The ballpoint pen

The ballpoint pen

Fountain pens were a stylish statement but messy and impractical. Their replacement was a stroke of design genius perfectly in time for the era of mass production. Source: The cheap pen that changed writing forever – BBC Future A fascinating look at one of the best educational technology tools ever invented, the ballpoint pen. Whenever…

Quick and Dirty Screen Recorder – free and no install required!

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…

The Create Link Chrome extension helps you quickly copy the title and address of a webpage

The Create Link Chrome extension helps you quickly copy the title and address of a webpage

Source: Create Link – Chrome Web Store I thought that I shared the Create Link extension before, but I guess I haven’t! This is one of my favorite extensions, and one that I use frequently. The Create Link extension does one thing, and that is copy the title and address of the webpage to the…

Find music for your school multimedia projects at digCCmixter

Find music for your school multimedia projects at digCCmixter

Source: dig.ccMixter Home Trying to create multimedia without stepping on copyright issues can be difficult, but sites like digCCMixter make it easier.  To get started, head on over to digCCMixter and start looking for music that you want to use. When you find a song you like, click on the orange download button. digCCMixter will…