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10 Google Products You (Probably) Never Knew Existed
I don’t know about you, but it feels like Google launches a new product every time I turn my laptop on. And these new products tend to fit into two distinct categories: Incredibly usefulIncredibly bizarre Fortunately, most of these products are free so we’re really not in a position to complain! After some lengthy research, I was surprised by how many tools Google has either developed or acquired over the years. So much so, that I thought it was a good idea to compile a list of the secrets of the Google product empire. Google Takeout – No, this is not Google’s food delivery service (although that’d be handy), this is a tool which allows you to download an archive of your data from things like your +1′s, Google+ Circles, Contacts and Picasa Web albums.Google Mars – While you’re probably familiar with Google Earth, Google Mars is a little less well known. So, how many of those did you know about? Also read: olly via shutterstock
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100+ Google Tricks for Teachers
It's Google's world, we're just teaching in it. Now, we can use it a little more easily. With classes, homework, and projects–not to mention your social life–time is truly at a premium for all teachers, so why not take advantage of the wide world that Google has to offer? From super-effective search tricks to Google tools specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time. Search Tricks These search tricks can save you time when researching online for your next project or just to find out what time it is across the world, so start using these right away. Convert units. Google Specifically for Education From Google Scholar that returns only results from scholarly literature to learning more about computer science, these Google items will help you at school. Google Scholar. Google Docs 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Gmail 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. Google Calendar 44.
Exobrain Looks Like An Awesome Mind Mapping Tool
Visualizing the ideas that you have in your brain is a tall order. Many of us creative types tend to carry around pads of paper and gravitate towards white boards to jot down our thoughts and scribbles. A really helpful tool to extract exactly how our ideas might become an actual “thing” is by using mind mapping software, which basically lets you create a cloud of words, ideas and thoughts that can connect to one another. A service that will be entering beta soon called Exobrain could become the killer tool to take the mind mapping concept to the next level. Not much is known about the service, other than it was created by Colin Dunn and Nick Gauthier, and is still in development. There’s a demo that you can play around with though to see if this is something that might float your boat. This video will give you a good idea of what you can do with Exobrain: The service promises to store all of your maps in the cloud, being accessible from anywhere. ➤ Exobrain h/t Kyle Bragger
Best of Google Calendar (Addons + Tips)
Google Calendar is definitely one of the coolest online calendars and task-management applications. It has everything an average user may wish for: speed, non-cluttered design and lots of useful and never failing features, i.e. calendar sharing, quick event entry, follow-up reminders (SMS/email), RSS feeds, etc. [More on Google Calendar...]. In addition to it’s standard feature set, there are hundreds of a user-created browser addons (mainly firefox) and problem-specific tips making it even better and more flexible productivity tool. FIREFOX (Addons and Greasemonkey Scripts) (1) Better GCal – extremely handy extension that integrates bunch of must-have features into your Google Calendar. (2) Extra Tabs (Greasemonkey) – replaces ‘standard’ date range tabs with any number of customized tabs. (click to enlarge and launch it in a new window) (3) Google Calendar Integration (Greasemonkey) – integrates Google Calendar agenda into Gmail. (6) Some more… GOOGLE CALENDAR HowTo’s
27 Ways To Be A 21st Century Teacher
You can’t swing an iPad in the hallway without hitting someone talking about becoming a 21st century teacher, 21st century student, or something involving the 21st century. While I personally am quite over that term, it fits and makes sense. I guess. (Personally, I think a better term is ‘modern’ teacher or ‘connected’ teacher rather than just stating that someone exists within this century. Kinda vague, no?) So what does it take to become a 21st century teacher? See Also: The 10 Skills Modern Teachers Must Have Think you got the chops to become a 21st century teacher, a modern teacher, or at least an educator who has a classroom of engaged students? Have I gotten you excited enough to start taking your own great leap into the world of modern education? What ways would you add to this visual?
לימוד הקלדה עיוורת בעברית - משחק חינמי אונליין - חיות ואותיות
חיות ואותיות הינו משחק הקלדה עיוורת לילדים, אשר גם מבוגרים משתמשים בו בהנאה, לאימון ולשיפור יכולת ההקלדה! איך פועלת שיטת ההקלדה העיוורת? כל אצבע "אחראית" על כמה מקשים. נקודת המוצא נמצאת באותיות "ח" ו- "כ" אשר עליהן מניחים את האצבע המורה של כל יד, ולצידן את שאר האצבעות בצורה מסודרת לאורך השורה. איך לומדים הקלדה עיוורת? בעבר, אולי חלקנו זוכרים (בייחוד כל מי שלמד בשנות התשעים...), היינו משתמשים בתוכנה שנקראה "ארנבת - תוכנה ללימוד הקלדה עיוורת", או שהיו נרשמים לקורס ללימוד הקלדה. ב-"חיות ואותיות", אנו משלבים משחק עם למידה הדרגתית של האותיות. המפתח להצלחה במשחק הוא - לא למהר! השלב הראשון במשחק שלנו כולל רק את האותיות ח' ו- כ' וניתן לעבור אותו בקלות. האם באמת שווה להשקיע את המאמץ וללמוד זאת? חד משמעית - כן! טיפים להצלחה במשחק "חיות ואותיות" הקלידו לאט, בייחוד לקראת סוף כל שלב. קנו חיות, בעיקר את התרנגול והחתול - הם מגינים מפני שגיאות! המשחק נשמר אוטומטית בסיום כל שלב.
