2017-2018 Hot Links of the Day
FOURTH GRADING PERIOD
http://www.televisiontunes.com/
www.dzineflip.com/20-best-photoshop-tutorials-for-2016
2018.05.10
This is Insider - Abandoned Places in the USA
http://www.thisisinsider.com/abandoned-places-us-states-2018-4
2018.05.09
Tank Trouble
2018.05.08
Giphy
https://giphy.com/create/gifmaker
2018.05.07
Fax Zero
2018.05.01
PDF Escape
The original online Free PDF editor & form filler.
2018.04.25
What are Vector Graphics?
This article explains the two categories of graphics you should know about: vector graphics and raster (or bitmap) graphics.
https://vectr.com/tutorials/what-are-vector-graphics/
2018.04.23
Peter Zelinka
Peter Zelinka is a nomadic nature photographer originally from Northeast Ohio. As an avid hiker and backpacker, Peter spent most his free time exploring the forests of Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. After spending countless hours hiking with a point-and-shoot camera, Peter eventually got more interested in photography. In June 2014 he purchased his first DSLR - a Nikon D7100. He spent the next few years practicing macro, wildlife, astro, and long exposure photography.
2018.03.28
Akinator - The Web Genie
Akinator, the Web Genie is a really cool example of Artificial Intelligence. You think of a character and answer the Genie's questions and eventually he will tell you who you are thinking about. (Special Thanks to MacKenzie Pasquarella for this one. This originally appeared in April of 2014 and I have watched so many students still playing with this I brought it back for this school year!)
2018.03.27
Avatar Maker
Avatar Maker is a very powerful creator however saving is a bit tricky. If you use this editor you must take a screen shot (CTRL+PRINT SCREEN) and then open Microsoft Paint. Paste the screen shot in Paint and then crop the image that you want. Save the image as a PNG or JPG to use with another project.
2018.03.26
Draw a Stickman
Draw a Stickman is a neat interactive drawing game using Flash Player to animate your creation!
THIRD GRADING PERIOD
2018.03.20
What's My Screen Resolution
What's My Screen Resolution provides users with a smile test to learn more about their computer's display.
http://whatismyscreenresolution.net/
2018.03.19
Tech Donut - Screen Resolution
Tech Donut is an online magazine dedicated to all things technology. This article explains screen resolution.
https://www.techdonut.co.uk/blog/13/02/what-screen-resolution-and-why-does-it-matter
2018.03.05
Mac World (What is HEIC?)
Mac World is an online magazine dedicated to the world of Apple. This article helped a Web Design student find a solution to a unique problem regarding image file types.
https://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/iphone/what-is-heic-3660408/
2018.03.02
Wheel Decide
Wheel Decide is a free online spinner tool that allows you to create your own digital wheels for decision making, prize giveaways, raffles, games, and more.
2018.02.15
Lego Digital Designer Model Gallery
Lego Digital Designer provides this model gallery that shows some neat and downloadable models that can be used in the LDD Application.
https://www.lego.com/en-us/ldd/galleries/ldd-gallery-0fbfd17869a9426299c11387a071942c
2018.01.31
Learn 10 Key By Touch
The 10 key pad is the group of numbers and symbols on the right side of most keyboards, it can also be a number pad with no keyboard attached. Ten key speed is measured with a Keystrokes per Hour Test.
http://official-typing-test.com/test/ten.html
2018.01.30
10 Excel Functions to Make Your Job more Efficient
Excel, is a powerful software, that makes any official work easier. But doing it manually can be time-consuming. Excel was thus incorporated into formulas and functions to make our work easier.
www.ptahai.com/excel-functions
2018.01.29
Flight Aware
Flight Aware shows the position of ever airborne commercial airplane in the world and provides links to departure and arrival information about each flight.
2018.01.26
You're Getting Old
Do you think time is catching up with you? Perhaps it's already overtaken you and left you in the dust. Do the years seem to be going ridiculously quickly now? There's a reason for it. You're getting old.
2018.01.25
Akinator - The Web Genie
Akinator, the Web Genie is a really cool example of Artificial Intelligence. You think of a character and answer the Genie's questions and eventually he will tell you who you are thinking about. (Special Thanks to MacKenzie Pasquarella for this one. This originally appeared in April of 2014 and I have watched so many students still playing with this I brought it back for this school year!)
