by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 17, 2019 | Academic Technology
Padlet has been in my list of top collaboration tools for nearly a decade. I started using it with my students back when it was still known as Wallwisher. There are many ways to use Padlet from simply…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 16, 2019 | Academic Technology
Good morning from Nebraska where I’m visiting my good friends Kris and Beth Still. Some of you may recall that Beth and met more than a decade ago when she organized the NECC Newbie Project and chose…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 16, 2019 | Academic Technology
Over the last year and a half or so Wakelet has become quite popular with teachers. Part of that popularity is due to the versatility of Wakelet which continues to increase every time a new feature…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 15, 2019 | Academic Technology
Canva is a great design tool that I have been using for years to design social media graphics, posters, infographics, business cards, greeting cards, and tee shirts. Recently, I’ve started using Canva…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 15, 2019 | Academic Technology
This morning I published the latest episode of The Practical Ed Tech Podcast. In this episode I shared the exciting, for some, news about Google Slides and some not-so-exciting news about how Google…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 15, 2019 | Academic Technology
Earlier this week I wrote a post about a new game template from Classtools called Fling the Teacher. The game lets students slingshot or “fling” an image of their teachers after they answer fifteen…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 14, 2019 | Academic Technology
Wakelet is a great tool for creating collections of bookmarks, pictures, documents, videos, and more. It is free, easy to use, and offers privacy settings that you can easily control. It also offers a…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 14, 2019 | Academic Technology
One of my new projects for this school year is producing The Practical Ed Tech Podcast every week. I’m now up to nineteen published episode (not twenty-one as I thought earlier this week). I’ve had a…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 13, 2019 | Academic Technology
Google Earth is one of my favorite tools to use in history and geography lessons. Google Earth enables students to see and explore places in ways that printed maps and images never could. One of the…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 13, 2019 | Academic Technology
Last month I announced the free Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference that I’m hosting in December. The presenters have been chosen and in the next few days the final schedule of presentations will…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 12, 2019 | Academic Technology
Later this week I’ll publish the nineteenth episode of The Practical Ed Tech Podcast. That’s beaten the law averages when it comes to podfading. Except for the episodes that have guests, every episode…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 12, 2019 | Academic Technology
YouTube has a lot of helpful little features that are often overlooked. One of those features is the option to upload videos and schedule them to appear at a later time. This can be great if you have…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 12, 2019 | Academic Technology
Timeline JS is one of my all-time favorite tools for use in history classes. It is always at the top of my list of tools for creating timelines. Timeline JS allows you to create a Google Sheet that…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 11, 2019 | Academic Technology
Last night I published a post in which I speculated that Google is rolling out the “insert audio” feature to more G Suite accounts. This afternoon my speculation became reality when Google announced…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 11, 2019 | Academic Technology
This morning I was looking for a historical map of Mount Vernon to overlay onto Google Earth imagery. (I’m publishing a video about that later this week). I was able to find exactly what I was looking…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 11, 2019 | Academic Technology
For more than a decade I’ve used Vocaroo.com whenever I’ve needed to quickly create an audio recording. The one complaint it about was that it required the use of Flash. And with Flash being…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 11, 2019 | Academic Technology
Russel Tarr recently added a new game template to the toolbox available on Classtools.net. The new game is called Fling the Teacher. Fling the Teacher lets students fling or slingshot their teachers…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 11, 2019 | Academic Technology
Earlier this evening I Tweeted that another of my Google Slides accounts now has access to the native audio feature that Google teased us with earlier this year. I now have it in one of my G Suite Edu…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 9, 2019 | Academic Technology
Good afternoon from Maine where all the leaves have turned brown and the air has turned cold. We had our first snowfall of the year this week and the local ski mountain opened this morning. Winter…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 9, 2019 | Academic Technology
This morning I published the eighteenth episode of The Practical Ed Tech Podcast. In this episode I shared a handful of new resources for teachers and students including a great tool that can help…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 9, 2019 | Academic Technology
As I mentioned on the latest episode of The Practical Ed Tech Podcast, last week I was reminded of a great little geography site called Overlap Maps. I hadn’t used it in a long time so I went to see…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 9, 2019 | Academic Technology
The Thanksgiving Turkey Compilation from the Reactions YouTube channel explains two concepts related to the traditional Thanksgiving turkey. First, it explains how the deep-frying process works and…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 8, 2019 | Academic Technology
Many moons ago when I was an undergrad I took a meteorology course. It was my favorite course outside of my major. I’m still fascinated by weather and weather forecasting. In fact, for my next career…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 8, 2019 | Academic Technology
Where Does Your Thanksgiving Dinner Come From? is an interactive storymap that displays where eight popular Thanksgiving foods are grown and harvested in the United States. The storymap includes a map…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 7, 2019 | Academic Technology
Presenter Coach is one of best features to be added to PowerPoint in a long time. Presenter Coach is found in the online version of PowerPoint that anyone can use with a free Microsoft account….Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com » Related...
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