This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. On February 18, 2020, NASA landed the rover Perseverance on Mars. Half of all Mars missions end in failure, who knew it was so hard to land on a planet millions of…
I love Chrome extensions, but sometimes they can become overwhelming or they may cause issues. Here’s a video on how I manage my Chrome extensions with Extensity!
Apple has partnered with Common Sense Media to curate collections of podcasts for kids in the US. The shows are picked by Common Sense Media, an organization whose editors have a long history of helping parents and educators find age-appropriate media for children. Source: Apple Launches Kid-Friendly Podcast Collections – MacStories The collections are only visible in iTunes, and…
Today, Chrome OS devices do everything from helping people get things done to entertaining them while they unwind. But we want to do more to provide a powerfully simple computing experience to the millions of people who use Chromebooks. We’re celebrating 10 years of Chromebooks with plenty of new features to bring our vision to…
RSS is an acronym for Real Simple Syndications – It can be used to follow your favorite sites. Once you follow a site, only new articles are pushed to you. And, once you read them, they are marked as read so you don’t re-see the same articles over and over. You also have more control…
Increased screen time has multiple risks for children’s psychosocial well-being. These risk factors seem to be significant in the long term, and are related to problems in children’s socio-emotional development later on. Health professionals and pediatricians have an important role as communicators of the current research results on the safe usage time of e-media for…
XDA Developers has announced that Google’s Live Caption feature is rolling out for Chrome desktop users. This is a really cool feature, once it is turned on, it will put up closed captioning for any audio that is playing in Chrome. To turn it on, navigate to a page with audio, such as a YouTube…
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