Bruce has worked in educational technology for thirty years, but his real love is history and teaching. This BLOG represents that. In addition to technology and history, Bruce is the author of several books, including Sands of Time, Towering Pines Volume One: Room 509, The Star of Christmas, Philadelphia Story, The Insider's Story, How to Play Guitar, and How to Read the Bible.
The website says, "Targeted practice questions for student success." And that is what LearningPod delivers -- not just questions but success. With a current database of around 50,000 questions in every subject imaginable, LearningPod delivers on their promises to allow students to practice any subject, as much as they need to in order to help build mastery.
LearningPod is a free resource for educators that encompasses practice test questions on everything from Common Core aligned 2nd grade subjects all the way through AP Chemistry, and even some undergraduate level course work! LearningPod has put together an innovative way to point their students in the right direction to get the practice that they need, when they need it. They do this by creating "pods" that steer the learning towards the student and their needs. But you aren't on your own with LearningPod. In addition to the thousands of questions loaded into their pod database, they also have newly created content that teachers can look to in their premium content area. LearningPod truly is a one-stop shop for your curriculum, advanced testing and college prep needs! Interested? Check it out at LearningPod -- and you can also take a look at this recent article on the Washington Times BLOG pages.
How much time do you spend looking for files on your computer? How many times per week do you say, "Where did I put that attachment with the students essay in it? I know I saved it before I deleted the e-mail!" And then spent ten minutes searching where you *should* have put it, but obviously did not? How many different places in "the cloud" do you store your files?
If you are like the average person, you have at least two places on the Internet that you store files. You might have Google Drive or DropBox or Box or OneDrive or iCloud or <insert the flavor of the week here>, plus your computer plus your network storage at school! How can anyone keep track of all those different places to store files! Sure, you can try and be organized and create a folder structure and make sure you file things religiously -- but then what do you do when your department chair says, "I'm going to start a new series of folders for scope and sequence so we can all contribute to it on my DropBox!" -- But YOU use Google Drive?!?!
Well stop pulling out your hair, Rummage is here! Rummage allows you to search your computer in just seconds by using some simple key words or phrases -- not just by file name. In a mere few seconds Rummage delivers a list of relevant files and ala kazaam you have your file! It's that easy! Do you remember how long ago you saved it? Or who sent it to you? Even better! This well-honed tool can use anything you can think of to help search through all your folders and locations to find the file or files you are looking for. And you don't have to be a computer genius to make it work, either! Rummage is a boon to anyone who deals with multiple classes, plus administrative documents and also happens to have personal files that they need help keeping track of. Imagine being able to pull up a list of documents that pertain to that meeting about the list of courses for next semester that is coming up in an five minutes? With Rummage, you'd be able to have a list of documents that are relevant in seconds sitting in a nice, clean, easy to read interface.
