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Category Archives: Helpful Tips
viewpure – a video tutorial
Earlier this week I wrote about viewpure.com and I am genuinely pretty impressed with what this service does. Above is a quick video showing it in action and how you can customize YouTube videos of your own choice to … Continue reading
viewpure and YouTube
Let me lay out a scenario and see if you can relate to it. You have found a great YouTube video (like the one below :)). You want to show it to your class. It has a great explanation, it … Continue reading
Edublogs, Blogger, WordPress.com and KidBlog – Which should you use?
As you know I read Free Tech for Teachers and I saw this post that Richard wrote about recommending two blogging platforms for teachers. I got to thinking that there are other options out there and in my opinion better … Continue reading
Posted in blog, Helpful Tips, Patrick Cauley
Tagged blogger, blogging, edublogs, kidblog.org, wordpress
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A 360 app for your smartphone is handy
This is a quick post and I hope you find a helpful one. Our school, like many I suspect, do deep cleaning in classrooms throughout the year – especially during long breaks such as winter, spring break and of course … Continue reading
Student Passwords – Live and learn
If you use G Suite or Office 365 with your school – those students must have a password. If you work with high school students it is easy – they can manage their own password. Heck even middle school students … Continue reading
Posted in Google Apps, Helpful Tips, Patrick Cauley
Tagged change password, passwords
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My Three Gmail Extensions
My Three Gmail Extensions Gmail is pretty great and when you couple it with Google Chrome you can make it even better. There are a bunch of extensions out there for Gmail. Chances are you can find what you are … Continue reading
Chrome & Autoplay
Autoplay sucks! Let me explain. Autoplay is when you open a site and a video automatically starts playing. Annoying! This just happened to me. I was in a meeting, looking for an article on CNN and I opened a page … Continue reading
Mobile Phone Shutdown
By: Tony DePrato | Follow me on Twitter @tdeprato During the first few weeks before my new campus opened, many people wanted to know what the mobile phone policy would be for students, especially those students living on-campus. A decision … Continue reading
Posted in Educational Technology, Helpful Tips, iPad, iPhone, iPhone Apps, TIEONLINE, Tony DePrato
Tagged MobileDevices, Policies, Procedures, SocialMedia
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Podcast crash course
I’ve written quite a few times about podcasts and how I like them. My opinion has not changed, I still think podcasts are an incredibly flexible tool for students to plan, produce and publish projects that demonstrate their knowledge. This … Continue reading
Posted in Helpful Tips, Patrick Cauley, Podcast
Tagged audacity, blue, garageband, microphone, podcasting equipment, zoom
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How to install MAMP and GLPI for your own inventory
Early October I wrote a post about why your school should have an inventory and I talked about using MAMP and GLPI to create your own on an older MacBook that you may have in storage. I thought the post … Continue reading
