Best of 2021 – See What’s Behind Bitly and TinyURL Without Clicking
As I do every year, I’m taking this week as a break from publishing new blog posts and will be republishing some of the most popular posts of the year. Here’s one from April. Bitly is a handy URL shortener that I’ve used for many years. As a registered user I can create custom, shortened […]
Best of 2021 – Ziplet Exit Tickets
As I do every year, I’m taking this week as a break from publishing new blog posts and will be republishing some of the most popular posts of the year. Here’s one from September. Ziplet is a service for gathering feedback from your students in a variety of ways. The simplest way is to create […]
Best of 2021 – The Science of Cake!
As I do every year, I’m taking this week as a break from publishing new blog posts and will be republishing some of the most popular posts of the year. Here’s one from October. If you ask my five-year-old what she wants to be when she grows up she’ll say, “a cake maker!” She’s been […]
Best of 2021 – 27 Videos That Can Help Students Improve Their Writing
As I do every year, I’m taking this week as a break from publishing new blog posts and will be republishing some of the most popular posts of the year. Here’s one from March. The Writer’s Workshop is a playlist of twenty-seven TED-Ed video lessons about writing. The The Writer’s Workshop contains lessons on basic topics like how to use […]
Best of 2021 – 700+ Free Typing Games for Kids
As I do every year, I’m taking this week as a break from publishing new blog posts and will be republishing some of the most popular posts of the year. Here’s one from September. TypeTastic is a site that offers more than 700 free typing games for students of all ages. I first reviewed TypeTastic a […]
Best of 2021 – Save Google Forms Progress
As I do every year, I’m taking this week as a break from publishing new blog posts and will be republishing some of the most popular posts of the year. Here’s one from August. This week Google finally added a feature to Google Forms that teachers and students have requested for years. You can now […]
Best of 2021 – Email Addresses for Cats and Dogs
As I do every year, I’m taking this week as a break from publishing new blog posts and will be republishing some of the most popular posts of the year. Here’s one from March. People often get a kick out of learning that my dogs have their own email addresses. You can send them email […]
Best of 2021 – Five Helpful PowerPoint Features You Might Be Overlooking
As I do every year, I’m taking this week as a break from publishing new blog posts and will be republishing some of the most popular posts of the year. Here’s one from November. PowerPoint isn’t the flashiest ed tech tool on the block and it certainly isn’t the newest. In fact, you might have […]
Best of 2021 – Fling the Teacher!
As I do every year, I’m taking this week as a break from publishing new blog posts and will be republishing some of the most popular posts of the year. Here’s one about a fun game created by Russel Tarr. Fling the Teacher is a game that I mentioned briefly in this week’s Practical Ed […]
Best of 2021 – How to Make Chrome Run Faster
As I do every year, I’m taking this week as a break from publishing new blog posts and will be republishing some of the most popular posts of the year. Here’s one from September. There was a time when Google Chrome was the new kid on the block and promised faster browsing and faster page […]
Best of 2021 – How to Find Public Google Workspace Files
As I do every year, I’m taking this week as a break from publishing new blog posts and will be republishing some of the most popular posts of the year. Here’s one from May. Last week I published an animated GIF of how to search by domain to find publicly shared Google Workspaces files. Over […]
Best of 2021 – Three Good Options for Annotating PDFs
As I do every year, I’m taking this week as a break from publishing new blog posts and will be republishing some of the most popular posts of the year. New blog posts will resume on January 1st. In last week’s Practical Ed Tech newsletter I shared three good options for adding audio comments to […]