A comic, free web video editor, and increasing web accessibility – Top 3 of the Week
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Stop reading from Slides with Presenter View #YouTube
Your students may not be comfortable with presenting in front of the class, causing them to simply dump everything on to each slide and read from the slides. By using Slide notes and the Present with notes view, students no longer need to feel like they need to put everything they want to say on…
Removing things can also be an improvement
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. Life seems to get more complex every day, and for some things, we only have ourselves to blame. Although the mantras of Less is more and brevity is wit are well known, putting that thinking into action is…
Bookshlf curates book lists using people
Source: Bookshlf Can’t find a book for a student? Check out Bookshlf. It is a service where the curation of books happen by people, not algorithms. Think of it as Pinterest, but for books, not pictures. And like Pinterest, you need an account to see more than a few posts in a category. For Bookshlf,…
Totally free web based video editor!
Source: Create amazing videos with our online video editor – Mastershot Before you get too excited, this video editor appears to be a work in progress. I had issues trimming video and there is no way to snap video clips on the time. As is, this can work in a pinch but it’s not a…
Increase web accessibility with the Someity Chrome extension
The Someity is a great extension for adding accessibility features to any website you visit. You can: Add voice control Change the font Change the font color Change font size Minimize images in a page Highlight words Use a magnifier on images Emphasize links for color blindness Change the cursor Print the page Screenshot the…
Free NASA eBooks, sports whiteboard, and a meme – Top 3 of the Week
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