Coming Soon! The 2021-22 Practical Ed Tech Handbook
Seven years ago I published the first version of The Practical Ed Tech Handbook. Every year since then I’ve published an updated version. The new version for the 2021-22 school year is almost done. It’s free and will be sent to everyone who subscribes to my Practical Ed Tech Newsletter. The 2021-22 version of The […]
Ten Tools for Telling Stories With Pictures – Updated for 2019-20
Four years ago I published a PDF that outlined ten tools and how students can use them to tell stories with pictures. On Monday I received an email from a reader who had recently stumbled upon that PDF. She rightly pointed out that a couple of the tools featured in that document were no longer […]
Resources for Teaching Digital Citizenship – Best of 2017
As I do during this week every year, I am taking some time off to relax and prepare for the new year. Every day this week I will be featuring the most popular blog posts of the year. This was one of the most popular posts in August. The new school year is when we […]
Resources for Teaching Digital Citizenship – A PDF Handout
The new school year is when we think about all of the new apps and sites we want to use with students. As we do that it’s also important to think about teaching digital citizenship. Whether our students are in Kindergarten or are in high school, before we send them out on the web we […]
Digital Storytelling With Comics – Free Ebook
Disclosure: Storyboard That is a long-running advertiser on Free Technology for Teachers. A few years ago I put together a PDF of five projects that your students can complete with Storyboard That. The projects outlined include creative storytelling, retelling of history, using comics in videos, crafting book reviews with comics, and creating multimedia ebooks. While […]
Ten Ways to Use Google Earth In Your Classroom – Handout
This week Google announced that Google Earth can now be integrated into your school’s G Suite for Education services. Which means that your students can use their G Suite account credentials to use the web version of Google Earth. The newer web version of Google Earth can be used on a Chromebook. In the PDF […]
Practical Ed Tech Handbook – 2017 Edition
In 2015 and 2016 I published a 30 page PDF that I called the Practical Ed Tech Handbook. Those have been accessed more than 100,000 times. Today, I revised the Practical Ed Tech Handbook for 2017. Within the pages of the 30 page document you will find short reviews of my favorite tools for creating […]
12 Resources for Teaching Digital Citizenship – Best of 2015-16 School Year
All of this week I am on the road working with teachers in Texas, Kansas, and Arizona. Rather than scrambling to write blog posts at the end of each day, I’m taking this time to feature some of the most popular posts and new tools of the 2015-2016 school year. As we head into the […]
15 Tools for Teaching History With Technology – A Handout
One of the things that teachers often ask me for is a set of tools to get them started on using technology in their classrooms. This is a common request because it can be overwhelming to look at a website or a read a stream of emails with tips and try to figure out where […]