I am not necessarily a fan of free tech tools. Too often they are limited in ability, poorly supported, or trials to entice you to buy a pricier item. I take my job seriously and if I need good tools, I want them to work properly. If I have to pay for them, then it is because I value them and their developers.
That said, I checked out the website for the proposed speaker for SIDLIT 2016. Richard Byrne's Free Technology for Teachers is a blog that hits the trifecta of being well-written, well-designed and up-to-date. The content targets a WIDE range of subjects and ages as well. As who is to say that an item targeted at high schools won't work for an incoming college freshman?
I also appreciate his style - a trendy, breezy one, but one that works well for online readers, using lots of short lists and chunked paragraphs. For a busy professional who wants to scan headings before digging deeper - good reading.
Put it on a feed of your choice (RSS, Pinterest, Google+ etc) or do the old-fashioned thing and bookmark the site. Regardless, this is a site that instructors from all disciplines can dip into to find that tool to make your life and those of your students a bit smoother.
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Showing posts with label tools. Show all posts
Monday, March 28, 2016
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Take the Windows Clipboard to an all new level!
The copy and paste feature in Windows is a great tool. Especially when you are creating your SALSA Syllabus template in Canvas. It sure beats typing in all that information. However, as many of you at Butler Community College have come to realize, it's still labor intensive to navigate back and forth between your digital syllabus to copy text and then go back to your SALSA template to paste it.
Well, with ClipX, you can copy and retain 1,024 items instead of just one! Yes, you can actually copy the different sections of your syllabus and then when you have copied it all, you can navigate to your SALSA template and select each piece of information to paste in. There are other free downloads that can do the same, but I found this one was very easy to use, and I like easy!!
Take a look at the example below. I have copied several items and when I use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+V, the clipboard window appears with all my items I've pasted, with the most recent on top. Then, I just click on the item I want pasted in and that's it!
Check out a review from Softonic and access the free download. I've tested it and think it's the bombdiggety! However, if you use another multiple copy/paste tool, let us know about it!
Well, with ClipX, you can copy and retain 1,024 items instead of just one! Yes, you can actually copy the different sections of your syllabus and then when you have copied it all, you can navigate to your SALSA template and select each piece of information to paste in. There are other free downloads that can do the same, but I found this one was very easy to use, and I like easy!!
Take a look at the example below. I have copied several items and when I use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+V, the clipboard window appears with all my items I've pasted, with the most recent on top. Then, I just click on the item I want pasted in and that's it!
Check out a review from Softonic and access the free download. I've tested it and think it's the bombdiggety! However, if you use another multiple copy/paste tool, let us know about it!
Monday, June 15, 2015
Glogster alternative
Glogster is free no More :(
Need an alternative?
If you used Glogster and would like a free alternative, you might try award-winning Biteslide
Biteslide looks a lot like Glogster. You can create what the site calls Slidebooks with images, video and text. Like the original education edition of Glogster, teachers can choose a free plan that allows them to have 30 student accounts and 3 projects. The site promises that this option is free forever. And, there are more plans are available at a price).
Give it a try and have fun out there! :)
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