Google Calendar changes for showing short meetings
Source: G Suite Updates Blog: Better visualize shorter meetings in Google Calendar Nice usability feature for Google Calendar. Any meeting scheduled for less than 25 minutes will show the length in the calendar event.
Have fun managing your own biosphere with this free web based model
Source: Orb.Farm This is pretty cool. Orb.Farm lets you run your own biosphere, adding materials as you like to see their affect on your own little world. There is a lot here to use, especially if you are teaching science and biomes. The built in help describes everything that can go in to your biosphere…
Minecraft is coming to Chromebooks
Microsoft announced the Minecraft: Education Edition Chromebook Beta is now open for people to try! There are a few caveats with the beta: Minecraft is the Android version, so your Chromebook must support the Google Play store. You can’t use a managed account (I would assume this means a managed Chromebook too). You’ll need a…
Edit PDFs, annotate videos, and a comic – Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2020/07/edit-pdfs-or-convert-pdfs-to-word-with-sejda/ https://eduk8.me/2020/07/create-highlights-and-annotate-videos-with-tagx/ https://eduk8.me/2020/07/comic-hamilton-review/
Teaching a subject vs a skill
Some kids spend a decade in the school sports system and learn leadership and management and creativity and analysis. And some learn nothing but how to follow the coach’s instructions and sit on the bench. This has nothing to do with sports (or geography or biology) and everything to do with what we decide we’re…
Collaborate on documents with Storillo
Source: Storillo | Putting the “group” back in group work! Storillo is a writing tool for group work. Think of it as Google Docs version history on steroids. You can track each student’s contribution to the document in an easy to use format. The teacher can look at the finished document and see exactly which…
Create highlights and annotate videos with TAGX
Source: TAGX TAGX is a free online tool that allows you to highlight and annotate videos from sources such as YouTube, Vimeo, or other videos available online. Once you’ve entered the link to a video, you can play through the video, adding your own commentary, highlights or tags. This is a great way to offer…