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Saving a website #tlah
Sometimes when you are researching for a project, you’ll come across web resources that you would like to save. Now, you can bookmark it, or use a bookmarking service, but there is still a chance that when you go back to the site it may be gone (and archive.org) may not have a copy. To…
Join.me is a dead simple way to host an online meeting
Last night I was troubleshooting with a friend over the phone, when I wanted to share my screen with him. I went through the usual suspects: Google Hangouts, Chrome Remote Desktop, Teamviewer, etc. when I remembered Join.me. A quick 15MB download later and I was broadcasting my screen. Although I had to download an app…
Sli.do brings audience participation to your presentations
I’ve used Polleverywhere a couple of times for presentations, and sli.do looks a little like Polleverywhere, but with a couple of nice additions. Sli.do bases the presentations on events, and each event under the free plan can have 3 polls, and up to 1,000 participants. But, moving past the polls, participants can ask questions and…
ⓔ Create PDF ebooks directly from Wikipedia
Wikipedia has a built in feature to create ebooks directly from the website. This is a great way to curate information for your class and distribute in a format that can be read offline or on various handheld devices. To get started, head to Wikipedia and look on the left side of the screen under…
Preview Google Docs/Slides/Sheets documents with this URL trick
Google offers all sorts of neat little tricks with the URL of a Google Drive document, and the /preview trick is one of the best. I’m going to demonstrate the /preview trick with Google Slides, since that’s when it’s most noticeable. For my classes, I have prepared lessons in Google Slides. This is a pretty…
Protopage as your start page
After my post about using bookmarks and the bookmarks toolbar, Alving Trusty reminded me about protopage.com. Protopage lets you easily create a web page with links, RSS feeds, and other widgets for quick access. You can have your personal page of links that only you can see, but you can also set up other…