Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions Again
Yesterday, Rushton Hurley and I recorded the latest installment of our Two EdTech Guys Take Questions series. In the episode we answered questions about introductions to computer science, timing quizzes in Google Forms, and more. We also shared a few cool resources you might want to share with your students. You can watch the latest […]
ICYMI – The Grand Finale of Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions Live
On Tuesday evening Rushton Hurley and I hosted the final live presentation of Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff. We’ll be back in 2023 with a similar series but not in a live format. If you missed our final live episode on Tuesday evening, you can now watch the recording right […]
Creative Storm – A Student Video Contest
Creative Storm 2022 is the title of the latest Next Vista for Learning video contest. Like previous Next Vista contests, this one is open to students and teachers. There is a category for student-produced videos, a category for teacher-produced videos, and a category for videos created through the collaborative efforts of teachers and students. Regardless of the category, […]
ICYMI – Webinar Recording – Two EdTech Guys Take Questions
Last week Rushton Hurley and I resumed our Two EdTech Guys Take Questions webinar series. If you missed it, you can watch the recording right here or as embedded below. Rushton does a great job of sharing links to all of the resources that we mention in the webinar. That list of resources can along […]
Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions – Live at 4pm ET Tomorrow
Tomorrow at 4pm ET/ 1pm PT Rushton Hurley from Next Vista for Learning and I are hosting the next episode of the second season of Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff! We’d love to have you join us! You can register for the session right here. In every episode we answer questions from readers and […]
Webinar Recording and Next Live Webinar – Two EdTech Guys Take Questions
Last week Rushton Hurley and I hosted the fourth fall installment of our Two EdTech Guys Take Questions series. In the episode we answered questions about making green screen videos, questions about collecting audio-only responses from students, and questions about making ebooks. We also answered a few Google Workspace-related questions. You can watch the full […]
ICYMI – Two Ed Tech Guys Webinar Recording
Last week Rushton Hurley and I hosted the second episode of the new season of Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff. If you missed it, the recording can be watched here and all of the links/ resources from the session can be found here. The next live session of Two Ed […]
Fascinating Folks on Next Vista for Learning
Rushton Hurley, my pal from Next Vista for Learning, is starting a new webinar series called Fascinating Folks: Educators Engaging Entreprenuers. In Rushton’s words, “The idea is to find interesting people creating tools for the education world, and talk to them in a far more intelligent and productive setting than you might find when someone […]
ICYMI – Episode 20 – Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions & Share Cool Stuff
Every Thursday at 4pm ET/ 1pm PT I join Rushton Hurley from Next Vista for Learning for a free webinar in which we answer questions from readers and viewers. We also feature a couple of cool/ interesting things we’ve found on the web during the week. And in the process of answering questions we often […]
Free Webinar Tomorrow – Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions & Share Cool Stuff
Every week Rushton Hurley from Next Vista for Learning and I host Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff. The next episode is tomorrow at 4pm ET/ 1pm PT and you can sign up here to join us for the live broadcast. The webinar is exactly what the name implies plus a […]
Webinar Recording – Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions
Every week Rushton Hurley and I sit down to answer questions and share cool stuff that we’ve found on the web. We do this in a free webinar that is simply titled Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff. The most recent episode was recording on Thursday afternoon. If you missed it, […]
ICYMI – Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff
Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions & Share Cool Stuff is a weekly webinar series that I do with Rushton Hurley from Next Vista for Learning. As the name implies, in the 30 minute webinar we answer your questions (you can email them in advance or ask them live) and we share a few cool or […]
Q&A With Me and Rushton Hurley Tomorrow at 2pm ET
Last week Rushton Hurley and I resumed our free weekly series Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff. If you missed last week’s episode, you can watch the recording here. We’re hosting another Q&A tomorrow at 2pm ET/ 11am PT. Register here! This is a change from what we announced last week. […]
Webinar Recording – Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions & Share Cool Stuff
Last week Rushton Hurley and I resumed our weekly webinar series called Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions & Share Cool Stuff. It was clear from the comments and questions that a lot of people missed our weekly series. A big thank you to everyone that joined us. If you missed it, you can watch […]
All About Zoom Breakout Rooms
Breakout rooms is one of the best features of Zoom. If you’re anticipating using Zoom this fall and you haven’t tried the breakout rooms function, you need to try it. Breakout rooms will let you create small group work environments within your Zoom meeting. Breakout rooms let you start your meeting will all students in […]
Two Ed Tech Guys Return to Answer Questions – Free Webinar Next Week
This past spring Rushton Hurley and I hosted a weekly webinar series called Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff. We went on hiatus in June and July, but we’re going to be back and better than ever in August! And we want you to join us! We’ll be recording live at […]
Tips & Tricks for Using Zoom and Google Meet – Free Webinar Tomorrow
Tomorrow at 5pm ET/ 2pm PT Rushton Hurley from Next Vista for Learning is hosting the next installment of his Activities Across Grade Levels series. Tomorrow’s free webinar is all tips for improving your use of Zoom and Google Meet with students. You can register for the webinar here. Recordings of all previous installments in […]
Four Free Webinars to Check Out This Week
As we head into summer many of us start to reflect on the last school year (it was one we’ll never forget) and what we want to incorporate into the next school year. If you’re looking for some new ideas to incorporate into your practice, consider attending one of the following free webinars this week. […]
Two Free Webinars With Me That You Can Join This Week
This week, as I did last week, I’m hosting or co-hosting two live webinars. On Thursday at 3pm ET I’m hosting a thirty minute Intro to Teaching History With Technology. On Friday at 1pm ET I’ll be co-hosting Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff with Rushton Hurley from Next Vista for […]
