I’m a 43-year-old male, so to say I’m well-versed in things like emojis and animated GIFs is utterly false! To me, they have always been a waste of time and unnecessary effort. But, emojis are part of our general vocabulary these days. Heck, even my parents, who are in their 70s, have gotten into using emojis.

In the past several months, I have come to the realization that Emoji can be a very powerful tool, especially in education. I highly recommend Tony Vincent’s presentation called “An Emoji Education” from ISTE 2018. Check it out here. read more

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Do you want to LEARN and SHARE together? Do you want to reignite your PASSION for teaching? Are you interested in trying NEW things? If you answered “Yes!” to one or all of these questions, join NwOESC and NWOCA at Edcamp on Saturday, November 16, 2019, from 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at NwOESC/NWOCA.

Edcamp is an educator-driven and educator-led free conference. The session topics will be created on the day of the event; by YOU, the participant! Participants “build” the conference schedule by posting topics on session boards. read more

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Most applications provide a color palette to choose from when changing font/background colors. If you are seeking to match a specific color from a website or digital file, the ColorPick Eyedropper Chrome extension works perfectly.

To use the ColorPick Eyedropper, follow the below steps:

  • First, add the ColorPick Eyedropper from the Chrome WebStore
  • Find the color you want to copy on your screen. Click on the ColorPick Eyedropper extension.

  • Click on the color you want to copy. Then, copy the color code
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    We’ve done a number of tips about Gmail… but here’s a new one that is super helpful for busy people.

    Is there a certain time of the day when you actually have time to sit down and email? Maybe this is a time when you think others might not be reading their email. A well known one is Friday afternoon…when you think “If I send this now, it might get lost in the other person’s inbox….” Maybe it would be better to send the email out Monday morning, or a week from now. Well, now you can schedule your emails in Gmail!
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