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Moving away from SMART Notebook
- So you have moved to a school that doesn’t have licensing for SMART Notebook software? What to do with all those resources that you have already created?
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Prevent web browsers remembering passwords
- If your students and teachers are using shared computers, adjust the deployed image so that the web browsers don’t automatically remember the previous users’ credentials.
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Scaling images for your web site
- If you want your photos and images to look good on Retina displays you will need to double your pixels.
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Google’s Reading Level filter
- Use Google’s search to filter results into three reading levels: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced, based on the vocabulary and sentence structure of the site. (Update – 2015: Google appear to have disabled this feature)
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Doctopus – Overview
- Use Doctopus (a Google Apps add-on) to manage shared documents with students using Google Apps.
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Doctopus – Create class folders
- Use Doctopus (a Google Apps add-on) to create shared folders for students in your classes.
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Flubaroo – Grade online assignments
- A Google Apps add-on that is used to grade online assignments that have been created in Google Forms.
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Dropbox
- Tips ‘n’ tricks and how-to resources for using Dropbox in schools.
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Evernote
- Wide range of tips ‘n’ tricks videos for Evernote.
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Teaching with Tablets
- Collection of information and resources for using mobile devices in K-12 schools.
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Edmodo
- Stacks of how-to guides for using Edmodo in your school.
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Moodle
- Quickstart notes & tutorials for teachers who are new to Moodle but who may also have a role in managing a Moodle site and providing leadership in the use of Moodle in their school.
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Move iPhoto Library
- Free up space on your Mac HD by moving your iPhoto Library to an external HD.
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Preview
- Do you use Apple’s Preview application for reading PDF documents? Preview also includes some basic tools for editing both images and PDF documents.
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Edublogs
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Effective Presentations
- When the time comes to share information with colleagues, make sure that your presentation is remembered for all the right reasons.
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Wireless Presentations with Apple TV (coming soon)
- If you are sharing information from an Airplay-enabled Mac or iDevice, you don’t need to be tied to a desk at the front of the room. Anyone in the room (ie – students, etc) can share their screen with the audience, via an Apple TV.
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Screen Capture
- Use the built-in tools in OS X, Chrome OS, Windows and iOS to capture images from the screen when you are creating how-to guides for students and teachers.
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Windows 7 – Automatic Login
- When using your own device (not a shared device), you can go straight to your the desktop when you startup, with no login screen…
– Click on the Start button and enter netplwiz in the search box;
– Untick the box requiring a Username and Password
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