by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 28, 2019 | Academic Technology
Earlier this week I published a video about a neat new service called Transo that lets you turn your notes into a mind map with just one click. Creating that video and writing the corresponding blog…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 28, 2019 | Academic Technology
It’s Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Somehow over the last 50 years it became a tradition that classic rock stations play Alice’s Restaurant Massacree at noon on Thanksgiving Day. And it has…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 27, 2019 | Academic Technology
With Padlet’s new multimedia mapping tool and the recent update to the web version of Google Earth there are more ways than ever for students to collaborate on creating multimedia maps. The three…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 26, 2019 | Academic Technology
Transno is a new service that lets you write notes and outlines that can then be turned into mind maps and flowcharts with just one click. It reminds me a lot of the old Text2MindMap service that I…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 26, 2019 | Academic Technology
Throughout the year on Practical Ed Tech I host live professional development webinars. The sale of those webinars helps to keep this blog running. The timing of the live webinars doesn’t work for…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 25, 2019 | Academic Technology
Last week Microsoft announced that a new file collection option has been added to Microsoft Forms. That feature is the option to accept file uploads in response to questions. The file upload option is…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 25, 2019 | Academic Technology
Thanksgiving is just a few days away. If you find yourself looking for a quick, Thanksgiving-themed video lesson to use this week, take a look at the following three options.The Chemistry of…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com » Related...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 23, 2019 | Academic Technology
Last week I shared the news that Padlet now includes multimedia map creation options. Like all other Padlet layouts, the map option includes the capability to collaborate. The maps that you create on…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 23, 2019 | Academic Technology
Good morning from Maine where the sun is still below the horizon and the wind is making it feel colder than the thermometer’s reading of 22F. Before the sun comes up and my kids wake up, I have this…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 22, 2019 | Academic Technology
As I mentioned in this week’s episode of The Practical Ed Tech Podcast, Google released a handful of updates to products that teachers and students frequently use. A few of those I reported on earlier…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 22, 2019 | Academic Technology
This afternoon I recorded the twentieth episode of The Practical Ed Tech Podcast. In this podcast I shared five Google product updates teachers should note, a Microsoft Forms update that should prove…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 21, 2019 | Academic Technology
Last week I published a video that outlines how I produce my podcast. Within that video I included some tips about using Garage Band to extract audio from a video and how to combine audio clips in…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 21, 2019 | Academic Technology
Google Sites has always made it easy to insert Google Forms into the pages of your Google Sites websites. Embedding a Google Form into a page can be a good way to gather feedback from students,…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com » Related...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 21, 2019 | Academic Technology
The web version of Google Earth has been available for more than two years now. Over those two years it has lagged behind the desktop version in terms of feature availability. That is starting to…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 20, 2019 | Academic Technology
Thanksgiving is just over a week away here in the U.S. Should you find yourself looking for some Thanksgiving-themed lessons to do, consider giving one of the following options a try.Create a…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com » Related...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 20, 2019 | Academic Technology
A few months ago Google started rolling-out a rubrics tool for some Google Classroom users. To get access to the rubrics tool your domain has to be enrolled in the Google Classroom Beta Program. I…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 20, 2019 | Academic Technology
In last week’s episode of The Practical Ed Tech Podcast I answered a question about tools for creating sorting games. The Dust Bin game template from ClassTools was one of the tools that I suggested…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 20, 2019 | Academic Technology
For many people the hardest of starting a writing assignment is choosing thinking of things to write about. This is particularly true when it comes to starting creative writing assignments….Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com » Related...
by Free Technology for Teachers | Nov 20, 2019 | Academic Technology
Microsoft Forms offers a good way for teachers to create online quizzes and surveys. Over the last couple of years Microsoft has steadily added more and more features to it. File collection is the…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
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 »...
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