Wonder Tools
Wonder Tools helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Building on one of Substack's most popular productivity newsletters, each episode of the podcast includes specific tips on how to make the most of these new tools to work creatively and productively.
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🔕 Too Distracted? Try These Tools (opens the original)
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Now that fall is here, my focus has been fragile. Noise, notifications, news, and email grab at my attention. To help cope with distractions, I've stitched together a focus toolkit with apps, sites, and sounds. Some are new, others old. My goal this season is to concentrate for a bit longer when my attention might otherwise drift. I hope this collection will be useful for you too. Subscribe now<a class="button primary" href="https://wondertools.substack.com/p/my-toolkit-for-
🧠 How to Improve Your AI Skills (opens the original)
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Today I’m sharing a guest post on how to strengthen your AI skills. It’s by Frank Andrade , an AI instructor who has helped thousands of people on Substack master ChatGPT and Claude with beginner-friendly guides and in-depth tutorials. Frank: The gap between AI novices and experts is growing. * One group is saving 5 minutes on emails. * Others are running systems that work while they sleep. The good news? You can progress faster than you might think. The Five Stages: * Stage 1: AI Beginner * Sta
My 20 Favorite Google Docs Features ❤️ (opens the original)
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Google Docs turned 20 this year, so I’m sharing 20 of my favorite GDocs features you might find useful. What are your favorites?✨ 1. Type with my voice 🎙️ Tools > Voice typing When I’m tired of typing, I dictate. I like voice typing with Google Docs to add sentences to a blank page as I think out loud. Here’s a sample of my dictated text. Read it aloud to test your voice typing. The transcription isn’t perfect, but it’s free. 2. Match a prior doc’s format 📋 File > New > Help me create > Match do
Your AI Teaching Toolkit 🍎 (opens the original)
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I’m excited to be starting a new semester this week, like millions of other teachers. As a resource for my fellow educators, I’m updating a piece I wrote for The 74 , the nonprofit education news site. The average K-12 teacher works 49 hours a week . About a quarter of that time is uncompensated. In higher ed, adjuncts make up about 40% of the faculty workforce. At many institutions, time spent on course prep and administrative tasks is unpaid. Most teachers I know didn’t become educators to spe
ChatGPT Sites Is Surprisingly Good ✨ (opens the original)
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