Published in Oak Hill Blog

November 19, 2019

QuickTech at Oak Hill: 5 Handy Tech Tools

Getting lost in the rabbit hole of interesting articles on the internet can easily take up precious time for teachers, students, and parents alike.  Often, it is the simple things that you can do in under a minute on your computer that are the most worthwhile. 

Our private school in suburban New Jersey is fortunate in many ways with one being that we have a dedicated educational technology coordinator (me) available to work with faculty on a daily basis.  As the prek to grade 8 teachers roll out our blended learning initiative, they welcome tech tools that can be implemented quickly.  

Here are 5 low stakes tech tools that anyone can use to produce results in under a minute!

Watch a YouTube ad free:

paste the YouTube URL here https://viewpure.com

View Pure

or here   https://watchkin.com.

Watchkin

Create an instant webpage: write a title, you name, information (add one image) and click publish.https://telegra.ph

Telegra.ph

Generate a QR code: take any link (URL) and create a printable (and colorful) QR code https://www.qrstuff.com/

QRstuff

Design presentations, posters, one-page documents, and social media posts. https://www.canva.com/

Canva

     

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