Greetings from Maine where I am writing this with the help of a generator. No, it is not an ai-powered writing generator. The power went out and I am running a “portable” electrical generator.
On the topic of generators, ai content generators can be fun to play with. For example, you may have noticed the Funko figures trend circulating on social media right now. It is a small ai character generator powered by Microsoft Designer. The character creation process is very similar to completing a Mad Libs story. Making a Funko figure is one of the few fun tech things to do before winter break (summer for some readers).
Another fun tech thing you can do before the holidays is create animations based on the audio you record. This can be done quickly and easily with Adobe Animate from Audio Tool. Watch this short video to see how it works.
For something fun that will make you look really “technical” in front of most students, teach them how to run a traceroute. This allows them to see where your Internet activity is going. Learning how to run a traceroute takes only a couple of minutes. If you are a Windows user, look at this video to learn how to run a traceroute. If you are a Mac user, look at this video to learn how to run a traceroute.
Here are some other video tutorials you may find helpful this week:
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