Category Archives: Free Apps
Did You Know? A Screenshot is Worth a Thousand Words
There are lots of situations where a screenshot of your computer can communicate much more than words. From giving students detailed directions to helping your tech support people (ahem) solve issues you’re experiencing, screenshots can make it easier for people … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, EdTech, Free Apps, TeacherHax
Tagged Annotation, digital storytelling, Google Body, Graphics, Microsoft Windows, Screenshot, Skitch, Snagit, visual communication, Window
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Google Plus Puts the Social in Learning with Google Apps for Education
With the news that Google Apps for Education will be integrated with Google+ in a few days, it’s time to start thinking about how social media and collaboration can be a reality for schools.
Posted in EdTech, Featured, Free Apps, Learning Communities, TeacherHax
Tagged classroom 2.0, Edmodo, edtech, education, facebook, google, Google App, Learning, Schoology, social learning, Social media, SocialCast, teaching, Yammer
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Secure Your Social Identity Across All Sites with NameChk.com
If you are trying to create a branded online identity, it helps to have a consistent username across all of the major sites. With NameChk.com, you can search once and see if your favorite username is available on 159 different … Continue reading
Doit.im > Project-Based ToDo List App for Project-Based Learning #PBL
One of the great strengths of Project-Based Learning (PBL) is that students learn the skills they need to successfully see a job through all the way to completion. They learn to break large tasks into smaller ones, prioritize and sequence … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Free Apps
Tagged Adobe Air, Android, David Allen, edtech, education, Getting Things Done, GTD, IOS (Apple), PBL, Project-based learning, Remember the Milk, technology, Time management, Web application
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f.lux– A Plugin To Save Your Eyes
A couple months ago I added a free, open source plugin to my Mac called f.lux that promises to relieve eye strain and insomnia caused by blue screen glare. It adjusts my screen’s color temperature based on the time of … Continue reading
Posted in Free Apps, TeacherHax
Tagged Color temperature, computers, Conditions and Diseases, eye health, Health, Light, Linux, mac, RSI, Sleep Disorders, windows
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Ge.tt: Simple Sharing of Large Files (Remember Drop.io?)
Ge.tt is a great free tool for quickly and easily sharing files that are too large to send by email (up to 100mb). As a digital art teacher, I often had students trying to send me videos, flash files, audio, … Continue reading
Posted in Free Apps, TeacherHax
Tagged Computer file, Drag-and-drop, drop.io, Dropbox, facebook, Ge.tt, Uploading and downloading, Web Applications
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Take and Annotate Screenshots with Open Source Tools: ZScreen and Paint.net
Online teachers and instructional designers need access to good tools for capturing screenshots and annotating them. These tools are invaluable for giving step-by-step computer instructions to students and faculty, and can really help you communicate information visually. If you’re new … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Free Apps, TeacherHax, Web 2.0
Tagged CamStudio, edtech, File format, image editor, image manipulation, instruction, instructional design, Jing, Microsoft Windows, online, open source, Screen Capture, Screenshot, Skitch, Snagit, teacher, teaching, ZScreen
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The Best of Both Worlds– Web Apps with Desktop Clients
The recent explosion of great tools that simply run in a web browser has been amazing. From tools like Google Docs, Evernote, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Prezi, and Rememberthemilk and the venerable Gmail– you can access powerful tools for free wherever … Continue reading
Posted in Free Apps, TeacherHax, Web 2.0
Tagged Apps, Evernote, facebook, Flickr, gmail, google, Google Docs, Linux, mac, Remember the Milk, twitter, Web browser, windows
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GRUML: Google Reader on your Desktop
Image by Sue Waters via Flickr As you may have gathered from my defense of desktop email clients, I prefer desktop apps to webapps any day of the week. Even if the app is powered by a web data service … Continue reading
Posted in Free Apps, TeacherHax, Web 2.0
Tagged Aggregator, Application software, Clients, Feed Readers, gmail, google, GoogleReader, rss, Web feed, WWW
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