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Archives for January 2015

What’s a Twitter Hashtag?

January 13, 2015 by Mike Smart Leave a Comment

If you're new to Twitter, you might not be familiar with hashtags and how they work. Twitter hashtags are a grass-roots system that users have created to organize Twitter content around topics. This allows people to quickly search for Twitter topics that interest them. A hashtag is simply a word or short phrase with the number symbol in front of it. For example: … [Read more...] about What’s a Twitter Hashtag?

How to Use Twitter to Keep Up with Education

January 9, 2015 by Mike Smart Leave a Comment

In today's world, we're overwhelmed with information and news. One of the challenges we face is culling and vetting this mass of information so that we can get the information and news we want quickly and efficiently. We simply don't have time to waste wading through all the information out there to find pieces that are helpful. What many people don't realize is that Twitter … [Read more...] about How to Use Twitter to Keep Up with Education

How Do I Connect my iPad to my SMARTboard?

January 9, 2015 by 287 Tech Ninja Leave a Comment

With the right adapter (Apple 30-pin to VGA), it's pretty much just plugging it all in to display your iPad screen on your SMARTboard.   Let me show you how! Start with your iPad Plug in the right adapter for your iPad or   Connect SMARTBoard VGA cable to Apple 30 pin adapter or Apple Lightning adapter Turn it all on and try it out.  Your … [Read more...] about How Do I Connect my iPad to my SMARTboard?

How to Edit an Image for Online Use Using Pixlr

January 6, 2015 by Mike Smart Leave a Comment

When you're working with images for online use, a lot of times you'll run across the need to edit the image before you use it. The three most common edits you'll want to make to a photo are: Cropping Cropping removes unwanted sections of the photo. Scaling Scaling changes the dimensions of the photo. If a photo is 8 inches by 8 inches, for example, you probably want to … [Read more...] about How to Edit an Image for Online Use Using Pixlr

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