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...
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September 11, 2023
Edit Video with your SMEs using Text Transcription in DaVinci Resolve Studio
Often we instructional designers are given hours of video footage of recorded lectures or webinars, and it’s our job to edit them down into...
March 24, 2023
What’s Different Between the Life of a Classroom Teacher vs. Instructional Designer?
How is the day-to-day life of an Instructional Designer different than that of a K12 classroom teacher? Many classroom teachers are looking to make...
February 17, 2023
Clean Up your Browser when Screen Sharing
This current era of frequent Zoom meetings and screen sharing means I get to see how lots of peoples’ browsers are set up, whether...
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Beyond Learning to Code: Many Paths to Become Tech Amazing
In recent years, the mainstream has largely gotten the message that learning to code is an essential 21st Century skill. The many great free...
Make my idea! JoyScreen: Browser plug-in for native performance in HTML5 apps
In many ways, it’s crazy that we have multiple competing app stores to deliver content that works perfectly well on the web. HTML5 has...
Top Android Apps for the Productive Teacher 2013
After reading a few end-of-year wrapups, I realized that I’ve never done a roundup of useful Android apps for productivity and education. This is...
Replace your Firefox and Chrome Plugins with Bookmarklets for Cross-Platform Productivity
Two of the most popular posts here on TedCurran.net deal with replacing your too-huge collection of browser extensions for Firefox and Chrome to improve your browser’s...
Khan Academy – Style Videos? Explore Your Tools and Find Your Own Style
A faculty recently approached me asking how he could produce Khan Academy – style video lessons. He was looking for an Android tablet equivalent...
Get that “App Store” Glow on Your School’s Linux Desktops with Chrome Web Store
In response to “Prepare students for a rapidly changing world by teaching with open source” I was ready to share and recommend this post...
“The 4:5 Rule” : Lecture Capture Video for the Internet Attention Span
How long is too long for a lecture? Teachers can commonly spend upwards of 45 minutes lecturing in class. This arbitrary time frame is...
#TIL “Today I Learned”: A Fun Web Meme that’s Great for Promoting Metacognition
Readers of Twitter and Reddit will likely recognize the hashtag #TIL. It stands for “Today I Learned”, and is used with a new and...
Saving Universities in the Era of MOOCs: How Service-Oriented Schools can Add Value in the Online Learning Boom
This past year has brought a massive amount of attention to Massive Open Online Courses, and much speculation about what they mean for traditional...
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