productivity-tools

=Productivity Tools =

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bitly
bitly is an online service that allows you to take a long URL & shorten it. When someone clicks on the bitly link, it redirects them to the actual URL. It also keeps track of your history of shortened URLs, & the number of times your shortened URL was clicked. This is great for sharing sites, articles, & examples for students & others.

Down For Everyone Or Just Me?
Here is a handy site that you will find yourself using on a regular basis. Down For Everyone Or Just Me? tells you if a website you’re trying to go to is down or not. Just add the web address you’re trying to visit. This site will then tell you if the site is up & it’s just you or that the site is down. If it is you, feel free to email the Tech Department to ask us about it. A great way to check a site you haven’t used in a while & want to check that it is still up & running for a lesson.

Hello Sign
Hello Sign is a free service that allows you to digitally sign documents. The site will record your signature using a mouse or by importing a picture of your autograph. You can also upload a PDF & email it to students or parents for them to view & sign. No printing is needed. There is also has an app for iOS devices.

online Egg Timer
Online Egg Timer is a simple website offering 3 countdown timers on one screen. You can set just one timer or run all three at the same time with different settings. Just go to the site, set the countdown timer(s) using the up & down arrows, then click "start timers." Timers can be used to keep a classroom moving from task to task on schedule.

Zamzar
Free conversion between document, image, music, video, audio, eBook, compressed, & CAD formats. No download or account required. The site provides a large conversion chart illustrating what types of file formats may be converted. Easy to use! Works on most YouTube videos!

Example: m4v – MPEG-4 Video File converts to,
 * 3gp - 3GPP Multimedia File
 * 3g2 - 3GPP2 Multimedia File
 * aac - Advanced Audio Coding File
 * ac3 - AC3 Audio File
 * avi - Windows video file
 * flv - Flash video
 * ipad - MPEG-4 (H264) Video File
 * iphone - MPEG-4 (H264) Video File
 * ipod - MPEG-4 Video File
 * mov - Apple QuickTime Movie
 * mp3 - Compressed audio file
 * mpg - Moving Picture Experts Group File
 * wav - Windows audio file
 * wmv - Windows Media Video

//Last Updated - May 2014//