SchoolCounselor.com eNewsletter #142
Date of Publication: September 29, 2013
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TIPS AND TRICKS
Cyber Savvy is
a student-led, positive norms approach to teach upper
intermediate, middle, and high school students (grades 5 –
12) about digital safety, including effective digital
decision-making, safe posting of personal information,
digital relationships, social networking, cyberbullying, and
digital dating/exploitation.
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New Features in Google Forms
This week, four new features were introduced in Google
Forms. If there was ever a better time to use Forms, it’s
now! The new ways to personalize your Forms include a
progress bar, data validation, embedded YouTube videos, and
custom messages.
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Saving YouTube Videos for Offline Viewing
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25 Life Hacks you didn’t know you needed to know, but do.
Probably.
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Search and Analyze the Social Web
Analyze twitter accounts & search for any tweet ever posted.
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The Time Elapsed Analysis &
Reporting System (T.E.A.R.S.) is
a Microsoft Excel add-in that automatically calculates the
total amount of time that you have spent in different
aspects of your work. After exporting your calendar data
from Microsoft Outlook to Excel, this add-in extracts
elapsed time, sums up the number of hours in each category,
and then produces both a table and a chart. If you ever
wondered where your time goes, you will want to use
T.E.A.R.S. to learn more.
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How many days until?
Calculate number of days until an inputted date.
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A6 training PowerPoint Resources including timers
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How Can I Write a Successful Blog and Get More People to
Read It?
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How to Add Internal Hyperlinks to PowerPoint Presentations
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How to Set Auto-Expiration Dates for Shared Folders in
Google Drive
Source: Digital
Inspiration
When you share a folder or a file in Google Drive with
anyone, the shared links will stay active forever until you
manually change the access permissions. There isn’t a way to
set an expiration date for your shared files or folders that
will make these links unavailable after a certain date and
time. You can however add an auto-expire feature to any of
your shared folders in Google Drive with the help of a
simple Google Script.
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Updated 90 Page Guide to Using Blogger In School
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How to Use Google Search as an Online Timer
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WORTHY WEBSITES AND SOFTWARE
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YouTube
Audio Library Features Tons of Free Music to Use in
Classroom Multimedia Projects
Some good news today from YouTube. I just learned about this
gigantic step YouTube took by allowing people to download
music for free from its new service called YouTube Audio
Library. This is not a comprehensive library and don't
expect to find every piece of music you want there but still
it is a very good start and is one of the best platforms we
can use with our students to access free music downloads.
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Quickoffice is Now Free for Everyone
Quickoffice used to be a remarkable office suite that you
needed to pay for using it. Since Google announced in June
2012 that it had acquired Quickoffice, it has expanded its
availability by making free for Google Apps for Business
users over the last few months. It now offers free to
everyone with a Google or Gmail account. If you have a
Google or Gmail account, Quickoffice is definitely a good
choice as it integrates seamlessly with your Google Drive
that gives you up to 15 GB of free storage.
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SwiftSearch is
a lightweight program whose purpose is to help you quickly
find the files you need on your Windows machine without ever
requiring you to index your drives. Read more and download
here:
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Presentation Clock
Displays a timer or clock that is always visible on the
screen. Easily customize the type of display, font, size,
colors, and position. Use it as an overlay on existing
PowerPoint or Impress slides for timed presentations. No
installation required. After you start the timer, it will
automatically show up in the corner of your PowerPoint when
you play your show.
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Just Delete Me
A directory of direct links to delete your account from web
services.
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Collagerator
If you love taking pictures of everything around you, then
the best way to share it with your friends without
disturbing them is to make a beautiful collage. Using
Collagerator we can place 17 photos from weekend in one
picture. Or 22 photos from wedding. Or 31 photos of
baby-born. Or... What can you do with it?
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Sneaksy
Source: addictivetips
Personal privacy is considered one of the basic human
rights, and has been an important concern in pretty much
every walk of life. Whether you are sharing a computer or
are concerned about people who occasionally have access to
your machine, you may want to store your sensitive
information in a safe place so nobody can mess with it. If
you’re looking for a freeware solution for Windows that can
help you easily hide such data from prying eyes and don’t
want to have to deal with complex encryption methods,
Sneaksy might be something you’re looking for.
Also see My
Lockbox
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The 101 Most Useful Websites on the Internet from Amit
Agarwal
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Just ask Google for your flights, reservations, package
delivery info and more
Ever had trouble checking your flight’s status on the go
because it meant digging through your email for the flight
number? Or wanted to just quickly see whether your package
would arrive on time, without having to look up the tracking
info first? You’ve told us it would be much easier if you
could skip the fuss and just ask Google. Soon you’ll be able
to find this info instantly in Google Search if it’s in your
Gmail, Google Calendar or Google+. For example, just ask or
type, “What’s my flight status?” or “When will my package
arrive?”
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LibreOffice
A Microsoft Office alternative, LibreOffice is a
comprehensive, professional-quality productivity suite that
you can download and install for free, with no fear of
copyright infringement.
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ohlife
Write a letter to your future self.
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10 Minute Mail
Temporary disposable e-mail service to beat spam.
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Rewordify.com is
powerful, free, online reading comprehension and vocabulary
development software. It helps people understand difficult
English faster, and helps them learn words in new ways.
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EpochConverter
Conversion Tools
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JUST FOR FUN
How to Print a YouTube Video
When you are watching any video on the YouTube website, the
storyboard for that video is automatically downloaded in the
background. Our Print YouTube bookmarklet stitches all these
storyboard frames as one large poster.
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FreebookSifter is
a free tool which makes it easy to find free e-books for
Kindle on Amazon.com.
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Birthday Mail | Do Something
Create an awesome birthday card for a child or teen
experiencing homelessness.
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Teespring
Just design a shirt in our easy online designer, set a
selling price, add a goal and write a short description to
start selling! Once you collect enough pre-orders we print &
ship directly to the buyers, and send you your profits.
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Funny Logo
'Create Funny Logo' make your own search engine with your
name as logo. Type your name in the textbox and select a
logo style to create your own funny logo.
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The SchoolCounselor.com e-Newsletter is an electronic publication designed to advance counselors' level of technological literacy, application, and integration. You will find practical solutions and answers to technology related problems, especially as they apply to your job as counselor. If you would like to share a tip or trick, or if you would like to ask a question, e-mail Russ Sabella at newsletter@schoolcounselor.com
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