Recently, my favorite newsletter linked an article about Sweden going back to paper textbooks after 15 years of using digital devices. This was the first I had heard about it. The headline intrigued me because I was looking for the latest research on screen time and its impacts of using digital devices in the classroom. […]
Turn NoteBookLM Audio Overviews into a Podcast Feed with PushPod
So you love NotebookLM’s audio overviews feature, but it’s a pain to listen to them on the go. What if you could listen to them on your favorite podcast player? You can! I found a tool called PushPod that lets you create a private podcast using a Dropbox or OneDrive folder. This tutorial will show […]
How to Change the Background Color of an Apple Pages Document
Have you ever wanted to change the background color of an Apple Pages document? If the document has full-page body text (instead of text boxes), and you try to drag a photo, shape, or object onto the page, you’ll notice that the text either gets pushed around like two magnets repelling each other, or it gets covered up. This quick tutorial […]
How to Make a Random Slideshow in Mac OS X Using the Screen Saver
When Apple replaced iPhoto with the new Photos app in OS X Yosemite, we lost the ability to shuffle (randomize) the slide order. This was a big loss for those of us who have to quickly create slideshows from a large number of photos for a party or school event. Often we’ll have several photos […]




