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Trollfactory is another resource to help teach about misinformation online

Byryan October 15, 2019October 15, 2019

I’m pretty apprehensive on sharing this site. It was designed to teach people on how social media can be used to enrage others, but the language and themes are very inappropriate for 10 graders and below. Juniors and Seniors may see value in the site, but I would get parental permission first.

That being said, teachers could use the site to gather materials and information on how social media is used to influence others.

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My new favorite iPhone email client, Spark by Readdle

Byryan January 24, 2016

I’ve been using Spark by Readdle as my default email client on my iPhone for a few weeks now, and it’s currently my favorite (previously it was Outlook :-). Spark has two features that I really like: smart notifications and quick replies. Smart notifications are used by Spark to only notify you of important emails. It does…

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Create an Excel spreadsheet from a picture with your smartphone

Byryan June 4, 2019June 4, 2019

This looks really cool, I’m hoping that Google adds something like this to Google Sheets!

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Mash up emojis with Emoji kitchen

Byryan July 6, 2021June 29, 2021

— Read on emoji.kitchen Mash up two emojis to create your own emoji with emoji.kitchen. There is a random button to randomly pick two emojis, or you can click on each emoji to select one. Once your mashup is complete, you can download the graphic or share it directly from the website.

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Quickly create pie charts, histograms, and line graphs online

Byryan April 5, 2023March 29, 2023

Use Pie Chart Maker to create a Pie Chart for free with easy to use tools and download the Pie Chart as jpg or png or svg file. The same company also has Histogram Maker and Line Graph Maker. The three tools work very much the same so I’m going to just demonstrate Pie Chart…

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Do you miss the Oregon Trail videogame? Then play it in Minecraft!

Byryan September 22, 2017September 27, 2017

The Oregon Trail is perhaps the most beloved educational game ever made — and soon it’ll be getting a new life in schools thanks to Minecraft. A blocky rendition of The Oregon Trail is now available for Minecraft: Education Edition, a version of the game tailored specifically for classrooms. The new Oregon Trail was created by educational publishing company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and…

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Try to locate yourself in the world with GeoGuessr

Byryan June 1, 2019June 1, 2019

GeoGuessr is an online geography game that places you somewhere in the world and you then have to figure out where you are. Here’s where it put me on my first try:

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