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Towards a more meaningful discussion of ‘screen time’
“Ten minutes of talking to a grandparent over Skype will not have the same effect as watching ten minutes of YouTube videos or spending 10 minutes catching up on celebrity gossip. This is further complicated by the fact that the effects of any one use of technology will depend on the user, their history, motivations,…
Be a Better Ally: Join the April Book Group
Check out both book groups and register for your selection here.
Goodness me Goodreads is an Educator’s BFF
I love Goodreads. So let me blog about the ways: I’ve been cataloging my reading now with Goodreads for years–and it is so useful to be able to find a book you need to reference again/rediscover an author. Goodreads is a reminder that reading can (and always has been) an act of service learning. Emma…
Wakeup to the Power of Wakelet
How might you be able to better curate resources with students or peers? Meet Wakelet Why might EE students want to check out Wakelet? See a sample embedded use of Wakelet below: Featured Image via Unsplash: Photo by Cesar Carlevarino Aragon on Unsplash
iMovie NOOB to NINJA
How can you get more out of iMovie? The guidance below hopes to help you develop your confidence with iMovie. I recommend using the following checklist: Do I have plenty of footage including enough to provide me with b-roll? Do I have different types of shots? Do I attempt to make at least two different…
Working your Workshop: Three Tools to Tinker with
Want to zig where you may have zagged? Here are a few tools to try out with your class, parent-coffee, or workshop this year: ONE: Direct Poll Set up your poll here Or compare with similar program Poll Junkie here TWO: Classroom Screen A quick and easy way to project a QR code, Countdown Clock,…
Reorganising your Screenshots
Are screenshots dominating your desktop? Here’s a quick and easy way to sort them all out, and to trick your computer into putting them in one folder every single time (yes, I know). Here is what you need to copy/paste to terminal: defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop/screenshots killall SystemUIServer mv ~/Desktop/Screen\ Shot* ~/Desktop/screenshots Ready to…