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"How to integrate less distracting YouTube videos into the classroom:  This one is really a no brainer: want to use YouTube? Clean it up!  I find great content I find on YouTube (as do my students). All of the "extras" around the videos can be SO distracting as a searcher and viewer.  These options are outstanding for making videos less distracting so that your students can focus on the learning happening."

"Gcal2Excel is a free utility application that lets you export your Google Calendar events to Excel files. Export, convert and download all your Google Calendar events to MS Excel or CSV files. Gcal2Excel is an effective web based timekeeping system - just put all your work hours in Google Calendar and use this app to calculate hours worked."

We're surrounded by gadgets that demand our attention, constantly fragmenting our ability to properly focus on the task at hand. Living with technology doesn't mean we have to live with an addiction, however. Here's how to beat tech burnout.

Widespread Wi-Fi coverage, smart phones, ultra-portable computers, and other technological marvels of the 21st century blur the line between work and play more than ever. Here are a few tricks for reclaiming your time by setting boundaries between work and play.

"The days of shackling your business to a brick and mortar office are over .. We asked people who work from home, from coworking spaces, in coffee shops, on the road and in offices to share their secrets for a productive day no matter where they're working. The following are the highlights of their collective advice."

Some interesting strategies and net management ideas that even educators can benefit from when working at school or from home.

Your iOS device is a killer pocketable computer; your desktop is more powerful with a bigger screen. They need to play better together. Here's how to break down the barrier between the two and shuttle text, files, media, and more seamlessly between your desktop and iPhone.Two-Way Tools: iPhone to Desktop to iPhone The following tools push information and data in both directions-back and forth between your desktop and iOS device.