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Your Moment: Getting You Ready for Retirement (OTPP Retirement Planning Webinars)

Join the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) for a virtual presentation to learn about one of your most important financial assets: your pension.

You have been contributing to your pension throughout your career. Now that you’re thinking about retiring, find out how this asset fits into your financial picture.

This interactive and informative presentation will provide you with everything you need to know about preparing for retirement, and what to expect throughout the retirement application process.

You have 10 dates to choose from. Each presentation will be the same, so please choose a date below and click on it to register. Each session is about 1.5 hours with a Q&A session. Two days before the date you selected, you will receive another email with information on how to join the virtual presentation.

March

April

May

Source: OTF Mail List

 

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2011 V-Strom Mileage

Here is a graph showing the mileage I got with my 2011 DL650 V-Strom.

It’s interesting to see that my mileage was going up as the bike got older!

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Podcast Test – Hosted on YouTube

This is a quick test to see if I can publish a podcast on WordPress and have the file hosted on YouTube.

The feed for the podcasts I post here should be https://www.beens.ca/category/podcast/feed/.

 

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Podcast Test – Hosted on Google Drive

This is a quick test to see if I can publish a podcast on WordPress and have the file hosted on Google Drive.

Be sure the file is shared publicly and use the embed code to embed the player here.

The feed for the podcasts I post here should be https://www.beens.ca/category/podcast/feed/.

Update: The widget embed code must trip up the podcast programs because the programs cannot seem to find a podcast on this page. The good news though is that the test with the file hosted on GitHib worked perfectly.

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Podcast Test – Hosted on GitHub

This is a quick test to see if I can publish a podcast on WordPress and have the file hosted on GitHub.

Be sure the use the “raw” link when inserting the URL. WordPress will insert a player automatically.

The feed for the podcasts I post here should be https://www.beens.ca/category/podcast/feed/.

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Free Photo and Video Stock Image Sites

This list was shared in the TGJ-Teachers (Communications Technology Teachers) email list. To join the email list, visit https://www.beens.org/email-lists/.

Are we missing any? Please let us know in the comments below.

 

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Multi Device Website Mockup Generator

This is a recent email I shared with the Communications Technology email list. You may be interested in this if you or your students do website development.

I found a great webpage that will show you what your website looks like on multiple devices at once. It’s great! It would be very useful to make sure your website will look good on mobile devices or tablets.

https://techsini.com/multi-mockup/index.php

Here’s an example when previewing my website:

Multi Device Website Mockup Generator

The only hiccup I found when I was looking at my sites, I had to be sure to use https:// instead of http://.

Check it out!
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google vs Google

Henceforth I am going to spell Google “google” when using it as a verb and “Google” when using it as a proper noun.

Who’s with me?

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Affinity Photo and Designer

This is a recent email I shared with the Communications Technology email list. You may be interested in this if you use graphics arts or photo editing software.

Affinity Banner

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Piazza (LMS) Demo Session – My Comments

I attended a Piazza demo session yesterday. Considering the demo was only an hour and there was no time for clarification, my comments may not be entirely accurate. Please let me know if I’ve made any mistakes.

Piazza is a lightweight Learning Management System which is available at https://piazza.com. It is much less comprehensive than D2L, more like Google Classroom but with a nicer interface for students (in my opinion). Continue reading “Piazza (LMS) Demo Session – My Comments”