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"Google released a new handy Chrome extension for both Mac and Windows users. This new add-on allows you to open files in your Google Drive directly into a compatible application that you have on your computer. Before, you had to download the file and then launch the appropriate app on your computer to open it and edit it and when you re done you had to save the edits and save it back to Google Drive. Now this process becomes pretty seamless using only a couple of clicks."

"a collection of some very good  tools you can use in class with students to create beautiful presentations and slideshows. All of these tools are web-based and do not require any software download. They are also very simple and easy to use so students won't have any major problems working on them."

Some of these apps are known to me but others are new. Most of them are free or a low cost so not much would be lost if thay don't work out as you would like after downloading them. However they might be just the tool to spark interest, creativity or make learning easier for students in the classroom or beyond.

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"Students can experience new cultures, history, and understand the world in better ways with virtual reality, augmented reality, and wearables. Teachers are using these technologies to send learners on virtual field trips or getting students to keep track of their steps, cardio, and health with fitness bands. These technologies help engage learners by providing sensory learning and sparking curiosity and imagination. For your next classes, go beyond getting students to read and learn only from worksheets and books. Integrate virtual reality, augmented reality, or wearables to create meaningful learning experiments for students. This post has a slide presentation (free to download) followed by bookmarks filled with activities and resources."

Free downloads to sites along with lesson plans to specific- math & science

OrderCup makes it easy for you to review your overall shipping expenses from different channels. You get to know which service or carriers you use the most as well. You may want to adjust your shipping methods or request for better deals with carriers afterwards.

"Wick is a free browser-based toolkit for creating small interactive things for the Internet. With Wick, you can create games, animations, and everything in between. Your creations can run on any device with a web browser - that means mobile too. And since Wick lives in the browser, you don't have to download any extra software to use it! "

Shifting to full automation for your shipping processes will save you from the hassles caused by human error. With OrderCup, you can print labels, validate addresses, and provide receipts for your customers, among others. You are not likely to miss any order with this software as well.

But, as with any plugin available in WordPress, there are numerous options to the point that you won't know where to begin. So, here are a few of the options we've narrowed down that you could consider for your WordPress site:

If you love WordPress, then you will also love WooCommerce. This plugin is free to use. You can easily download it to check if it fits your online business. It answers particularly your shipment and delivery concerns.

"Free education resources for Teaching. Standards-aligned and customizable." Free Online Textbooks, FlashCards, Exercises, RWA's, Simulations

"Ever needed custom formatted sample / test data, like, bad? Well, that's the idea of this script. It's a free, open source tool written in JavaScript, PHP and MySQL that lets you quickly generate large volumes of custom data in a variety of formats for use in testing software, populating databases, and... so on and so forth."

"Science Friday is a weekly science talk show, broadcast live over public radio stations nationwide from 2-4pm Eastern time as part of NPR's 'Talk of the Nation' programming. Each week, we focus on science topics that are in the news and try to bring an educated, balanced discussion to bear on the scientific issues at hand. Panels of expert guests join Science Friday's host, Ira Flatow, a veteran science journalist, to discuss science - and to take questions from listeners during the call-in portion of the program."

Wide range of resources including pod- and vodcasts (on iTunes & for download & available for mobile devices). The 'Talking Science' section has a section especially for Teachers which includes lesson plans & resources linked with video/audio material.

Listen to relaxing music, ambient atmospheres and astonishing sound effects. Just click on an image below to start chilling. If you want, you can even create your own atmospheric sound mix, online and for free. Every audio template can be easily edited for your own needs.