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 »...
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 »...
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 »...
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 »...
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 »...
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 »...
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 »...
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 »...
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 »...
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 »...
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 »...
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 »...
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 »...
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 »...
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 »...
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 »...
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 »...
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 »...
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...
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 »...
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 »...
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 »...
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...
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 »...
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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