Tech 101
Fast and Easy Tips to Make You Look Like A Tech Genius!
November 2016
Boise School District librarians offer this monthly newsletter to provide tips and information about some of the digital resources available to both teachers and students.
All of these programs and tools are available at the Boise Schools Library Portal Page or on individual school library websites.
All of these programs and tools are available at the Boise Schools Library Portal Page or on individual school library websites.
CLEVER
To make it easier for you to access and use learning applications, we have recently set up a portal where students and teachers can log in once and see all of their apps.
Try it out at https://clever.com/in/boiseschools. You can log into the portal using your existing Google credentials. If you need any help or have any questions, contact kimberly.smith@boiseschools.org.
In our district, we have set up applications such as:
- Schoology
- Discovery Education
- Khan Academy
- Code.org
- Google Apps Suite
- Vocabulary.com
- Typing.com
- Tumble Books
If you don't see an app in your portal that you use, or you would like to try any new apps, please let Kimberly Smith know.
Send to Calendar
Send events to Google Calendar automatically from any webpage. No more re-typing! Select text, right click, and 'Send to Calendar.'
Click here to add this extension now.
Click here to add this extension now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7g4H8FC7MA
Google URL Shortener/QR Code
goo.gl URL Shortener is an extension which allows you to shorten the current website URL with the Google URL Shortener service http://goo.gl/
Use this extension so that you don't have to copy the URL and navigate away from the page. You can even use the extension to grab, not just the shorter URL, but generate a QR code quickly and easily!
Click here to install it today!
Use this extension so that you don't have to copy the URL and navigate away from the page. You can even use the extension to grab, not just the shorter URL, but generate a QR code quickly and easily!
Click here to install it today!
https://youtu.be/PjcV4M39JSM
Turn Off the Lights
With a single click on the lamp button, the page will fade to dark. And automatically focus on the video. By clicking on it again, the page will return to normal.
Turn Off the Lights is a lightweight and useful add-in designed for a more comfortable watching experience. It works for all known video sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Hulu, Metacafe, YouKu, etc. Not only this but these extensions are compatible with Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Maxthon and Yandex web browsers.
There are several customizable features in the settings, so make sure you check those out as well. Click here to add the extension.
Turn Off the Lights is a lightweight and useful add-in designed for a more comfortable watching experience. It works for all known video sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Hulu, Metacafe, YouKu, etc. Not only this but these extensions are compatible with Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Maxthon and Yandex web browsers.
There are several customizable features in the settings, so make sure you check those out as well. Click here to add the extension.
https://youtu.be/lMrtA5BdQFw