ItsTheMitchell

 Regardless of your stance on social media, it's here, and it's here to stay. I wanted to create a resource for students to get them to think about social media without being overly negative or preachy. The last way to be effective is to have students look at the information and think "ugh... this old guy and his anti-social media drivel." Yes, teenagers in my head say words like drivel. Like. anything else in the world, if you have a stance, you can generally find research that will support your stance. In an effort to be non-biased, I attempted to find information that is both pro, and anti social media. Anyway, here is Tall Tech Guy vol. 4 - Social Media. If you'd like a copy, please click below and print one for yourself. You know what... if you'll reach out in the comments below, I'll print and mail you one. Seriously. Just don't put your address below. Who knows what will show up in your mailbox if you do that. We'll figure out some other way...

 We've got a double drop today. Here's a new Tall Tech Guy, and be on the lookout for Squatter 12 also. Tall tech guy is my infographic aimed at students. TTG3 has commonly used Keyboard Shortcuts that students working on Chromebooks can learn to have some time-saving tricks in their bag. From the list, my favorite has to be the ability to snap windows to either side of the screen using alt + [ or ]. You may be thinking "Haven't you already done a keyboard shortcuts graphic" and you'd be right. Squatter 1 had a brief sprinkling of shortcuts. I followed that up this year with Squatter 9 that not only was a deeper dive into keyboard shortcuts, but provided the Windows, ChromeOS, and MacOS shortcuts for each function. The Squatters are intended for teachers. The humor and writing style is a bit more edgy, and is better suited to the "Potty PD" atmosphere. TTG is posted in the hallways of the school for students to see. It has to be a bit more... umm... ...