by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 27, 2020 | Academic Technology
I usually publish The Practical Ed Tech Podcast on Friday or Saturday, but this weekend I got a little sidetracked by a couple of other projects and didn’t record until Sunday night. In this episode I…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 25, 2020 | Academic Technology
Earlier this week my friend Beth asked me for some tutorials on Google Forms for beginners. As a follow up to that I’ve selected three Google Sheets tutorials from my library. These tutorials are for…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 25, 2020 | Academic Technology
Good morning from Maine where it’s nearly forty degrees warmer than last week. It almost felt like March weather when I went out with my dogs this morning. It’s going to be a great day for taking my…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 24, 2020 | Academic Technology
Book Creator is a tool that I have been using and recommending for years for making multimedia ebooks. You can use it as an iPad app or in your web browser. This week Book Creator announced that it…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 24, 2020 | Academic Technology
Last week I got a couple of questions about an old video of mine in which I demonstrated embedding Google Calendar into Blogger. Google Calendar and Blogger have changed in the years since I made that…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 23, 2020 | Academic Technology
Google’s My Maps tool is great for students to use to collaborate on the creation of custom maps. The problem with it is that students must have Google accounts in order to use it. Ethermap solves…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 23, 2020 | Academic Technology
Last night my friend Beth emailed me to ask if I had any tutorials for beginning Google Forms users. My answer was, “I sure do!” These were the three Google Forms tutorials that sent to her to share…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 22, 2020 | Academic Technology
Last week Google announced that Originality Reports in Google Classroom would soon be available to all users with the limitation that you could only run three reports unless your school subscribes to…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 22, 2020 | Academic Technology
Creative Strength is the title of the latest Next Vista for Learning video contest. Like previous Next Vista contests, this one is open to students and teachers. There is a category for…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com » Related...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 21, 2020 | Academic Technology
Vortex is the latest game template published by ClassTools. Vortex lets you create an online game in which players have to sort words or phrases into up to four categories. Vortex replaces the Dust…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 21, 2020 | Academic Technology
In this week’s Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week I featured three ways to create online forms to collect files from students. One of those options is to use Microsoft Forms. With Microsoft Forms you…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 20, 2020 | Academic Technology
Flippity is a great source of templates for making online games, flashcards, and quizzes. Recently, Flippity added a new template that makes it easy to create an online sorting activity based on…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 20, 2020 | Academic Technology
The single most popular Practical Ed Tech webinar that I hosted last year was 5 Video Projects for Almost Every Classroom. More than 150 participated in it in live or recorded form. The most common…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 18, 2020 | Academic Technology
Good morning from Maine where it’s a balmy -7F outside. My dogs went outside for about thirty seconds before coming right back to the house this morning. Most mornings I have to call them back in….Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 18, 2020 | Academic Technology
In a presentation that I occasionally give about the evolution of educational technology I have a slide that lists classic online discussion tools. On that slide I have a bullet point that reads, …Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 18, 2020 | Academic Technology
There were a bunch of neat things related to ed tech that were released this week. And a bunch more will be out next week in conjunction with the BETT Show in London. In this week’s episode of The…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 17, 2020 | Academic Technology
This morning I had a student ask me “what does ‘the’ mean?” It’s was one of those classic teenager moments of trying to distract me/ waste time at the start of class. I indulged him for a minute then…Read the whole entry at...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 17, 2020 | Academic Technology
Yesterday, I received a question on an old YouTube video of mine in which I demonstrated how to embed a Google Calendar into Blogger. The video is seven years old and Google Calendar has changed a bit…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 17, 2020 | Academic Technology
Like a lot of people, I have a habit of leaving a bunch of Chrome tabs open even if I’m not actively using them. It’s not the best habit because it does unnecessarily use resources. It can also…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 17, 2020 | Academic Technology
A couple of months ago I wrote about how my students are using Google Sites as digital portfolios this year. Fortunately for me, this year I only have twenty-five students’ sites to keep track of….Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 17, 2020 | Academic Technology
Back in August Google unveiled Originality Reports as a beta product in Google Classroom. According to an email that landed in my domain administrator account this afternoon, Originality Reports will…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 16, 2020 | Academic Technology
When was the last time you looked at your phone? According to my site analytics there’s at least a 30% chance that the answer to that question is “right now.” But when was the last time you looked at…Read the whole entry at...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 14, 2020 | Academic Technology
Screencastify is a tremendously popular screencast recording tool. A large part of its popularity comes from being easy to use on Chromebooks. In fact, last fall I helped eighth grade students use …Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 14, 2020 | Academic Technology
Last week my friend Beth Still asked me if I had a video that showed people how to sign into Chrome and switch between Chrome profiles. She mentioned it because she was helping some people who were…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Jan 13, 2020 | Academic Technology
Yesterday, I shared an update about NPR’s 2020 Student Podcast Challenge. One of the requirements for participation in that contest is that teachers have to upload students’ podcasts to SoundCloud….Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
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