by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 10, 2021 | Academic Technology
Last year I published a list of geography games for students. Since then I’ve come across a few more interesting geography games and one that I used for years has disappeared. Here’s my updated list of fun, challenging, and interesting geography games for...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 9, 2021 | Academic Technology
Loom is one of my favorite Chrome extensions for making short tutorial videos. In the last year I’ve made a few tutorials about different ways to use Loom. Some of those include recording videos from your Gmail inbox and making whiteboard videos. Loom recently...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 9, 2021 | Academic Technology
Earlier this week I hosted a free webinar titled Intro to Teaching History With Technology. In the webinar I introduced my Discovery, Discussion, Demonstration framework and how it can be applied to developing interesting history and geography lessons. More than 100...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 8, 2021 | Academic Technology
As I mentioned in my previous post, reading this new BBC article about the rediscovery of the first 3D map in Europe prompted me to look through my archives for collections of historical maps. Here are some collections of historical maps that I’ve featured in...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 8, 2021 | Academic Technology
This morning I read a BBC article about the rediscovery of the oldest 3D map in Europe. The map is a roughly 5 x 6.5 foot slab of carved rock. Reading that article prompted me to start looking in my archives for collections of historical maps. While doing that I came...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 7, 2021 | Academic Technology
Disclosure: TeacherMade is an advertiser on FreeTech4Teachers.com.Back in September I wrote a lengthy piece about a new service called TeacherMade that was made by a teacher for teachers like you and me. Since then I’ve mentioned it in a few webinars and published a...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 6, 2021 | Academic Technology
April is National Poetry Month. I forgot all about it until this morning when I looked at my video about using Google Jamboard to create magnetic poetry activities. That’s just one of many resources for National Poetry Month that I have in my archive of...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 6, 2021 | Academic Technology
On Monday I shared a video that demonstrated how to use videos in quizzes created with Microsoft Forms. That video is one of four that I recently created to provide teachers with a comprehensive overview of how to create quizzes in Microsoft Forms and how students...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 6, 2021 | Academic Technology
Last week I posted a video that contained a quick overview of five Jamboard features that are helpful to teachers and students. That was just the latest in a series of videos that I have made about Jamboard over the last couple of years. To learn more about Jamboard...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 5, 2021 | Academic Technology
Microsoft Forms has improved a lot over the last few years. In fact, there are some things about it that I prefer over Google Forms. One of those things is the way in which you can use videos as question prompts. In Microsoft Forms you can include a video as a part of...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 3, 2021 | Academic Technology
Good morning from Maine where the sun is rising and it’s going to be a nice spring day. That doesn’t mean we don’t still have some snow lingering in the yard. My dogs are grateful for the few remaining piles of snow that we have. My daughters will be...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 3, 2021 | Academic Technology
On Thursday afternoon Rushton Hurley from Next Vista for Learning and I co-hosted the 34th episode of Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff. It was another fun half-hour of answering all kinds of questions. We also shared a couple of cool tools...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 2, 2021 | Academic Technology
This week Google announced two new Google Workspaces for Education features that are sure to be beneficial to students. Both of the new features are things that teachers and students have requested for years. The first is a new set of citation options in Google...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 2, 2021 | Academic Technology
In the last year Jamboard has become one of my favorite tools for online and hybrid instruction. I often use it in place of Zoom’s whiteboard function because I can create multiple page whiteboards that I then share with my students via Google Classroom. My...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 1, 2021 | Academic Technology
As I mentioned in today’s episode of Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff, my YouTube channel now has nearly 35,000 subscribers watching my tutorial videos. On my channel I cover everything from how to make a Google Form to how to make a green...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 1, 2021 | Academic Technology
As announced just a few moments ago during Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff, next week I’m hosting a free webinar titled Intro to Teaching History With Technology. In this free webinar on April 6th you’ll learn about my Discovery,...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 1, 2021 | Academic Technology
This is a guest post from Hali Larkins (@HaliLarkins), communications intern at The Learning Accelerator and Master’s student at Columbia Teachers’ College.In remote environments, sustaining engagement is a challenging task even for adults, but with school...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Apr 1, 2021 | Academic Technology
Good evening from Maine where it was a beautiful day for bike ride after school. Jumping on my bicycle after school on a sunny spring day always makes me feel like a kid again. I hope that you also have an activity in your life that makes you feel like a kid again. As...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Mar 31, 2021 | Academic Technology
Instructables is a site that I’ve written about a couple of times during the last year. I love to visit the site for inspiration for all kinds of hands-on STEM projects for kids to do at home and or in their classrooms. On Instructables you’ll find...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Mar 31, 2021 | Academic Technology
A couple of weeks ago I asked for help from my Twitter followers as I planned to help my students create resumes. Many of you were kind enough to take some time to offer really helpful advice. I passed that advice along to my students when we spent a day working on...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Mar 31, 2021 | Academic Technology
This is a guest post from Hali Larkins (@HaliLarkins), communications intern at The Learning Accelerator and Master’s student at Columbia Teachers’ College.Across the country, teachers, students, and families have been engaging in simultaneous learning...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Mar 30, 2021 | Academic Technology
Every other Thursday Rushton Hurley from Next Vista for Learning and I host a free webinar called Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff. The next one is this Thursday which happens to be April Fools’ Day. As the title implies, during each webinar...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Mar 30, 2021 | Academic Technology
A couple of months ago I started dabbling with a Chrome extension called Mote that lets me add voice notes directly into Google Classroom, Slides, and Docs. I have found it quite helpful for adding clarifying comments to the announcements that I post for my students...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Mar 30, 2021 | Academic Technology
This is a guest post from Hali Larkins (@HaliLarkins), communications intern at The Learning Accelerator and Master’s student at Columbia Teachers’ College. Right now, many students are still trying to navigate major changes to their environments, learning...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Mar 29, 2021 | Academic Technology
Russel Tarr at ClassTools.net has developed another handy tool for students. This time he’s made a citation generator. The ClassTools Citation Generator will create a MLA, APA, Chicago, and HAD citations for any URL that you enter. It will also create citations...
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