by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 11, 2019 | Academic Technology
The second presentation in the Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference was Jeremy Rinkel’s 3D Printing Solutions to World Issues. Here’s how Jeremy described the presentation,With an emphasis and…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 11, 2019 | Academic Technology
This afternoon I kicked off the Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference with a presentation about making apps with students. In addition to showing three ways to make your own mobile apps, in the…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 10, 2019 | Academic Technology
The Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference starts this afternoon at 3pm ET. There is still time to register here. Today’s presentations and times are listed below.Easy Ways to Make Your Own…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 10, 2019 | Academic Technology
Russel Tarr at Classtools has come up with another great little tool for teachers and students. The new Image Hotspot Generator on Classtools makes it easy to add interactive annotations to any…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com » Related...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 9, 2019 | Academic Technology
The first webinars of the free Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference will be broadcast tomorrow. These are going to be live presentations with time for Q&A. More than 500 people have registered…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 9, 2019 | Academic Technology
Last week Canva announced a handful of new features including a video editor and a desktop application. A new education-specific version of Canva was also announced. Those new features don’t appear to…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 7, 2019 | Academic Technology
Last night I published the 22nd episode of The Practical Ed Tech Podcast. In this week’s podcast I talked about how I improved my fitness in 2019, shared some resources for Hour of Code, and answered…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 7, 2019 | Academic Technology
Good morning from snowy Maine where it is going to be a great weekend for playing outside. When the sun comes up I plan to do some sledding with my kids. Later, we might do a little skiing too. But…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 6, 2019 | Academic Technology
Earlier this week I wrote about how I’m having my students use Google Sites as digital portfolios. Right after that I published that post Google announced a few helpful updates to Google Sites. Then…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 6, 2019 | Academic Technology
After yesterday’s post about tools for improving the accessibility of websites, slides, and videos I got some feedback from readers who noted that I didn’t mention anything about Firefox. That wasn’t…Read the whole entry at...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 5, 2019 | Academic Technology
We all have different needs and preferences when it comes to consuming the media in our lives. Our students are the same. Some need webpages read aloud, some need different color schemes or fonts, and…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 5, 2019 | Academic Technology
A couple of weeks ago I got an email from Docs Teach that featured the idea of creating history lessons that incorporate historical comics. That email sent me to Docs Teach where there is a small…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 4, 2019 | Academic Technology
I get a lot of questions from readers. I try to answer all of them. Those that I think have a broad appeal I turn into blog posts and or include in my podcast. Earlier this week I received a question…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 4, 2019 | Academic Technology
Easy Accents is a Google Docs and Google Slides add-on that I’ve been using and recommending for years. This morning I went to use the add-on in Google Docs and noticed that there was a little message…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 4, 2019 | Academic Technology
Right after I finished writing a blog post about how my students are using Google Sites as digital portfolios I jumped into Feedly and found three announcements from Google regarding Google Sites. One…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 4, 2019 | Academic Technology
The computer science courses that I’m teaching this year are almost entirely project-based courses. I’m having them do two things to keep track of their progress throughout their projects. One of…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 3, 2019 | Academic Technology
The Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference is next week. It is a free event that anyone can attend online. Register here or through the form below and you’ll be enrolled in all of these free webinar…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 2, 2019 | Academic Technology
I did a lot of driving and sitting in traffic in snowy conditions today so I had a lot of time to listen to listen to podcasts. The first that I listened to was Joe Rogan’s podcast with Tulsi Gabbard…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 2, 2019 | Academic Technology
Multi.link is a new service that makes it easy to share all of your social media profiles, websites you own, videos you produce, and pictures on one simple page. To use Multi.link just head to the…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 1, 2019 | Academic Technology
We put up our Christmas tree this weekend (my toddlers “helped” decorate it). Putting up the tree is always a sign that December is here. November has come and gone. As I do at the end of every month…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Dec 1, 2019 | Academic Technology
This afternoon I recorded the twenty-first episode of The Practical Ed Tech Podcast. In this episode I share some reflections on 12 years of blogging about educational technology, share some news from…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 30, 2019 | Academic Technology
Good morning from Maine where it feels like winter! It’s 4F outside, a lot of snow is in the forecast, and we’re going to get our Christmas tree later today. I hope that all of you had a great week. I…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 30, 2019 | Academic Technology
Yesterday marked twelve years since I started this blog. I didn’t have much of clue about what I was doing. I chose the name Free Technology for Teachers because it was the height of the Web 2.0 boom…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 30, 2019 | Academic Technology
The end of November is here. During the last month Google announced a bunch of updates to many of the products frequently used by teachers and students. I covered many of them during the month, but…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 28, 2019 | Academic Technology
Pictures of corn like the one in this blog post have become symbols of fall harvest and Thanksgiving. Corn and many products made with it are a staple of the diets of many of us today. How did corn…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
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