Category: Technology

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I’m A Puzzle

This is a free online puzzle game. You can play as many times as you want, create puzzles from your own pictures and share them with your students, but here is the best part…

Make it a Math puzzle by making the goal of the puzzle to unlock pieces by solving the math problems and then put the pieces together.

To solve a challenge just click/tap on it and enter the solution using the calculator. On desktop computers you can also use the keyboard to enter the result. If your answer is correct, a puzzle piece is revealed.

To move a piece, just click/tap on it and drag it to the desired location. Try out this sample.

Math puzzle

Scan the QR Code below to see an example of a quiz.

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Make Beliefs Comix

Make Beliefs Comix is a free online resource for making comics. What a great activity for story writing, sequence, persuasion, biographies, self-expression, and so on. Give Make Beliefs Comix a try.

My Sample Comix

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Black or White Feature in Google Slides

Have you ever presented to a group of people using Google Slides and needed to pull your audience back in or just simply get their attention on the spot?

You can interrupt your presentation by displaying a plain black or white slide with a simple shortcut using the B or W key on the keyboard. Take a look at my example using the QR Code below.

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Type Studio for Video Editing

A new way to edit video without having to trim and clip segments. Type Studio is a tool that will transcribe your video into a text transcript where you can then cut out any text you don’t want in the video. You can even add subtitles and edit for Podcasts. This resource is text-based editing all at your fingertips on the web.

The free version limits you to 10 minutes of video uploads per month, 1 GB of web storage, 3 projects, unlimited downloads, 250MB max file size, 1080p export quality, subtitles, and podcast editing.

Type Studio was founded in 2020 and is based in Berlin, Germany. Next time you find a video for your students but only want parts of it, give Type Studio a try.

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PPT as Your Virtual Background in Zoom

Here’s a feature you will like if you are a Zoom user. Instead of presenting your instruction or notes for a meeting, why not use your presentation as your meeting background? In doing so, you have the option of displaying yourself on screen as the presenter making it more personal for your audience.

Watch this video to see how nice it works. You’ll see what I mean. This Zoom feature is currently in Beta but works well regardless. It can only get better from here.