October 11, 2017 – Technobotss

Five Screencasting Tools Compared and Ranked - Fall 2020 October 29, 2020
The launch of Vimeo Record earlier this week made me think that perhaps it was time to write a comparison of popular screencasting / screen recording tools. For this comparison I selected the five options that pop into my head whenever I'm asked about screencasting (which has been almost daily since March). With the exception […]
Three Ideas for Stop Motion Video Projects to Make With Cloud Stop Motion October 28, 2020
Last month I published a video about how to use Cloud Stop Motion to make a stop motion video. Stop motion provides a good way to make simple animations and time lapse videos. Here are three ideas, including one from a current student of mine, for stop motion video projects for students. Showing Network ActivityThis idea […]
Time to Fall Back - Short Lessons About Daylight Saving Time and Timezones October 28, 2020
This weekend we have Halloween and the end of Daylight Saving Time (in most of the U.S. and Canada). Hopefully, my kids will take advantage of the "extra" hour of time for sleeping. As I do almost every time Daylight Saving Time begins or ends, I have gathered together a handful of short video explanations about […]

Why Saving Nature Is the Best Way to End the Pandemic Era October 29, 2020
When the scientists who warned the world last year that 1 million species face extinction issue a new warning about the “pandemic era,” we should probably listen.Read more...
No One Loves Me in This Nightmare Mask From 1999 October 29, 2020
You may remember the Rejuvenique Facial Toning Mask from creepy infomercials in 1999 starring Linda Evans. “If you get the idea of what doing eight situps a second would do for your stomach, you have an idea what Rejuvenique would do for your face,” a smarmy salesman tells Evans, in response to why a person […]
On Star Trek: Discovery, You Really Can't Go Home Again October 29, 2020
This week, Star Trek: Discovery reunited the disparate halves of its cast for an emotional chance to take stock of their unprecedented situation. The crew has arrived in the future and is headed to the ancestral home of the Federation—but as we so often learn when we return to our roots, they come to the […]