Snagit is the first application I install on a computer after the standard work related applications and operating systems are installed. It allows me to visually share software related queries, problems or explanations with recipients via email, teams or even in blog posts like this. 🙂 Because Techsmith, the company that makes Snagit is all … Read more
PhotoShop Express – Free app on mobile devices and computers. It does have premium features that require a paid account but I like it because I can use it offline when I am waiting in the airport looking through photos and wanting to add some simple looks to my photos. Of course it does a … Read more
The image below has clickable hotspot links to URLs, in this case mainly Lightroom albums of photographs taken on my trip to South America in 2023. I am using a free software Generate Responsive Image Maps | ImgMapper. It is very easy to use and implement responsive clickable websites. The process of creating a scalable, … Read more
I was pleasantly surprised when I went to podcast.adobe.com and found that my request to gain access to enhanced speech version 2 had been approved. If you work at a school and have access to the education version of Adobe Express or the Adobe Creative Cloud, go to Adobe Podcast | AI audio recording and … Read more
熊猫 Xiongmao is Panda in Chinese. I have adopted the persona of a “Panda Dad” as I balance out the “Tiger Mum” in our parenting Yin and Yang life model – a model shaped by our own temperaments and characteristics rather than any conscious effort to shape our parenting and coaching style. I can’t draw … Read more
Reference Links (I googled these for you 🙂 – They are from Microsoft and I include them here to share with folks that already have Planner available as part of our work teams environment. Microsoft planner has been around for quite a while, and now it’s a new version. It integrates the features of Microsoft … Read more
I take a lot of photographs and many of those photographs are taken on a mobile phone. I use Lightroom CC to make sure that those photographs are stored within albums so I can share them with people. Lightroom is part of the paid creative cloud suite from Adobe. If you have the creative cloud, … Read more
Adobe Acrobat has some amazing document automation tools but, in many cases, people will send through a form as a PDF document expecting the recipient to print it out, sign it, scan it and resend it with the signature on the document. There are a variety of ways to get around this if you don’t … Read more
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is very popular among educators, and I have modelled a basic digital literacy needs, skills, tasks and tools for young primary students on a similar look to show the hierarchy of competencies students should accumulate in order to take on learning in an education technology centric learning environment. It is about … Read more
Truth be known I’m including these two videos because I’m afraid that I’ll forget the links. The first video provides a really easy to understand and fun to watch masterclass on what generative AI is all about. The second video is a TED talk by one of the founders of duolingo describing how their company … Read more