Free Webinar – Making Multimedia Social Studies Lessons
Tomorrow at 11am ET I’m partnering with my friend Greg Kulowiec from EdTechTeacher.org to host a free webinar titled Making Multimedia Social Studies Lessons: Audio, Video, and More. Greg taught middle school social studies for many years and is now a leading expert on the use augmented reality and virtual reality in education. I taught […]
Virtual Reality in Education
This afternoon I joined Greg Kulowiec for a Google Hangout on Air discussion about virtual reality in education. We had a dozen or so people join us in the live chat during the Hangout. If you weren’t able to watch the live session, you can now view it as embedded below. The resources that we […]
Virtual Reality in Education – A Conversation With Greg Kulowiec
Virtual reality has the potential to provide our students with great learning experiences. It is still in its early stages of adoption in schools and there are lots of questions about how it works and how it can be used in classrooms. On February 27th Greg Kulowiec from EdTechTeacher and I will host a Google […]
How to Live Stream from YouTube’s Creator Studio
This is a guest post from Ben Sondgeroth (@mr_sondgeroth) of EdTechTeacher, an advertiser on this site. You may have noticed that Google+ no longer supports Google Hangouts On Air (GHOA) – a great tool that allowed users to record a Google Hangout and stream it live for outside viewing on YouTube. While the service is […]
Draw and Tell: Create Animated Screencasts with Elementary Students
This is a guest post from Tom Daccord (@thomasdaccord) of EdTechTeacher, an advertiser on this site. Thanks to a recent partnership with Khan Academy, Duck Duck Moose has made its terrific Draw and Tell iOS app completely FREE. With Draw and Tell, young students can easily create an animated screencast complete with voice, drawings, images, and […]
NEW Apple Teacher Site Offers FREE Professional Development
This is a guest post from Sabba Quidwai (@AskMsQ) of EdTechTeacher, an advertiser on this site. Last week was a big one for Apple enthusiasts, but perhaps the best surprise was for educators with the release of the Apple Teacher program. It’s free to sign up, and once you do, you’ll enter the Apple Teacher […]
Must Read Educational Sites for Summer
This is a guest post from Jennifer Carey (@TeacherJenCarey) of EdTechTeacher – an advertiser on this site. There are a lot of resources on the web for educators, and it can be challenging to sort through all of that information to find those hidden gems. Here are a few of the websites and blogs that […]
Create Multiple Chrome Profiles to Use Multiple Google Accounts
This is a guest post from Ben Sondgeroth (@Mr_Sondgeroth) of EdTechTeacher, an advertiser on this site. As more schools adopt Google Apps For Education (GAFE), increasingly teachers and students are dealing with multiple Google Accounts – one for work/school and one for personal use. When this situation happens, we often want to keep our two […]
Annotating PDF Files on Chromebooks with Kami
This is a guest post from Avra Robinson (@AvraRachel) of EdTechTeacher, an advertiser on this site. As a teacher, for years, I loathed the PDF file. It was that file that I couldn’t edit or manage very easily. I’d print off hard copies for my students, but when I started teaching technology, I was eager […]
Collaborative Book Publishing with Google Slides & Issuu
EdTechTeacher, an advertiser on this site, has launched a new FREE video series called #ETTchat. Each week, one of their instructors posts a new video with ideas using technology in the service of learning. Collaborative Book Publishing Google Slides has become a universal tool for students to use on any device. In this video, Greg […]
Collaborative Audio Creation with SoundTrap
EdTechTeacher, an advertiser on this site, has launched a new FREE video series called #ETTchat. Each week, one of their instructors posts a new video with ideas using technology in the service of learning. Collaborative Audio Creation with SoundTrap SoundTrap allows teachers and students to collaboratively create audio from any device. In the video below, Greg […]
Collaborating with RealtimeBoard
EdTechTeacher, an advertiser on this site, has launched a new FREE video series called #ETTchat. Each week, one of their instructors posts a new video with ideas using technology in the service of learning. Collaborating and Creating with RealtimeBoard RealtimeBoard allows students and teachers to create a never-ending virtual space on which they can create, […]
Capture Student Ideas with VideoNot.es & Google Classroom
This is a guest post from Avra Robinson (@AvraRachel) of EdTechTeacher, an advertiser on this site. If you’ve used VideoNot.es, you know that it is a powerful application that allows users to take time-stamped, synchronized notes alongside a YouTube, Vimeo, Khan Academy, edX, Udacity or Coursera video. Students using this app can record their thoughts […]
Collaborative, Crowd-Sourced Reading with Prism Scholar Lab
EdTechTeacher, an advertiser on this site, has launched a new FREE video series called #ETTchat. Each week, one of their instructors posts a new video with ideas using technology in the service of learning. Collaborative Crowd-Sourced Reading with Prism The Prism Scholar Lab is an experimental tool from the University of Virgina. Teachers can create […]
Organize Your Projects with Trello
This is a guest post from Kate Wilson (@katewilson13) of EdTechTeacher, an advertiser on this site. Getting and staying organized as an individual varies with each person’s learning style. Therefore, when it comes to getting a group of people to get organized to accomplish a project, finding the right organizational system can sometimes be the […]
3 Free Map Creators
This is a guest post from Jennifer Carey (@TeacherJenCarey) of EdTechTeacher, an advertiser on this site. Maps are a great way for students to navigate their understanding of different topics. While it is useful for geography (of course), students can also use mapping to increase their understanding of a story in English, a lesson in […]
NEW! Nearpodize Your Classroom from Your iPhone
This guest post is from Sabba Quidwai (@AskMsQ) of EdTechTeacher – an advertiser on this site. The world of mobile teaching and learning seems to be getting smaller and smaller and Nearpod is no exception. Last week, they brought their interactive and dynamic tool to iPhone. At a time where the idea of a “phone” […]
How to Get Free eBooks on Your Mobile Device
This is a guest post from Jennifer Carey (@TeacherJenCarey) of EdTechTeacher – an advertiser on this site. With the rise and prominence of eBooks have come a number of resources for educators and students to access free content on virtually any device. Using e-readers, tablets, or computers; in conjunction with apps such as Kindle, Nook, […]
Digital Note-Taking with OneNote
This is a guest post from Beth Holland (@brholland) of EdTechTeacher – an advertiser on this site. One of the most powerful tools available to students these days may be Microsoft’s note-taking app: OneNote. Unlike the rest of the Office Suite, you can download OneNote for FREE on any device – iPad, laptop, Android, even Chromebooks! To […]