Tuesday Tips March 28, 2017

TECH TIP:  Zero Noise Classroom Meter

Zero Noise Classroom is a Chrome Extension that allows you to set a countdown timer and a noise meter all  in one.  You set the time you want and the noise level you expect.  The noise shows up as the gray bars, with no noise, the background is all white.  This could be very helpful if you want 5 minutes of quiet reading, 10 minutes of quiet work on a math problem before sharing with a group, etc. 

I found this tip at FreeTech4Teachers

BOOK TIP:  The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens

A classic murder mystery tale that moves quickly.  Joe is a college student who has an assignment to write a biography of someone at a nursing home.  He is assigned to an elderly man, Carl, dying after spending 30 years in prison for the murder of a teenage girl.  As Joe learns more about Carl, he starts to discover there is more to this murder than he originally thought. 

Tuesday Tips March 21, 2017

TECH TIP:  JustBeamIt

If you ever have students who need to share large files with you, especially ones that are too big to email, you could use JustBeamIt.  With JustBeamIt, you drag the files you want to share - and you can drag in multiple files - onto the BeamIt page, and then once they have uploaded, you get a URL link that they can share with you to gain access to the files.  

Thanks to FreeTech4Teachers for this tip.

BOOK TIP:  Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

 I've long been a fan of Liane Moriarty, who writes realistic novels that deal with emotional traumas.  From page one, I'm drawn right in.  One of her novels, "Big Little Lies", is now an HBO show starring Nicole Kidman.  In her latest novel, Truly Madly Guilty, three couples get together for a Sunday afternoon barbeque, but what happens at the dinner, changes the lives of all forever.  But you're left wondering what happened throughout much of the novel, keeps you turning the pages!