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…

Flip Your Flop: A Public Speaking Crash Course

Join us for the next #UWCLearn workshop: Flip Your Flop. Thanks to Gemma for kicking off the concept here: (Learn more about Gemma’s inspiration by watching this TED talk) Level Up Your Public Speaking Game No one loves addressing a crowd.  Running workshops, addressing a large cohort of parents, peers, or students isn’t easy.  Flip…

Making your command terms accessible

How can I make my command terms a little more engaging and accessible? I’ve long loved Haiku Deck as an application to create stunning visual slideshows quickly.  Recently this application went from freeware to pay, so some people may want another alternative. An easy way to make ‘Haiku Deck-like’ slides is with two Google Slides…