Pixabay - Images, Videos & Music free to share

 

If you are teaching your students to cite their work properly and are picky about this then you should be just as conscientious about the images they use.  If they are just googled and right clicked then the pictures are not necessarily for public use.  There are a couple ways around this as I posted here and here.  Another source of free and royalty free images, videos and music can be found by clicking here to go to Pixabay.

As far as citing goes you should do is teach your students where to find images that are not copyright protected.  I know most students just use Google Images and copy and paste but if you pick Google Advanced Images, and go to the bottom left and select  USAGE RIGHTS and pick FREE TO USE OR SHARE then your images will be copyright free and then you can right click and save.  If you have any question please come and ask me in the Learning Commons.

Why I should read ... A Ted Ed Lesson

 

This series of lessons/Videos by Ted Ed are not simply a trailer to classic literature but a deep overview of the book.  You might use one of these videos prior to reading one of these novels in class.  They all seem to be in the 4 to 5 minute range.  To see all the lessons click here.  

Random Name Wheel

 

Welcome to quadmester 2.  I posted a random name selector back in October 2018 and September 2016.  To see those posts click here and here respectively.  Here is another one that is pretty self explanatory.    Just edit the names on the right hand side and away you go.  If you  have a list somewhere that you can copy and paste into where the names go you are all set.  Note you can post pictures of your students or any image you have on your computer.  To see this site click here.

Icebreakers for Quadmester 2

 

Please take a moment today to remember our fallen soldiers as today is Remembrance Day.

With Quadmester 2 starting on Thursday I thought some of you might want some icebreakers for your new classes.  Check out this website by clicking here.  PS - Good luck on your Quadmester 2.

AudioMass

 

I am following up yesterdays 123apps with a web app site that allows you to do several different effects to an mp3 audio file that you have or you can record your own mp3 file on this site.  Effects include: Gain, Fade In, Fade Out, Paragraphic EQ, Compressor, Normalize, Graphic EQ, Hard Limiter, Delay, Distortion, Reverb, Speed Up/Slow Down, Reverse, Invert and Remove Silence.  To see the website click here.

Good luck on your final evaluations starting tomorrow!  I will be posting again in one week.  CYA on the 11th.

123APPS

 

This website has many apps available.  They are: Audio Cutter, Audio Joiner, Audio Converter, Video Converter, Video Cutter,  Video Recorder, Voice Recorder, Archive Extractor and PDF Tools.  To see the website click here.

Photo Scissors

 

I have posted about background removing websites in the past.  Please click here to see the latest one.  Today I am posting another one.  It is called Photo Scissors.  It is extremely easy to use.  Just upload your picture and you are basically done.  To see the website click here.