Tag Archive for: Free Software

Four high school students collaborating around a table in a science classroom, each working on tablets with protective cases, with Biology, Chemistry, and Physics posters visible on the walls and additional students working at tables in the background

Since I was a kid, the start of the school year has always been a sour point in my year, not because that meant Summer was over, but because the tedium of Welcome activities was fast approaching. In this post I share my process and product for making the first day of school a little more bearable.

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I find mindmaps to be helpful tools and I love MindNode the macOS and iOS app for making very pretty mind maps. Unfortunately, MindNode is not a collaborative app. Coggle.it lets you make very nice mind maps collaboratively!

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Two people at a coffee shop table, both smiling and holding phones showing completed payment transaction checkmarks, with coffee and pastries between them

Ever since I was I kid, I have been a fan of heist movies. To this day, I will argue that The Usual Suspects has the best plot twist of any movie of all time. But there are only so many The Usual Suspect caliber movies out there, so to fill the void I had to slum it a bit with lower quality heist movies, enter Swordfish, The Italian Job, and the like.

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Parent and young child sitting together on a couch, both smiling and engaged while watching educational content on a tablet in a warm, sunlit living room

When my son was born, I knew it was only a matter of time before I had to dive into the world of children’s entertainment.

This scared me because I didn’t even like kid’s shows when I was a kid, much less as a sleep deprived and stressed out parent.

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Person wearing wireless earbuds while organizing pantry shelves with glass storage containers, illustrating productive multitasking with podcast listening

I am a huge fan of podcasts. I listen to them all the time, in the car (unless my son objects), doing chores around the house or classroom, and any other time I can.

I used the built-in iOS podcast app for a while, but it was not amazing by any means. I found Overcast, and I never looked back!

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