Google gadgets

Not sure if anyone ever scrolls down to the bottom of this blog, but have a go at the Brain Trainer gadget that we have. Feel free to comment with your best time! My tip is to use the tab key to move between sums, I also use the number pad for speed. A nice gadget to add to your school blog, website, or page on your Learning Platform - so that your pupils can compete against themselves or each other!

Resizing images!

Whilst I've used a few Microsoft Powertoys before, I hadn't tried this one until recently. It is such a simple easy feature, I'm surprised more people don't know about it. Most Derbyshire schools use Irfanview to manipulate images, but for simple resizing you now need resizer.exe!

It is a little plug-in that installs quickly, and adds a right click option over images. Click here to go to the Microsoft site, scroll down to near the bottom on the right hand side. Run the installer and then when you right click over an image you see the new option 'Resize Pictures' - easy! Try it!