Extensions and podcasts and apps, oh my! Topics at the Wyoming Library Association “What the Tech” session included everything from coding for kids to keeping your doggie happy while you’re at work with a remote treat dispenser. See the slides! We’ve posted the slides for those who couldn’t make it and for those who were there and would like to review them. We’ve also included the links below so that you can check out these tools yourself.

• Podcast: Every Little Thing
  Podcast of random knowledge
• Anne Frank Exhibit
  360° tour of the Amsterdam house of Anne Frank with photo essays and only existing film image of her — watch the video. Product of Google Arts & Culture
• Daisy the Dinosaur/Hopscotch: Coding for Kids
  Free app for little ones to learn coding with Daisy available at the Apple store; for iOs only so far
• Newsguard
  Browser extension that provides background information about news sources and their reliability
• Artechouse
  Interactive art gallery in D.C., Miami, and NYC
• Reading Time Communicator
  Available for loan from Wyoming Assistive Technology Resources (WATR)
• Voice Dream Reader (4+) Text to Speech ios app
  Via Wyoming Assistive Technology Resources (WATR)
• Podcast: Twenty Thousand Hertz
  Explore the world’s most unique sounds
• Airtable Organizational app
  Part spreadsheet/part database organizational app
• Calm
  App for meditation and sleep
• Podcast: Heaven’s Gate
• Bookshare
• Where on Google Earth is Carmen SanDiego?
  (Google Earth: Games)
• Quiz: Ocean Safari
  (Google Earth: Games)
  Variety of quizzes with Google Earth capability
• Podcast: Unobscured
  Recovering history, restoring narratives
• Credder
  Review site for news media
• Unsplash
  Internet source of freely available images
• Fluorescent-41 Tint
  FL-41 tinted lenses help reduce photophobia and migraine frequency
• GT Recovery
  Free file recovery app
• Owl Factor
  Analyzes media for credible sources
• Furbo
  Interactive dog camera and remote treat dispenser
• Podcast: The Dream
  So, multilevel marketing companies actually have kind of a creepy history
• Discord: Text and Voice Chat (Google Play)
  All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that’s free, secure, and works on both desktop and phone
• The Secret Annex Online
  Explore the secret annex where Anne Frank and her family hid out for 2 years in 360 degrees as though you were there
• Scan-to-read QR codes (ABDO)
  Get instant access to books when you find the QR code, scan it, then read it
• PebbleGo (Capstone)
  Research database for K-3 students

This presentation wouldn’t have happened without the people who stepped up to share:

• Danielle Price, Wyoming State Library
• Angie Wolff, Laramie County Library System
• Karen Kitchens, Wyoming State Library
• Jessica Dawkins, Wyoming State Library
• Gisele Knopf- Wyoming Assistive Technology Resources
• Michelle Boule, Sheridan College Mary Brown Kooi Library
• Chuck Scheppy, ABDO
• Ann Novak, Capstone/PebbleGo
• Paige Bredenkamp, Wyoming State Library