Something to read.

The University of Southern California puts this list of top ranked educational blogs together to help teachers find the best blogs to read.

Here are a few things I found interesting.

MindShift - Did you listen to the Serial podcast? Under the Teaching Strategies section read about some students who created their own podcast as a final exam. I love this idea!

Classroom 2.0 - #1 Ning is still alive? This was a shocker to me. #2 Jump into a few conversations in the forum section. Don't see something you like? Why not create your own.

Edudemic - The wicked interesting part is the front page article (when I clicked on it) was about podcasts! The second article that caught my eye was about self-publishing as the best writing lesson ever.

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Who is emailing me? The Blue Man Group??? (Add an image to your Google account.)

WHY It is always nice to put a face with a name. Sometimes we need a tiny little reminder of what someone looks like because we don't see them very often. Follow these steps to add/change the image associated with your Google account. HOW Open your email. Click your image. It might just be a blue circle if you have not added something already. Click Change . Find an image you like. Your amazing new image will appear. From now on everyone can put a name to a face!

Annotate PDF? How might I do that?

So I have a PDF and I need to edit it. Here is one method that works pretty well for me. Open Word. Click File . 1. Click Open . 2. Click Browse . 3. Find the PDF you want to annotate. 4. Click Open . Click OK when you see this box. Bam! Your PDF now opens in Word. Note: you maybe have to click Enable Editing at the top of the screen. Finished editing and want to turn it back into a PDF? Click File . 1. Click Save As . 2. Click This PC . 3. Pick a location. I usually save things to my desktop. 4. Click Save as type - and choose PDF. 5. Click Save .

Embed an audio clip into a Google Form!

Are you looking to embed an audio clip into a Google Form? Below you will find a list of things you will need ready and a video to walk you through the process. Needed: A single PowerPoint slide. Movie Maker. (Already on your computer.) A Google Form. Watch this video for the steps to follow.

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