Creating Seasonal, Brand and Mood Specific Zoom Backgrounds http://roadschooled.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Zoom-Surprise-Short-Video.mp4 PART 1 : CREATE YOUR BACKGROUND In an effort to avoid doing real work, I stumbled across this fun, easy tool for creating custom zoom backgrounds. You can create static or motion ones, like the one above. No Green Screen Needed. 1 1. Go to https://giphy.com/backdrop You do […]
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men (and women) and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” Mark Twain. Tweet Tonight, my daughter Nya and I went walking
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Do you seek greater Purpose in your work and in your life? It’s ok if you do not pay for many people, buy a few nice things, pay the rent, and time with friends. Etc. is enough. For others, it can be debilitating. At the height of one of my several careers, I was feeling
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Photography is not about taking the perfect photo. Perfection is often too symmetrical and dull. What makes a picture great is when it tells a story. It can be grainy, out of focus, or even upside down. But, if it transports the viewer, then you’ve done your job. At other times you are merely trying
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SIGN THE PETITION NOW Sign Now, to help the more than 12 Million Students Learning from home, that do not have Internet! Sign Technology is an integral part of our lives. It is treated like a luxury, but it should be a right. By signing this petition, you are helping raise this concern to the
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FIRE stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early. The plan promotes early retirement by promoting extreme savings and investment. Following the program allows individuals to “retire early.” Search the Internet, and you will find proponents and distractors in equal measure. I believe it gets a bad rap because “early retirement” sounds lazy too many people. Far
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“Don’t be Something Be Someone!” Simply put, Be Your You! When the site first started, the tagline was “Don’t Do Anything, Do Something!” That was a variation from my Adventure Hermit Travel Site, “Don’t Go Anywhere, Go Somewhere!” I have a thing for these Yin and Yang type of descriptions. Recently my daughter decided to “become
JUST TELL ME WHAT TO DO If you are with Xfinity, I recommend downloading the Free Norton Security Tools for Computers and Mobile devices. Then select ExpressVPN for its flexibility. If you need to save money, choose NordVPN. If you do not have access to Xfinity’s free tools, then start with the McAffee all in one solution. The Rest of the Story
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Filling the Gaps Leading by Example Philosophy Why Road Schooled Our Promise to You Filling the Gaps Modern traditional learning has left a gap. We’ve all living in a digital world, for better or worse. Cell phones and the Internet have changed the way we receive and share information. Traditional education has not always been
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I wrote this after a difficult trip with a friend. We were both carrying our own grief. I’m not one to write poetry. But, when this came out of me, I felt it deserved sharing. I dedicate this to anyone who has ever given up on their dreams. To those that have caught up with
