SchoolCounselor.com eNewsletter #144 Date of Publication: January 18, 2014 Welcome to SchoolCounselor.com, an electronic newsletter 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 news@schoolcounselor.com ____________________________________________ Please take a moment to visit our Sponsors:
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http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/your-25-hottest-hot-finds-2013.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Talk to Google on Chrome Now you can talk to Google when you're using Chrome—hands-free, no typing. Simply say "Ok Google" and then ask your question Watch the video here. Download the extension here. Also see: Awesome List Of Google Now Voice Commands The most important Google Now voice commands and put them in a “Google Now style” infographic. http://trendblog.net/list-of-google-now-voice-commands-infographic/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 172 Best Android Apps Of 2013 from addictivetips 2013 was yet another great year for Android and its app ecosystem, with developers really making best use of the power offered by the world’s most popular mobile operating system, resulting in many apps that left us spellbound http://www.addictivetips.com/android/best-android-apps-of-2013/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Company Rocks Excel Video Tutorials, some of the best I have seen. http://www.thecompanyrocks.com/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/DannyRocksExcels/videos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hangout Lower Third Graphic - Add Your Name to Hangout Screen Using the Hangout Lower Third Banner is very important if you use Google Plus Hangouts. Find Ronnie on G+ http://www.bit.ly/TheHangoutHelper This training video shows you how to turn it on and customize it for your use. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irmgAeE6eOA#t=1 ____________________________________________ Fotor Online photo editing & creatives made simple and fun with Fotor free online photo editor, features include Photo Collage, Filters, Frames, Effects, Clip Arts, Fonts, and more. http://www.fotor.com/ Also see http://pixlr.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Online photo editors have become quite powerful. Here are three that I’ve been experimenting with and they are all recommended. Give them a try, they all have a free version. http://www.picmonkey.com/ http://pixlr.com/express/ http://www.fotor.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FreePrintable.net provides beautiful printable files that you can customize and print on your inkjet or laser printer. http://www.freeprintable.net/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Top 50 Best Free Fonts http://theultralinx.com/2013/07/top-50-free-fonts.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amazon Story Builder With Amazon Storybuilder, notecards are saved online instead on a physical board, giving users access to their projects whenever and wherever inspiration strikes – on their computer, tablet or smartphone. http://studios.amazon.com/storybuilder ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 100 - Practice Something for 100 days 100 is a place for people who live life 100%. Choose what you want to get better at and share a video of your progress every day. https://giveit100.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MediaCrush You don’t always need a full-fledged YouTube or Flickr clone to share videos or images. Sometimes all you want is a quick place to upload, so you can link to your media or share it online. MediaCrush gives you just that, as well as some more interesting perks. http://mediacru.sh/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Relaxing Music on Youtube A terrif and probably underused resource on YouTube are all the “videos” that play relaxing music for extended periods of time. For instance, I like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP1MU-iYsIw which runs for over 3 hours. This one is very nice as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qycqF1CWcXg Click here for the Youtube search on “relaxing music” and choose from many options: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=relaxing%20music&sm=3 ____________________________________________
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Addicting Games!Whether you are taking a break from your work or need some fun suggestions for the kids, these two game sites should do the trick. http://www.addictinggames.com/ http://www.notdoppler.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Guy With No Experience Had a Crazy Idea. And The Result Is Simply BRILLIANT. He didn’t have any experience, but this man had the courage and willpower to build something with his bare hands instead of settling for “buying” what he wanted. He settled on building a small, pull-behind camping trailer. It took nearly two months (and a LOT of guesswork) but the final result is cool. http://www.viralnova.com/builds-trailer/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Soul Pancake SoulPancake develops thought-provoking content and creative engagement opportunities that encourage people to explore what it means to be human. Actor Rainn Wilson co-created this site with two of his friends, Joshua Homnick and Devon Gundry. http://soulpancake.com/ YouTube videos are here: http://www.youtube.com/soulpancake Here they are on Twitter: https://twitter.com/soulpancake ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 21 People Who Should Have Googled It http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/23/should-have-googled-it_n_4329684.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quozio - Make Beautiful Quotes Source: Educator’s Technology Enter your text first, then you can see how it looks on various backgrounds, and make your choice. Each background has a specific font, so no need to choose a font or size. This makes it quick and easy! Pin from the site, or right click to download. http://quozio.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 30 Naughtiest Dogs: You’ll Crack Up When You Find Out What They Did http://viralcircus.com/30-naughtiest-dogs-youll-crack-up-when-you-find-out-what-they-did/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Top Documentary Films - Watch Free Documentaries Online Overall at Top Documentary Films you can find 2100+ (more to come) stunning, eyeopening and interesting documentaries. http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Woot Stalker Woot Stalker is the best woot tracker for daily deals, woot-offs, woot plus, and social media. Get all of the great deals, with none of the refreshing. http://www.wootstalker.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This Multiplayer Online Paintball Game Is Fun And Free If you're partial to shooting things within the confines of your PC, but you don't like the blood and violence of modern games, take a look at Digital Paintball 2. It's an online paintball game where your only mission is to splat someone with a paint pellet. No one dies, and the scariest thing is the occasional blast of red paint. http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/multiplayer-online-paintball-game-fun-and-free.htm ____________________________________________ SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION SchoolCounselor.com does not knowingly send unsolicited e-mail. This Newsletter is for subscribers only. If you received it and did not subscribe, please let us know using the link on our home page. We will remove your name immediately. TO SUBSCRIBE to this newsletter, simply go to the signup page at www.SchoolCounselor.com/newsletter and enter your e-mail address. You will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your subscription. We will add your e-mail address to the list when you reply to the confirmation e-mail. 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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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