2018.01.24
Avatar Maker
Avatar Maker is a very powerful creator however saving is a bit tricky. If you use this editor you must take a screen shot (CTRL+PRINT SCREEN) and then open Microsoft Paint. Paste the screen shot in Paint and then crop the image that you want. Save the image as a PNG or JPG to use with another project.
2018.01.23
Draw a Stickman
Draw a Stickman is a neat interactive drawing game using Flash Player to animate your creation!
SECOND GRADING PERIOD
2018.01.11
New Site Ideas
2017.12.20
Pre-Holiday Internet Blitz
- http://snapbubbles.com/
- http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php
- https://www.findagrave.com/
- https://www.noradsanta.org/
2017.12.11
Exposure Guide - Imagine Finding Me
The original collection photographer Chino Ostuka digitally bringing in her current image in childhood photographs from the 1970s and 1980s.
2017.12.08
Printable Paper
1,752 papers you can download and print for free.
https://www.printablepaper.net/
2017.12.07
Geo Guesser
Embark on a journey that takes you all over the world. From the most desolate roads in Australia to the busy, bustling streets of New York City.
2017.12.06
Ian's Shoelace Site
Ian's Shoelace Site – Bringing you the fun, fashion & science of shoelaces.
https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/index.htm
2017.12.05
Free Sound
Freesound aims to create a huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, bleeps, ... released under Creative Commons licenses that allow their reuse.
2017.12.04
Globe Genie
Virtual teleportation & sharing.
2017.12.01
Every Noise
This is an ongoing attempt at an algorithmically-generated, readability-adjusted scatter-plot of the musical genre-space, based on data tracked and analyzed for 1537 genres by Spotify.
everynoise.com/engenremap.html
2017.11.30
The Atlantic - Timeline
Explore your life in history. Tell us your birthday, and we’ll show you how the world has changed during your lifetime.
https://www.theatlantic.com/timeline/
2017.11.29
Special Alt+ Characters
The chart below is a graphic image of how all the characters should look.
http://www.tedmontgomery.com/tutorial/ALTchrc.html
2017.11.28
iRuler
An online ruler.
2017.11.22 - 2017.11.27
NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Recess
2017.11.21
Pexels
Completely free stock videos.
2017.11.20
Car Care Kiosk
Prepare for the repair - watch free how-to videos and learn how to fix your car.
2017.11.16
Gridzzly
Make your own grid paper.
2017.11.15
How a Car Works
The ultimate guide to how cars work.
2017.11.14
Still Tasty
How long will your favorite food or beverage stay safe and tasty? What's the best way to store it? Get the answers for thousands of items!
2017.11.13
Map in Seconds
Mapinseconds.com turns your spreadsheet data into maps.
2017.11.10
Muscle Wiki
Understand your body. Simplify your workout.
2017.11.09
Thingverse
Thingverse is a search engine for 3D printable models.
2017.11.08
Tinkercad
Tinkercad is an easy, browser-based 3D design and modeling tool for all. Tinkercad allows users to imagine anything and then design it in minutes. (NOTE: You must create an account to use this product.)
2017.11.07
NO SCHOOL - Election Day!
2017.11.06
Dog of the Day
Dog of the Day showcases pooches from around the world.
2017.11.03
Random Name Picker
Random Name Picker is a free web-based tool that allows you to pick random name using Spin Wheel and Slot Machine.
http://www.randomnamepicker.net/
2017.11.02
Avatar Maker
Avatar Maker is a very powerful creator however saving is a bit tricky. If you use this editor you must take a screen shot (CTRL+PRINT SCREEN) and then open Microsoft Paint. Paste the screen shot in Paint and then crop the image that you want. Save the image as a PNG or JPG to use with another project.
2017.11.01
Draw a Stickman
Draw a Stickman is a neat interactive drawing game using Flash Player to animate your creation!
2017.10.31
Patatap
Patatap lets you make some cool sounds, beats and melodies easily online. NOTE: This site works on Google Chrome but not on Internet Explorer!
2017.10.30
Virtual Pumpkin Carving
Carve your own Jack'O'Lantern without all the mess. This site is labeled K-5 but big boys and girls love it too!
http://www.abcya.com/pumpkin_carving.htm
FIRST GRADING PERIOD
2017.10.27
Fright Geist with Google
Fright Geist pairs with Google Trends to enable you to see what the world is searching for this Halloween.
https://frightgeist.withgoogle.com/
2017.10.26
Pumpkin Gutter
Pumpkin Gutter showcases the amazing talents of Scott Cummins, Extreme Pumpkin Artist.
