All of the below do not require students to create an account. However, some offer advertising, or popups to prompt students to signup. I have marked those sites with this icon ⚠. I have organised the links in alphabetical order, for ease of maintenance (I will most likely add to this list). Please note there is likely to be overlap between some of the databases below. Free video footage for iMovie Archive....
ImageOptim is a free app that makes images take up less disk space and load faster, without sacrificing quality. It optimizes compression parameters, removes junk metadata and unnecessary colour profiles. Here are the main reasons why I would recommend this piece of software to anyone who uses a Mac: Open-source Gets amazing results Super easy to use Saves over the original image (no need to duplicate or ‘save as’) Runs locally, no need for an Internet connection Can be run straight from the Finder ‘Services’ menu Robust....
Step 1: Select photos in Finder Step 2: Create a new Keynote document Click here if you don’t remember how. Step 3: Drag your photos on Keynote’s sidebar Step 4: Set your transition time Step 5: There is no step 5. Press ‘Play’, you’re done! Photo credit: WP_20140319_004 by Khedara ආරියරත්න 蒋龙 under CC-BY-SA
Note: I work in a heavily managed environment, where users cannot install apps unless they have been pre-vetted by the IT department. 1. Use apps in full-screen view Macs have the ability to show apps in full-screen view, removing the ‘Dock’ and the top menu bar from view. The full screen mode allows users to focus on the one app only, with no other distractions. Full-screen view is available for most apps on Mac OS X Lion or above (at the time of writing Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks and Yosemite)....
Safari has allowed third-party extensions for a few years now, and there are quite a few that can be extremely useful to teachers and students. Here is my curated list. 1. Lazarus: Form recovery Ever had one of those moments when you’ve finally finished filling out a long form and hit submit only to see an error message? And when you hit the back button the form was blank…...