Category Archives: Tricks

Infographic Technique: Text that Pops

TweetCurrently I am into creating infographics using Google Drawing.  This is an activity that students can do that is fun, forces them to think critically about how to best represent information, is collaborative, is free and does not require an … Continue reading

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Images Make Things Better

Tweet A picture is worth 1000 words right?  Inserting images into our webpages and documents helps the information be more interesting and important. On the web everything has an “address.”  Each element that loads on a webpage is saved on … Continue reading

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Format Painter

Tweet Click here for the document with my format painter tips.

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Teaching on a Mac with Mountain Lion

Tweet I am using a Macbook Pro most of the time.  I actually like the notification features on Mountain Lion.  Shows me when people mention me on Twitter or Facebook or when I have tasks due from my producteev todo … Continue reading

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Table Properties in a Google Doc

Tweet Copying and pasting from one location to another does not always work out.  The screenshot above is a copy and paste from a table in Moodle into a Google Doc. To fix this you will want to right click … Continue reading

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Hall Davidson Demo Slam Custom Wikipedia Book

TweetThis morning at the eLearning Strategies Symposium Hall Davidson was presenting on ways to use video.  Before the session he really quickly did a demo slam of how to make your own custom Wikipedia book. So I’m not 100% sure … Continue reading

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PhotoBucket – Quickly Add Pictures to Your Student Resources

Tweet When using Web 2.0 tools such as a wiki, survey monkey or other places where I want to create resources for my students to use in class I frequently want to add images.  Some places only allow me to … Continue reading

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A little HTML for teachers

Tweet I have found that knowing a little bit of HTML is wildly useful.  One might be surprised at all of the Web 2.0 applications that allow you to insert HTML tags.  I always recommend to fellow teachers to learn … Continue reading

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Document Camera Use

TweetRecently I have gotten an iPevo document camera. What I really like about it is that it is a nice little document camera that is inexpensive ($69) and highly portable, fits in my purse. I found that if I plug … Continue reading

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Oh mighty shift key… how I love you!

Tweet For some reason I was inspired this morning by the shift key.   Here are some really handy things you can do with the shift key Hold down the shift key before you click on a link, this will … Continue reading

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