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How to Save Your Zoom Meeting Annotations

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 27, 2021 | Academic Technology

Last week a colleague asked me if there was a way she could save the sketches that she made for students during her Zoom calls. Since we work in the same building I just walked to her room and showed…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

A Map Projection Game, Video, and Lesson Plans

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 27, 2021 | Academic Technology

Last week I shared a new Crash Course about geography. One of the first videos in that course tackles the question “what is a map?” Yesterday, through the Maps Mania blog, I learned about a fun quiz…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

Muted Notifications During Google Meet Calls

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 26, 2021 | Academic Technology

There’s a new Google Meet feature that those who utilize pop-up notifications will probably like. Now when you’re sharing your screen in a Google Meet call, Chrome will automatically mute and hide…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

See Video, Chat, and Notes at the Same Time in Microsoft Teams

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 26, 2021 | Academic Technology

Mike Tholfsen has released a new video that teachers using Microsoft Teams for online instruction should be excited to see. In this new video Mike demonstrates how to use the new presenter view in…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

Introducing Arduino in a Pandemic

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 26, 2021 | Academic Technology

Watching my students design and build Arduino projects is one of the things that I enjoy the most about my job. We’ve just gotten to the part of the school year in which I introduce my students to…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

Citizen DJ – A Free Tool for Remixing Music and Spoken Audio

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 25, 2021 | Academic Technology

Citizen DJ is a free tool for remixing and creating new songs from audio files that are in the public domain. The tool was developed by Brian Foo who is an Innovator in Residence at the Library of…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

How to Edit Your Videos by Typing in Type Studio

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 25, 2021 | Academic Technology

On Friday morning I published a blog post about a new video editing tool called Type Studio. At the end of the blog post I mentioned that I’d be publishing a tutorial video about Type Studio on my…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

Tips to Help Busy Teachers Get and Stay Fit

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 25, 2021 | Academic Technology

This article originally appeared on one of my other blogs, EdTechFitness.com.In December of 2018 I was the biggest I’ve ever been in my life. The nice suits that I’d purchased just a year before…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

G Suite Audio, Accessibility, and Timelines – The Week in Review

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 23, 2021 | Academic Technology

Good morning from Maine where we play outside even if it’s cold and snowy. Sometimes that means doing traditional snow activities like skiing and sledding while other times it just means knocking some…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

My Big List of Padlet Tutorials

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 23, 2021 | Academic Technology

On Thursday morning I published a video about how to use Padlet to create multimedia timelines. As I mentioned in Thursday’s blog post I’ve been using Padlet for more than a decade. In fact, when I…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

Type Studio – A Truly Unique Way to Edit Your Videos

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 22, 2021 | Academic Technology

Type Studio is a new video editing tool. When I used it for the first time yesterday I actually said aloud, “Whoa! That’s Awesome!” What made me say that was using the editor to clip a section of…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

What is a Map? – And a New Crash Course in Geography

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 22, 2021 | Academic Technology

For as long as I can remember I’ve enjoyed looking at maps. Whether it’s a standard Mercator projection printed on paper or a digital map, looking at maps sparks curiosity in my brain. I’m certain…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

How to Create a Multimedia Timeline With Padlet

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 21, 2021 | Academic Technology

Yesterday morning I published a list of my recommended tools for creating multimedia timelines. Padlet is one of the tools that I included in that list. The timeline templates are relatively new in…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

For My Fellow Runners and Bikers…

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 21, 2021 | Academic Technology

As some of you know I’m an avid cyclist (6300 miles last year) and occasional runner (mostly when I’ve lost my mind). I keep track of all of my activities in Strava. The other day I was on my bike…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

ReadWorks Adds an Offline Mode for Students

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 20, 2021 | Academic Technology

ReadWorks is a non-profit service that I’ve been recommending for years. It is a free service that provides high-quality fiction and non-fiction articles and lesson plans for K-12 ELA teachers. Every…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

20,000 Teachers Get Their Ed Tech Tips This Way

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 20, 2021 | Academic Technology

About seven years ago I noticed that “too many updates” was the most common reason for people unsubscribing from the emails from this blog. To remedy that I created the Practical Ed Tech Tip of the…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

Six Good Tools for Making Multimedia Timelines

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 20, 2021 | Academic Technology

Creating timelines has been a staple in history teachers’ playbooks since the beginning of history. Writing a timeline is a good way for students to chronologically summarize sequences of events and…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

My Favorite Chrome Extensions Right Now – And What They Do

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 19, 2021 | Academic Technology

It’s a fairly regular occurrence that people watch one of my screencast videos and then ask me what all of the extensions are that appear in my Chrome browser. My students often comment on all the…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

How to Quickly Record Audio in Google Slides, Docs, and Classroom

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 19, 2021 | Academic Technology

Last week I wrote a short overview of a new Chrome extension called Mote. In that blog post I focused just on the aspect of Mote that lets you record audio in Google Slides. As a slew of people…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »              Related...

How to Check and Edit the Accessibility of Word Documents

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 18, 2021 | Academic Technology

In my previous post I shared directions on how to assess and edit the accessibility of PowerPoint presentations. The tool that I featured in that post, Accessibility Checker, is also available to use…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

How to Quickly Check and Improve the Accessibility of Your PowerPoint Slides

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 18, 2021 | Academic Technology

In this week’s Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week newsletter I talked about making virtual presentations accessible to those who rely on captioning. Many of us like to share our slides with students…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

Free Webinar This Thursday – Two Ed Tech Guys Take Question & Share Cool Stuff

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 18, 2021 | Academic Technology

Last spring, summer, and fall Rushton Hurley from Next Vista for Learning and I hosted a free webinar series called Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff. This Thursday at 4pm ET we’re…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

Time, Space, and Exercise – The Week in Review

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 16, 2021 | Academic Technology

(Not my house). Good morning from Maine where I’m hoping for snow. It has been a couple of weeks since our last snow storm and I’m worried that our ski season will be too short if we don’t get more…Read the whole entry at...

Mote – An Easier Way to Add Audio to Google Slides

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 15, 2021 | Academic Technology

Mote is a new Chrome extension that I learned about from one of Greg Kulowiec’s Tweets earlier this week. With Mote installed in your Chrome web browser you can quickly record audio and have it…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

Lava Lamps and Security

by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 15, 2021 | Academic Technology

Network and data security is something is emphasized throughout the year in my Introduction to Networking course. To spark discussion in the class, I often share show short videos about interesting…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
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