#NoWorksheetWeek

Through my weekly web scouring, I came across this little gem of a teacher movement. Of course there is a time and place for almost all teaching strategies, this is a good challenge to attempt - especially in a technology-rich district. Check out the following slideshow that slightly explains the idea behind #NoWorksheetWeek, which runs from April 7th - 11th. The slideshow attempts to spark your interest and link you to the idea through the web and online communities involved in this "movement." 

The Evolution of Gamification

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I have been Inspired by @Venspired

I always see great posts, tweets, or inspirational images with quotes from Venspired. You have to check out her blog and follow her on Twitter. All I can say is that I am inspired by +Venspired Learning. Her content that make me proud to be an educator.

From a design perspective, I have to say that although she has a colorful website, it is not over the top. The content is easy to read, while still being visually appealing.

Well Read Web - shares from the web. 

Learning vs. Gaming Session #ICE14

Recently, I completed a Learning vs. Gaming session at Illinois ICE, which had about 4,000 attendees this year. George Couros and Mike Muir were the keynotes and then there was little-old me presenting on the same stage as Jay Leno, Eddie Murphy, PeeWee, and other comedians because I had the privilege of presenting to a fairly packed house at Zanies.

Image courtesy of @jtwillmannhttps://twitter.com/jtwillmann

Session Notes

Here are the sessions notes that accompany the slideshow.

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4 Chrome Extensions to Control Your Tabs

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With my limited attention span, I like Dory from Finding Nemo, and I quickly accumulate around 1,000 tabs in my Chrome browser at one time. While perusing the Internet or participating in a Twitter chat, sometimes the amount of resources I find can be overwhelming for both me and my computer. When the tabs start to blend together with little indicating marks or icons, it's time to start saving the tabs to read or review at a later time. In this post, I wanted to share my four favorite extensions that help me control the number of tabs I have open at a time.

Most of the time, I save items to me Pocket account using the Pocket extension or a Pinterest Board using my Pinterest Extension.  If it relates to a specific EdTech topic I collect on Pinterest, I will definitely just save the resource to Pinterest. Another option that I use is Evernote's Web Clipper extension. I really like saving content like PDFs using my this web clipper extension because I can save 1 GB/Month with my Premium account and I can annotate over these PDFs in Skitch if needed.  

These three extension are great for a read-it-later option.  Basically, the idea is to save your tabs to Pocket, Pinterest, or Evernote using these extensions. Then, read or review the site's content at a later time. 

However if you are like me and have too many tabs open and cannot decide which ones to close, then consider downloading One-Tab. It does a great job of consolidating all your tabs into one that can be accessed as needed or shared as a web page. In addition, it will reduce the amount of memory that Chrome is using. So, not only does One-Tab make it easy for human beings but this extension also makes it easier for our computers to function properly. 

Four Extensions to Control Your Tabs

1. Pocket Extension - Requires an account with Pocket but allows for saving content to read later, star as a favorite, and to remove ads for easier reading.  
2. Pinterest Extension - Of course, this extension works in tandem with a Pinterest account, but I thought this could help eliminate tabs by saving resources to a "Read it Later" pin board using the images on the website to pin. With this extension, images on the website will be marked with the Pinterest logo in the upper-right corner of the image when hovering your mouse over the image. By clicking this Pinterest icon, you are able to pin the image to any of your boards.  
3. Evernote's Web Clipper Extension - Requires an Evernote account, but allows for many options when "clipping" or saving images, PDFs, or websites to your Evernote account. 
4. One-Tab Extension - No account required. Just press the One-Tab extension to put all of your tabs into one. MY LATEST FAVORITE!

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What extensions do you use with Chrome to trap information or limit the number of tabs open in Chrome? What Chrome Extensions do you use?