Headmagnet – Retain What You Have Learned — Just Before You Are Going To Forget It! https://headmagnet.com/ Spaced Repetition. Applying What You Have Learned (As Soon As You Can). Both are sound advice for lifelong learning. Check out HeadMagnet. It uses the same educational philosophy as Rosetta Stone. It reminds you, just about the…
Author: Lori
URL Shortening
Don’t make someone type in a big long URL with lots of funny special characters in it! Don’t waste the limited characters of a Twitter post with a long URL! Use a URL Shortener tool! Do you know how to shorten a URL? There are several applications to do so Google Link Shortener, Tiny URL, Bitly – give them…
Coggle It!
One of my students in my Technology in the Classroom course introduced me to Coggle It! I am a big fan of mindmapping, and this is a tool I had not used before. Check it out!
Career Coach – Career Assessment, Job Postings, Resume Building, Career Planning
It’s one of the best kept secrets! CareerCoach! Start by doing a Career Assessment — trust me, take the long version (about 20 minutes). It will give you insights into the best career opportunities for you. Search out the careers that interest you under the Career Tab and match those to the Education you need….
Join the Twitter #EDU255Chat March 7th at 10:15am (Central)
Yes, you can use Twitter to hold a live chat session. Here are some tips to keep up with the conversation: Use some Twitter Tool for the chat (I use TweetDeck). Introduce yourself When the question graphic comes up, re-tweet it, quote it, then type A1: #EDU255CHAT – you will use A1,…
Track Google Contacts Interactions
It must be my day to find Google gold nuggets! I accidentally clicked on one of my Google Contact names and found something very useful: a history of interactions! Some contacts have more information on them than others, and you might have to scroll down to get going, but if you do – you will…
Google Keep
Google Keep is one of the lesser-known members of the Google Family. It is similar to MS OneNote or even the Windows Sticky Notes. When I opened up a document that someone had shared with me today, I followed a pop-up tip that showed me that you could drag and drop comments from Google Keep into…
Do Life
I have an addiction. I’m addicted to learning. Not just liking to learn new things, but a real obsession. I found Overdrive at our library. I find wonderful non-fiction audio books that I listen to during my short work commute. The last book I consumed was Do Life. While it talked about a journey from…
Making Laundry Soap
I have been making my own HE laundry soap for quite some time now. Here us the “recipe” I use; 7 oz finely grated Ivory soap 1c washing soda 1 c Borax 1/2 c OxyClean (Use 1t per load of above mixture) My washing soda was a bit lumpy, so I hit the side of…
Got an iPad and I’m Ready to Go!
Our department was given an iPad to use in order to share its educational application with our colleagues. Thankfully, it ended up in my hands…and I’m not letting go! Since I already own an iPhone, the transition to the iPad was an easy one. I noticed a few standard things missing from the standard iPhone…