by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 28, 2020 | Academic Technology
Good morning from Maine where I’m still groggy from all of the turkey I ate on Thursday. It’s either that or my coffee hasn’t kicked in this morning. Like many parents of young children I try get up…Read the whole entry at...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 28, 2020 | Academic Technology
I usually don’t write about hardware because it doesn’t fall under the banner of “free.” However, I’ve been asked about this topic a lot this year so I thought I’d cover it. The last nine months…Read the whole entry at...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 27, 2020 | Academic Technology
On Wednesday morning I looked out my window and watched the snow start to cover the rock wall in my backyard. Doing that made me think about my kids making snowmen which in turn reminded me of the …Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 27, 2020 | Academic Technology
Last week Google announced that June 2021 would be the end of the Google Expeditions app. I published a short list of alternatives to Google Expeditions. One of those alternatives was to simply use…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 26, 2020 | Academic Technology
Usually, at this time on Thursday afternoon I join Rushton Hurley for our live webinar series titled Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff. But since today’s a holiday we’re taking the…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 26, 2020 | Academic Technology
It’s Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S. I usually celebrate the day with my family in Connecticut watching the road race in my hometown. Unfortunately, that tradition is on hiatus this year due to the…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 25, 2020 | Academic Technology
The Smithsonian offers a lot of neat apps and games for elementary school students. One of those games is called Pick Your Plate. It’s available to play in your web browser or as an iPad or Android…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 25, 2020 | Academic Technology
Try as I might, as an old history teacher turned computer science teacher, I can’t help sprinkling in a few history lessons now and then. We talked about the Y2K bug (history to my students all born…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 25, 2020 | Academic Technology
Sometimes the simplest solution is the one that gets overlooked the most. That’s often the case when people ask me for a recommendation for making audio slideshow-style videos. I was reminded of this…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 24, 2020 | Academic Technology
For some students the hardest part of a creative writing assignment is developing an idea to write about. Fortunately, there are many good tools and websites that teachers can use to generate writing…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 23, 2020 | Academic Technology
Last week Google announced that support for Google Expeditions and Google Tour Builder would end in July 2021. I’ve already published a preliminary list of alternatives to Google Expeditions. If…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 23, 2020 | Academic Technology
Back in the late winter/ early spring of this year I published an overview of Google Meet features you should know how to use for teaching online classes. Since then Google has updated old features…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 23, 2020 | Academic Technology
Like millions of other Americans the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade will be on the television in my house on Thursday morning. In the past Macy’s has published some resources for learning about the…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 22, 2020 | Academic Technology
American Thanksgiving is later this week. My Canadian friends celebrated Thanksgiving last month. Besides the timing of the holiday, there are some other differences between American Thanksgiving and…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 21, 2020 | Academic Technology
Good morning from Maine where it certainly felt like winter this week. We had snow flurries every morning and some afternoons this week. My bike riding has become an indoor activity. And all the…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 20, 2020 | Academic Technology
The switch to online and hybrid classes presents lots of challenges and requires changing the way that we have done some of our “old standby” activities. For example, this morning I received an email…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 20, 2020 | Academic Technology
Last week’s announcement from Google that Google Expeditions will be discontinued in 2021 was disappointing news for many of us. Since then I’ve answered a handful of questions from people who are…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 20, 2020 | Academic Technology
The New York Times is hosting a video contest called the 15 Second Vocabulary Video Challenge. The contest is open to middle school and high school students. The contest asks students to produce a…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 19, 2020 | Academic Technology
In my unofficial tech support role at my school I get asked a lot of questions. Now that we’re back to 100% online teaching and learning those questions are coming as emails instead of as “hey…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 19, 2020 | Academic Technology
This morning I responded to a Tweet from someone who was looking for “plate tectonics virtual experiences for students.” My mind immediately went to using Google Earth. A quick search in my archives…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 19, 2020 | Academic Technology
Earlier this week I shared a few games and activities for Geography Awareness Week. Here’s another one that I recently discovered through Maps Mania. Map Quiz is exactly what its name implies. It’s a…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 18, 2020 | Academic Technology
This coming weekend Stanford Continuing Studies is hosting a free workshop about online instruction. The workshop, Teaching Your Class Online, will be facilitated by three instructors from Stanford…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 18, 2020 | Academic Technology
Does it ever feel like conducing an online class meeting is an exercise akin to herding cats? Between making sure that every kid can hear you and then making sure that they don’t talk over each other…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 18, 2020 | Academic Technology
This morning I received an email from a reader who was looking for an alternative to ABCya’s word cloud generator. ABCya’s word cloud generator was a good one. Unfortunately, it is no longer…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 18, 2020 | Academic Technology
Knowt is a free service for turning documents into flashcards, quizzes, and other review activities. I featured Knowt in a blog post last year and again earlier this year. Back then it had to be used…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
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