What’s the harm? Your browsing habits can give up all sorts of information about you that you may have wanted to keep private, such as who you interact with, what are you interests, when and where you travel, and what you buy. Online companies can build a profile of you that is more accurate than…
When using Google Meet, sometimes you’ll want to bring in another device, for example your desktop computer that is hooked to the projector. By using the Present button to join the meet, you can bring what’s on your projector into the Google Meet. This helps when you’re stuck in the hybrid teaching mode with students…
Freedom to move about the room and teach! I’m not a big fan of being stuck at the front of the room with the computer or interactive whiteboard. I demonstrate how I use a mobile device, in this case a tablet, to control the computer plugged in to the projector. With Chrome Remote Desktop you…
Source: Controls for Youtube – Chrome Web Store Along with millions of others, I like to watch YouTube videos to learn and to be inspired. Sometimes I miss things in the video when I’m in the process of taking notes and I would like to quickly rewind. Unfortunately, YouTube doesn’t give us a 15 second…
These are my top 5 FREE tools for teachers. Not just freemium where you get a few features for free, I’m talking about services in which you get ALL access for free. The list also doesn’t include any Google tools. Canva Adobe Spark Loom for Education Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Davinci Resolve
Google Jamboard is not quite the replacement for Explain Everything or SMARTNotebook, but it is a contender. Jamboard allows better collaboration between you and your students, and is especially beneficial for schools with touchscreen Chromebooks. I mention how to create graphic organizers in Google Slides, here’s my video on how to do it.
Ads are a necessary evil online, but sometimes they can be overbearing and affect the usability of a site. In this video I cover installing and using the uBlock Origin extension to block ads when browsing and in YouTube.
Google Sites is a great way to publish a website, but, Google doesn’t make it easy to distribute a template of a Google Site to your students or other staff members. I have figured out one way to easily copy a Google site. This allows you to make a template of the site and then…
Sure, Google does a pretty good job of finding what you want, but sometimes it needs a little help. Here are my 5 favorite tips for using Google search effectively.
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…