2017.10.25
Nightmares Fear Factory
The Nightmares Fear Factory in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada specializes in the scary. And for fun they have installed a camera in just the right place to capture the moment. This site (linked through The Weather Channel brings the faces of those brave souls who enter the house to life. P.S. This site is funny, not scary...)
2017.10.24
The Party Rock Halloween House
This guy's neighbors must hate him...
2017.10.23
Ray Villafane Studios
Ray Villafane is an extreme artist who (every October) specializes in pumpkins!
2017.09.27
Chromebook Help - Tour of Your Chromebook
Play retro games online in your browser at playretrogames.com. They provide an online emulator website and community. We support many classic systems, and add some very often. Our emulators are written using Adobe Flash technology in order to be compatible with most computers. (NOTE: Some of these may not work on Google Chrome).
http://www.playretrogames.com/
2017.09.26
Chromebook Help - Tour of Your Chromebook
Chromebook Help is a comprehensive guide to help topics about your Chromebook.
https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/6206362?hl=en&ref_topic=3406191&visit_id=undefined&rd=1
2017.09.25
RGB Color Codes Chart
The RGB Color Codes Chart shows the three number code for all of the possible colors in a standard computer monitor that uses Red, Green and Blue colors.
http://www.rapidtables.com/web/color/RGB_Color.htm
2017.09.22
33 Incredible Wreck Dives...
33 Incredible Wreck Dives...is a 500px pages that showcases some incredible underwater images.
https://iso.500px.com/wreck-dives-images/
2017.09.21
3D Warehouse (Sketch Up)
The 3D Warehouse is the place that you go to get models to download into your Sketch Up creation.
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/?hl=en
2017.09.20
Tinkercad
Tinkercad is an easy, browser-based 3D design and modeling tool for all. Tinkercad allows users to imagine anything and then design it in minutes. (NOTE: You must create an account to use this product.)
2017.09.19
WFMJ - Success in Failure
WFMJ TV 21 News featured Brookfield Middle School.
2017.09.18
Lego Digital Designer Model Gallery
Lego Digital Designer provides this model gallery that shows some neat and downloadable models that can be used in the LDD Application.
http://ldd.us.lego.com/en-us/gallery
2017.09.15
Thingverse
Thingverse is a search engine for 3D printable models.
2017.09.14
Learn 10 Key By Touch
The 10 key pad is the group of numbers and symbols on the right side of most keyboards, it can also be a number pad with no keyboard attached. Ten key speed is measured with a Keystrokes per Hour Test.
http://official-typing-test.com/test/ten.html
2017.09.12
Music Map
Music Map enables you to type a name name of an artist to find similar artists. This is a neat site found by Senior Jenna Shedosky.
2017.09.09
TBb 2.0
Bb 2.0 is a collaborative music and spoken word project developed by Darren Solomon from Science for Girls, and developed with contributions from users.
The videos can be played simultaneously -- the soundtracks will work together, and the mix can be adjusted with the individual volume sliders. (NOTE: Found by Jenna Shedosky, Class of 2017).
2017.09.08
Do Nothing for Two Minutes
Just relax and listen to the waves.
2017.09.07
Dog of the Day
Dog of the Day showcases pooches from around the world.
2017.09.05
WFMJ Player of the Week
WFMJ has Alex Clark nominated as player of the week. Please consider logging in before noon today to register your support.
http://www.wfmj.com/story/32848162/vote-taco-bell-player-of-the-week
2017.08.25
Random Name Picker
Random Name Picker is a free web-based tool that allows you to pick random name using Spin Wheel and Slot Machine.
http://www.randomnamepicker.net/
2017.08.24
Avatar Maker
Avatar Maker is a very powerful creator however saving is a bit tricky. If you use this editor you must take a screen shot (CTRL+PRINT SCREEN) and then open Microsoft Paint. Paste the screen shot in Paint and then crop the image that you want. Save the image as a PNG or JPG to use with another project.
2017.08.23
Use Your Chromebook Touchpad
Use Your Chrombook Touchpad is part of the support pages offered by Google for Chromebook. There are helpful hints and shortcuts listed for new and experienced users.
https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/1047367?hl=en
2017.08.22
Draw a Stickman
Draw a Stickman is a neat interactive drawing game using Flash Player to animate your creation!
2017.08.21
Patatap
Patatap lets you make some cool sounds, beats and melodies easily online. NOTE: This site works on Google Chrome but not on Internet Explorer!