Edmodo is a “social learning platform” website for teachers, students, and parents. It is marketed as the Facebook for schools. First we will look at how to share a link to a website or Youtube video clip on Edmodo. Find…
This second Tux Paint Tutorial looks at the 5 Basic functions of the program; Paint, erase, fill, text and save.
Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12. Tux Paint is used in schools around the world as a computer literacy drawing activity. It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging…
This tutorial looks at some of the new Image Editing option available in Google Slides. We learn how to Insert, Crop, Re-size, Adjust and recolour an image.
In this tutorial we learn how to Insert an Image or colour as background. We also Insert/Embed a YouTube video, after inserting this video can be played from within the presentation without having to leave it. Great for when you want…
Google Slides is the perfect Cloud Based Presentation tool. It is constantly getting better and is intuitive to use.In these Google Slides Tutorials we will discuss some of the functions and uses of Google Slides. Maybe you will find some…
QR-Codes are becoming increasingly popular and we can now see them all around us. They are popping up on packaging, billboards, in magazines and on flyers.What many people might not realise is just how easy it is to create your…
In this Tutorial we learn how to increase and decrease the volume of a recorded track.
This is what happens; you get given a track to use in school or simply to listen to at home.And as you play the track what do you hear, halfway through the track it switches to ‘mono’.Now you have a…
In this Tutorial we look at how to record our first Audio track.After recording a short track we explore the copy, paste and trim function before exporting as .mp3 file.
Audacity is free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds.It truly is a great program to use with students. Not only are the functions well written but the design is also intuitive and stripped of distracting ‘whistles and bells’.You can download…
Gone home? Forgot to Sign Out or not sure if you did? No Worries, use this little trick to sign out your GMail Hey, we have all done it. Luckily Google has anticipated this forgetful behaviour and they have build…
This is the first ‘1 minute How To’ in a series on the use of GMail. This screen-cast is all about the use of GMail labels. Using labels will make it easier to archive, store and find important emails that…
Are you ready to learn something new? Are you looking for simple, short video clips to explain how to do something? Are you flipping your classroom? Are you too busy to follow lessons? Do you get tired of programs not…