SMS, IM, OMG?!? Private Messaging Apps and Your Circle of Friends
Sending short text messages is one of the most popular ways to communicate with friends from your mobile device. It’s great because you don’t...
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November 22, 2023
On-Stage Teleprompter using Free Open Source Tools
Clip, organize, store, sync, and display your chord sheets using free and open source tools. This workflow is years in the making, now perfect.
February 10, 2023
The “Attention Method” for Effective Presentation Decks – Updated
This is an update to my previous post, The “Attention Method” for Effective PowerPoint Presentations. My Attention Method™ of presentation design is a philosophy...
May 6, 2022
Alfred for Mac — Ferocious Tools for Instructional Designers
Alfred is my #1 favorite productivity tool for the Mac, and over the years I have developed some ferocious tricks to support the tasks...
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Open Source Video Subtitles for Accessibility with Amara.org
Amara, formerly Universal Subtitles (which I thought was a better name) is an open source tool to let your audience contribute subtitles...
Project management with Hojoki: Creating Order from Chaos
Managing a project where your team has to use several different cloud apps to get work done can be extremely confusing. I discovered...
Mozilla’s Popcorn Maker for Enhanced Video eLearning in HTML5
Mozilla Popcorn Maker is a free tool for triggering rich web content to pop up as a web video plays. You can import a...
Speed Read any Site with Squirt.io
We’ve already discussed how great it is to make any website more readable with a simple bookmarklet. Take it to the next step by...
Live Motion GIF Screencasts: With a name like LICEcap, It Has to Be Good
If you make a lot of screencasts, tutorials, or documentation, you probably keep a keen eye out for any tool that can make...
Use Google Timer as a ‘Teach Timer’
It’s good practice to use a “Teach Timer” during class meetings to keep a good momentum between different activities. Generally, you shouldn’t do a...
Teacher as Curator: Capture and Organize Learning Materials with Web 2.0 Tools
I’m excited to announce that this post is now featured in the curriculum of the eCampus Ontario Canada teacher micro-credentialing program! So glad that this content...
WebRTC: A New Standard for Free, Open Video Chat, File Sharing, and More In the Browser
Everybody loves video chatting with friends, sharing files, instant messaging, and web surfing together. In education, it seems like we always need newer and...
Managing Project-Based Learning in Trello: A Case Study
This is a reflection on the process for using Trello in Project-Based Learning that will hopefully help you decide if Trello is right for...
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