Try managing a city in Micropolis Online
Source: Micropolis Online Have you ever thought about what it takes to run a city? What if you wanted your students to try their hand at running a city? The game SimCity came out all the way back in 1989, and now you can play a facsimile with Micropolis. You can sign in with a…
Create links to Google Drive Documents quickly and easily with Sir Links-a-Lot
Source: Sir Links-a-Lot – Chrome Web Store Here’s a neat extension with an even better name. After adding Sir Links-a-Lot to Google Chrome, you can easily create links for Google Docs/Sheets/Slides documents for others to preview or copy. I’ve written before on how to modify the address of a Google Docs/Sheets/Slides document, Sir Links-a-Lot is…
Screencast to animated gif with Gifcap
Source: gifcap Last week I mentioned Screen Recorder, which allows you to create a screencast with nothing more than a browser. This week I bring you gifcap, which can create animated gifs with a browser. To start, click Start Recording. Your screen will be recorded until you stop the recording. Once finished, you can trim the…
A Meme, free screenrecorder, and converting Screencastify videos – Top 3 of the Week
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Notification overload
The problem with alerts is that they don’t scale. They create noise. Every time you poke everyone with a bulletin, you’ve taken attention away with no hope of giving it back. Source: Bulletins vs bulletin boards | Seth’s Blog One of the best things you can ever do for yourself is to take control of…
Quick and Dirty Screen Recorder – free and no install required!
Source: Screen Recorder | Free, Private, No Ads Screen Recorder creates a screencast, with or without a microphone. That’s it. No editing, no webcam, no nothing. When the recording is complete, you can download a movie file in .webm format. Sure, if you have access to Screencastify (free during the current crisis) Loom (free for…
Stay on top of your Gmail with Checker Plus for Gmail extension
Checker Plus for Gmail™ – is my new favorite Chrome extension! At first, the power of Checker Plus for Gmail™ – is understated. Sure, there is a new icon of an envelope in the toolbar, and when you receive an email, the icon changes to show the number of unread messages. That’s all fine and…