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Tips & Tutorials
- ICT Math Games
- Create Spelling & Vocabulary Games From Your Own Word Lists
- Teach Your Students to be Cyber Savvy
- 8 Tips to Personalize Chrome to Suit Your Style
- 5 Simple Steps to Purge Digital Clutter
- 7 Gemini 2.0 Hacks to Maximize Its Full Potential - Here's How to Try Them
- Use Google's AI Studio to Learn Specific Processes
- Boost Student Learning with Brisk Teaching
- Can You Cite AI in Classwork? Should You?
- Feeds Full of Junk? How to Reset Your Social Media Algorithms
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Don't Get Tricked Into Scamming Yourself
Don't Get Tricked Into Scamming Yourself, from How-To Geek by Ray Malik
How can you scam yourself? By not paying attention and installing updates from an email instead of a system message on your computer, or by downloading something on a CAPTCHA page, among other ways.
How to Keep Your Google Account Secure (video)
Have you ever been prompted by Google to do a security checkup? This video will explain that quick process to keep your account safe.
How to Spot and Avoid Phishing Scams: 5 Tips From Our Security Expert
How to Spot and Avoid Phishing Scams: 5 Tips From Our Security Expert, from PC Mag by Neil J. Rubenking
Well explained with screenshots.
10 Common Dangers VPNs Won't Protect You From Online - And How to Avoid Them
10 Common Dangers VPNs Won't Protect You From Online - And How to Avoid Them from ZDNet by David Gewirtz
VPNs protect us from a lot of dangers on various networks, however nothing but our own knowledge and actions can save us from these online situations.
AI Influencers Are All That's Wrong With Social Media Today
AI Influencers Are All That's Wrong With Social Media Today, from How-To Geek by Jason Dookeran
It's important to know who your interacting with, or from whom (or what) you're taking advice.
ICT Math Games
If you are looking for a new math game or time filler for your K-3 students, ICT Math Games might be a good addition. It contains over 120 free educational math games for students between 5 and 8 years old. Math skills covered include numbers and place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions measurement, geometry and more. If you decide you'd like this to be an easy option for your students, please let me know and I can add it to your class's chromebook home page.
Create Spelling & Vocabulary Games From Your Own Word Lists
This game is recommended by Eric Curts, of Control Alt Achieve. Spokabulary is a free site that allows teachers to create custom spelling and vocabulary games from your own word lists. There is no sign in for teachers or students, so there's no need to login or provide personal info. You create the game and publish it, then provide students with a link that allows them to play six different games to practice the words, meanings, and spellings. Here is a sample link to try out some games based on Eric's Landforms Vocabulary list.
Teach Your Students to be Cyber Savvy
Teach Your Students to be Cyber Savvy, from We Are Teachers
Looking for new resources and activities to teach your students about cryptology (keepting data private), AI, and online safety? Girls 4 Tech has lots of activities and resources for you to use with your class.
8 Tips to Personalize Chrome to Suit Your Style
8 Tips to Personalize Chrome to Suit Your Style, from How-To Geek by Shan Abdul
You probably haven't thought much about your computing style, but everyone has their own way of using a computer. Here are 8 suggestions for customizing Chrome to make it more pleasing and efficient for you.
5 Simple Steps to Purge Digital Clutter
5 Simple Steps to Purge Digital Clutter, from PC Mag by Jill Duffy
Is it getting harder to find a file or an app you need? Are you getting nag notes from Apple or Google that you are running out of storage space? Are you unable to take more photos or add any apps you need because your phone is full? It's time to start clearing the clutter!
7 Gemini 2.0 Hacks to Maximize Its Full Potential - Here's How to Try Them
7 Gemini 2.0 Hacks to Maximize Its Full Potential - Here's How to Try Them, from Tom's Guide by Amanda Caswell
>Use Google's AI Studio to Learn Specific Processes
I ran across this tutorial demonstrating using Google AI Studio to learn how to create a pivot table with your specific data. While you may, or may not, have the need to analyze data in a pivot table (or even know what one is) this is a great example of using AI to help you complete any specific task. As you can see in the video, while AI Studio doesn't always get the steps right, you can easily correct it by asking follow up questions. I also tried this prompt in Google Gemini. It gave me step by step instructions but didn't walk me through the process they way AI Studio did. So the next time you're trying to figure out how to do something new, give AI Studio a try.
>Boost Student Learning with Brisk Teaching
Boost Student Learning with Brisk Teaching, from Control Alt Achieve by Eric Curts
Brisk has added Boost activities for students. Learn how to use it here. Brisk is committed to student privacy and safety, so this is a safe AI tool to use with your students.
Can You Cite AI in Classwork? Should You?
Can You Cite AI in Classwork? Should You?, from Ditch That Textbook by Matt Miller
Is AI a sufficient source, or should we be digging deeper?
Feeds Full of Junk? How to Reset Your Social Media Algorithms
Feeds Full of Junk? How to Reset Your Social Media Algorithms, from PC Mag by Eric Griffith
I don't know about you but my social feeds have been full of ads and pages I don't subscribe to, rather than posts by friends and pages I do subscribe to. If you are sharing this frustration, follow these steps to reset your feed algorithm.
