Interlocked Pieces

Neat Stuff about Creating Teacher Websites

W. Terral — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:09:52 +0000

As teachers in my district prepare for teacher websites no longer being hosted on a school server, I decided to make this issue of “Neat Stuff” about options for creating and managing teacher websites. Here are some handy FREE services for creating and hosting websites as well as posts teachers may find helpful to move [...]

Grumpy Cat Memes from Me to You

W. Terral — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:16:15 +0000

It is an understatement to say I am a cat lover. I have four and they are my furry babies. I am also a big fan of Tardar Sauce (aka Grumpy Cat). Here are more Grumpy Cat memes I recently made using the QuickMeme web app and iOS app. You can find more of my Grumpy Cat memes here.

Grumpy Cat: Lemonade & Stupid People

W. Terral — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:04:42 +0000

It is an understatement to say I am a cat lover. I have four and they are my furry babies. I am also a big fan of Tardar Sauce (aka Grumpy Cat). Here are two more Grumpy Cat memes I recently made using the QuickMeme web app and iOS app.

A Grumpy Cat Monday

W. Terral — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:33:23 +0000

It is an understatement to say I am a cat lover. I have four and they are my furry babies. I am also a big fan of Tardar Sauce (aka Grumpy Cat). Here are two Grumpy Cat Monday memes I recently made using the QuickMeme web app and iOS app.

Catastrophizing? STOP IT!

W. Terral — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:07:51 +0000

Life is quite stressful around any public school teacher in the Memphis, Tennessee area right now. Memphis City Schools gave up their charter and my school district, Shelby County Schools, is being forced into a merger with the former MCS. It isn’t really a merger since the MCS folks out number the SCS folks on [...]

Neat Stuff about Google Apps

W. Terral — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:47:30 +0000

Recent Presentation Materials I Have Constructed: Google Chrome Extensions Galore! - http://goo.gl/SPqBw – A long list (with links to the Chrome Web Store) of handy extensions. Google Spreadsheet Formulas: Not Just for Numbers - http://goo.gl/FbRSt - I save so much time almost every day using formulas to manipulate text. Learn how to take a list of student name and split them into two columns; [...]

innovatEd 2013

W. Terral — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:39:39 +0000

Here is the companion Google Site to my two innovatEd 2013 presentations: Google Chrome Extensions Galore! and Google Spreadsheet Formulas: Not Just for Numbers. Enjoy!

Reposition Screenshot Selection Area (14/52 OS X)

W. Terral — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:57:34 +0000

I take many screenshots everyday and freely share how to with teachers and students at my school (here is a PDF I have posted in my lab). Thanks to a great post on AddictiveTips, I learned a new trick to add to my screenshot skills. Reposition The Screenshot Selection Area “OS X has a built-in [...]

Neat Stuff: 3-29-13 (Focus: Images)

W. Terral — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:38:19 +0000

10 Tips for using images in presentations - http://goo.gl/9SPZj – Simple and helpful tips to remember. Block Posters - http://www.blockposters.com - Create any size wall posters from any size image. Totally Free To Use! Canvas On Demand - http://www.canvasondemand.com – Get any photo made into a canvas. Prices range from a 8″ x 10 “thin gallery wrap canvas for $59 to 72″ [...]

Obstacles (13/52 Quotes)

W. Terral — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:18:54 +0000

Obstacles “Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.” – Albert Einstein “Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition. The habit of persistance is the habit of victory.” Herbert Kaufman “Impossible is not a fact. Its an opinion.” – Muhammad Ali “The state of your life [...]