Category: Tech Tricks
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Free Classroom Clickers – Socrative
If you are a fan of student response systems (clickers), you might fall in love with Socrative: http://www.socrative.com. Socrative is a free web application that turns any laptop, iOS or Android device into a clicker response system. Teachers can build a virtual response room online, create a variety of assessment questions, and then have students…
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Is Your Password on The List?
We’ve all been taught never to use “password” as a personal password, right? Though it may seem obvious that such a password is easy to guess, “password” is a frequently used, and easily hacked, password according to a recent study preformed by SplashData. The mobile software company recently published their annual list of the worst…
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Free PDF to Word Converter
Saving a Microsoft Word file to PDF is rather easy; a range of tools provide free PDF file creation. Converting a PDF file back to a MS Word document is sometimes tricky and often akin to digital alchemy. To help facilitate the transmutation, NitroPDF offers a free online PDF to Word translator: http://www.pdftoword.com/. The NitroPDF…
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Google Tech Support Care Package
I love this new website: http://www.teachparentstech.org/. “Teach Parents Tech” is a clever Google side project offering dozens of quick videos to help parents or grandparents learn computer and Internet basics. The videos are short and the instructions are clear.
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Letscrate and Dropbox: Simple Free File Sharing
I was disappointed to recently read that drop.io, the super simple online file sharing website, would be shutting down subsequent to their acquisition by Facebook. However, two nice alternatives are worth a serious look. Dropbox.com offers a great backup and sharing service allowing one to synch files from multiple devices to a single web account.…
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On Demand Printer Setup for Mac Laptops
Have you ever been frustrated by not having a copier or printer installed right when you needed it? Ever find yourself in a different building, needing to print and unable to do because the school’s copiers where not setup on your laptop? If so, you’ll love one of the newest tech tools- Self-Service printer installation…