How to Receive an Email Alert When a Google Form Is Updated
This morning I answered an email from a reader who was looking for a way to be alerted whenever a student entered new information into the Google Form that she shared with them. There are a couple of Google Sheets scripts that can be used to accomplish this task. The easiest script to use is […]
Quickly Compare Two or More Things in Wolfram Alpha
In their 15th anniversary blog post last week, Google mentioned that you can now compare things by simply typing “compare” between the things that you want to compare. Google used the example of comparing butter with olive oil. I tried the new function and it wasn’t terribly effective beyond the basic examples that Google provided. […]
The Shape of Life – Dozens of Biology Videos and Other Lesson Materials
The Shape of Life was an eight part television series developed by the Sea Studios Foundation, National Geographic, and PBS. The Shape of Life website contains dozens of segments from the series. The video segments are arranged according to eight animal phyla. The segments can be downloaded or viewed online. Lesson plans and or worksheets […]
Using Google Image Search to Solve a Flea Market Mystery
Image credit: Becky White. This afternoon my friend Becky White posted on Facebook some pictures of the tea set that she found at a flea market. She was curious about the meaning of the lettering on the bottom of the cups. My suggestion was to take a close-up picture of the lettering and upload it […]
America’s Credit History and a Credit Card Debt Story
Earlier this week I was having a conversation with a friend of mine when somehow our conversation turned to the topic of credit cards. She wondered when credit cards became so prevalent in the U.S. I knew that I had seen a video about the history of credit cards at one point. This morning I […]
The Week In Review – Apple Picking
Good morning from Maine where we have reached the prime apple-picking season. I going to pick some myself and perhaps make a pie (yes Mom, I can cook) today. Wherever you are this weekend, I hope that you get all of the fun and relaxation that you deserve. Before I head out with my dogs […]
Word Sense – See the Connections Between Words
Update: As of April 2018 this tool no longer exists. Word Sense is a neat little service that is one part dictionary and one part thesaurus. When you enter a word into Word Sense it will show you the definition(s) for the word as well as the connections to associated and similar words. You can […]
Explain 3D – 3D Animations of Simple Machines
Explain 3D is a free site that offers a small of collection of 3D animations of simple machines. While the animations are free to view, you do have to register in order to see them. The animations use the Unity web player which enables viewers to zoom-in, zoom-out, and rotate animations 360 degrees. As you […]
Seven Alternatives to iGoogle
As I mentioned in a post earlier this week, on November 1st Google will be discontinuing the iGoogle service. I was never a frequent user of iGoogle, but I have met many elementary school and middle school teachers that had their students using it as the launching point for many of the online activities that […]
The Sights and Sounds of Autumn
Earlier this month I shared a collection of resources for teaching about the changes in the seasons and the reason for leaves changing colors. This afternoon on The Adventure Blog I found another nice video to add to my collection. Autumnal Colors is a short video produced by Thomas Rasel. The two minute video highlights […]
