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Physics Girl

Physics Girl is a YouTube channel created by Dianna Cowern about physics, astronomy, and science-related topics. The show features fun DIY demos, unusual and cutting-edge research, space, and expert interviews! Physics Girl
Google Translate

Google’s free service instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between English and over 100 other languages. You can also use your phone’s camera to translate text in the Translate app. For example, you can use your camera to translate signs or handwritten notes. Google Translate
Microsoft 365: Here’s how to get it for free

This blog post by c|net explains how anyone can use Microsoft’s Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps without spending any money. Microsoft 365: Here’s how to get it for free
Using Online Whiteboards to Boost Student Engagement and Confidence in Math – Edutopia

This article shares ways to better grasp thought processes in math class by using online whiteboards—web-based tools that enable students to write or type content that teachers can instantly see and share. A few examples of some freely available online whiteboards are also linked to in the article. Using Online Whiteboards to Boost Student…
ComPair

ComPAIR is a peer assessment and feedback application in which students first answer an assignment and then compare and respond to pairs of peer answers. For each pair, students pick the answer they think better meets instructor-set criteria (e.g., “Which is better articulated?”, “Which is more accurate?”) and write feedback to each peer. The above…
Coggle

Coggle is a collaborative mindmapping tool that allows for the creation and sharing of flexible diagrams that illustrate connections between various concepts. Coggle
Aropä

Aropä is an online peer-review system designed to support peer review and peer grading. It was developed by Helen Purchase and John Hamer of the University of Glasgow and is available for worldwide use for free. Aropä can be scaled to accommodate any size group with the flexibility to create smaller sub-groups or communities of…
Making Accessible Word Documents – Coaches of Tech

Microsoft Word has evolved into a tool that allows you to make accessible documents. The built-in tools in the latest version will check your accessibility before publishing it. Accessibility is important for everyone. Proper use of headings, lists, image alternative text, reading order, and contrast will make documents that everyone can interact with. Apply “Proactive…
Taquette

Taguette is a free an opensource text tagging tool for qualitative data analysis and qualitative research. Taguette
SlidesGo

SlidesGo contains a great collection of Google Slides and PowerPoint templates, tutorials, and tips about how to design effective presentations. We also want to highlight the Minimalist styled templates that have a very simple and professional look and feel. SlidesGo
Microsoft Sway

Sway is a Microsoft Office application with which you can create portfolios, presentations, websites, newsletters, interactive reports, and more. First of all, Sway is free – you just need to have a Microsoft account (Hotmail, Live, or Outlook.com), and it’s easy to use. Formatting is very easy and the transitions they use in the presentation…
Badgr

Badgr is a digital badges tool that can be shared across various social media platforms including Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter. Badgr
Jeopardy! PowerPoint Template

Jeopardy! The popular game is loved by young and old and even after many years, it’s still the number one quiz show for fun TV nights with family and friends. Don’t we all love to guess answers and debate how we would handle being in this show? Wouldn’t it be awesome to finally feel like…
Easy Peasy Finance for Kids and Beginners

Easy Peasy Finance for Kids and Beginners is a free resource that aims to spread financial literacy by breaking down complex financial concepts in a way that even kids can easily understand – through fun, animated videos, courses, infographics, quizzes and more! It is loved by kids, parents & teachers alike, and is being widely…
Merge Cube

A Merge Cube is described as the world’s first holographic object you can hold in the palm of your hand. You can also print out a paper version of a Merge Cube for free. This makes this innovative technology literally able to be put into “everyone’s” hands. With the Merge Object Viewer app you can put…
Physics This Week

Physics This Week contains a number of physics tutorials that focus on topics that students often have the most difficulty with. This information is being shared to help learners over these bumps. This information is organized by topic and typically includes a mathematics refresher, a review of the important equations, and a few sample problems…
Floorplanner

Create floor plans using this free online editor to make 2D blueprints and 3D (interior) images within minutes. Floorplanner
Curriki

Curriki is an online, free, open education service. Curriki is a platform to develop and deliver open educational resources that also contain interactive activities. Curricula and instructional materials that are built using Curriki Studio are then made available to learners via the Curriki website. The majority of the resources on the Curriki site fall under…
UB Libraries’ Authority Research Guide

This Research Guide will help you better understand authority in the context of research and information and provide you with methods of evaluating an information source to determine its authority. Authority, generally, represents the right to give orders, make decisions or have control over something. In information, a source that is authoritative contains credible, reliable…
UB Libraries’ Applied Digital Literacy Coursera MOOC Specialization

This Coursera MOOC Specialization is intended for anyone seeking to develop online, internet researching skills along with advanced knowledge of multimedia for the creation of digital objects such as presentations, infographics, posters, commercials, podcasts, and movies. Through these three courses, learners will cover how to identify their information need, understand which tools to use when…