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Now that we are a week into the new calendar year, it almost feels like we were never out for break. Those routines just seamlessly return to us and the kids. I hope your holidays were peaceful and blessed and you are ready for the second half of the school year. With those routines comes a return of regular tech tips and news!
"And now we welcome a new year. Full of things that have never been." Rainer Maria Riloke
- You're Definitely Not Making the Most of Your Password Manager
- How to Restart a Chromebook
- Google Workspace Updates - Google Sheets: Create Drop-Down Chips
- Google Chrome Just Added 3 Awesome Address Bar Shortcuts to Save You Time
- How to Make Your Own Search Engine
- How to Create an Image Revealing Effect in Google Slide
- Turn Your Audio Into Animation With Adobe Express
You're Definitely Not Making the Most of Your Password Manager
You're Definitely Not Making the Most of Your Password Manager, from ZDNet by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
It's not just for passwords anymore!
How to Restart a Chromebook
How to Restart a Chromebook, from Chrome Story by Dinsan
Previously we've needed to shut down, close the lid and then open the chromebook back up to "restart". Chromebooks will now have a restart option.
Google Workspace Updates - Google Sheets: Create Drop-Down Chips
You should now be able to insert a dropdown chip by selecting Insert > Dropdown, or by typing @ followed by "dropdown" in a cell. You can also color code your dropdown list. After inserting your dropdown, you'll add a data validation rule. What makes it a smart chip? That means you can hover over it and get more information. Smart chips can link to people, files or calendar events. Full instructions can be found here. This update has already rolled out.
Google Chrome Just Added 3 Awesome Address Bar Shortcuts to Save You Time
Google Chrome Just Added 3 Awesome Address Bar Shortcuts to Save You Time, from Tom's Guide by Andy Sansom
This is a good follow up to the 12/09/22 post about the new search shortcuts in Chrome.
How to Make Your Own Search Engine
If you want to limit the sites your students can search for a particular project, for images, or any other reason, you can create your own custom search engine for them to use. Then just link it in the assignment in Canvas or any other assignment documentation. This is particularly helpful if the terms students will be using might bring up some questionable results in a general search, such as when a vocabulary word is "explicit" and the student needs to find a definition and image (yes, this really happened).
How to Create an Image Revealing Effect in Google Slides
Turn Your Audio Into Animation With Adobe Express
Because this is just plain fun.
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