t know what I was searching, but I came across Start.me. It works pretty much like Protopage, with a couple of differences. It has a more visual flair, with the ability to change the icons of the…