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Yesterday I showed the special links you can use to create Google documents. But what if you want to create new documents in a particular folder? I create a new folder for every school year. For example, this year I have a folder named 16-17. Anything I re-use from last year I make a copy of…
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Over the weekend I stumbled up Twitter’s Emoji artwork, which is Creative Commons licensed, and thought how the emoji could be used to create some cool badges. I had also been looking for a project to try out Teachers Pay Teachers, and the Emoji Badges project was born. I’ve been playing around with gamefication in…
New freebie – Chromebook Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
After releasing my Google Voice Typing Cheat Sheet last week, I decided to put together a Chromebook Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet for the keyboard shortcuts on a Chromebook. How do you get it? By joining the Eduk8me mailing list. Why should I give you my email?
I blame computers for ruining my handwriting
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Create suspense in your writing with this trick from the creators of South Park
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