A Webinar for Parents of Elementary School Students
Rushton Hurley runs a fantastic non-profit called Next Vista for Learning. Some of you have seen me write about it and talk about it for years. One of the reasons that I like so much is that it offers something for every student, teacher, and parent. To that end, you’ll find that the videos on […]
Join Me and Rushton Hurley Tomorrow for Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff
Every Friday at 1pm ET/ 10am PT Rushton Hurley from Next Vista for Learning and I host a free webinar called Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff. It we do exactly what the title says, share cool things we’ve found and answer questions about all things related to education and technology. […]
ICYMI – Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff
Every Friday afternoon Rushton Hurley and I get together to host a free webinar called Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff. For about thirty to forty minutes we do exactly what the title implies. We’d love to have you join us! If you can’t make it, you can always find the […]
ICYMI – Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions & Share Cool Stuff – Webinar Recording
Every Friday afternoon I join Rushton Hurley from Next Vista for Learning for Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions & Share Cool Stuff. If you missed the last episode, the recording now available here on Next Vista under “previously.” You can also watch the recording as embedded below. On a related note, Rushton Hurley and […]
Two Free Webinars Today and Tomorrow
Rushton Hurley, founder of Next Vista for Learning, has been hosting some great webinars over the last couple of months. One of those is every Thursday at 5pm ET and the other is every Friday at 1pm ET. Today, at 5pm ET Rushton is hosting Activities Across Grade Levels. Susan Stewart is the co-presenter for […]
Webinar Recording – Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff
On Friday afternoon I joined Rushton Hurley for our weekly webinar Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff. It was a fun webinar. I feel like it was our best one yet. If you missed it, the recording is now available to view here or as embedded below. The slides can be […]
Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions & Share Cool Stuff – Free Webinar Tomorrow
Last Friday Rushton Hurley from Next Vista for Learning and I hosted a free webinar that we not-so-creatively titled Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff. By popular demand we’re going to do it again tomorrow at 1pm ET/ 10am PT. You can register for tomorrow’s free webinar right here. Feel free […]
Webinar Recording – Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions
Last Friday Rushton Hurley from Next Vista for Learning and I held the first episode of Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions (if you have a better idea for a title, please tell us). Lots of people came and lots more asked me about a recording. Rushton recorded it and put up a page of […]
Free Webinar Tomorrow – Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions
For the last few weeks Rushton Hurley, founder of Next Vista for Learning and a former virtual school principal, has been hosting free webinars all about making the transition to online teaching and learning. Tomorrow, I’m going to join him as a co-host for a webinar titled Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions. As the […]
Reminder – Free Webinar About Online Learning Activities – Today at 1pm ET
As mentioned earlier this week, at 1pm ET today Rushton Hurley (founder of Next Vista and all around great guy) is hosting a free webinar about online learning activities. I’ll be dropping into the webinar as well. There are a few components to today’s free Next Vista webinar. How assignments can work for those who […]
Three More Free Webinars About Online Learning
Last week Rushton Hurley hosted three webinars about transitioning to online teaching and learning. Those webinars addressed a lot of questions about planning. You can watch the recording of his webinar from last week here. Rushton is hosting three more free webinars this week. Here’s how Rushton describes the webinars that he’s hosting this week: […]
Creative Strength – A Student Video Contest
Creative Strength is the title of the latest Next Vista for Learning video contest. Like previous Next Vista contests, this one is open to students and teachers. There is a category for student-produced videos, a category for teacher-produced videos, and a category for videos created through the collaborative efforts of teachers and students. Regardless of […]
Creative Bridge – A Next Vista for Learning Video Contest
I have been a fan and supporter of Next Vista for Learning for the last decade. Next Vista is a video site for students and teachers to share video lessons with other students and teachers. Videos submitted to Next Vista are reviewed for accuracy before they appear on the site. Speaking of videos on the […]
Unsplash for Education – Free Photos for Your Lessons
Unsplash is one of my go-to recommendations for finding public domain pictures for classroom projects. Thanks to Rushton Hurley’s latest Next Vista for Education newsletter I just learned that Unsplash now has an Unsplash for Education section. Unsplash for Education is comprised of ten curated collections of images for teachers and students to use in their […]
ClassHook Offers a New Way to Organize Educational Videos
ClassHook is quickly becoming one my favorite tools for teaching with video clips. In fact, I recently included ClassHook’s Pause Prompts feature in my Best of the Web presentation at the Texas Library Association’s annual conference. ClassHook recently added another convenient feature for teachers. ClassHook’s latest feature is one they’re calling Personal Clips. Personal Clips […]
A Great Email Etiquette Lesson from a Student
This morning, like most mornings, I opened my email to see a bunch of requests for help with various educational technology tools. Half of them I am very happy to answer. Those are the ones in which the sender addresses me by name and makes a polite request. Then there are the ones like this […]
Creative Storm – A Next Vista Video Contest
Next Vista for Learning is a great place for teachers and students to share short video lessons that they create. I have been recommending the service for almost ten years now. One of the aspects of Next Vista for Learning that I particularly like is the video contests that are run a couple of times […]
A Couple of Reminders About Email Etiquette
Two things prompted this post. First, this week I have received a dozen or more emails from teachers who didn’t bother to write anything like, “Hi Richard” or any other greeting. Instead they just jumped right into a request. I like to help people, but I like to help polite people more. Second, as school […]
110 Videos About Careers
For nearly a decade I have been referring folks to Next Vista for Learning as a place to find and to share educational videos made by students and teachers. The Light Bulbs section of Next Vista is where you will find most of the videos on the site. The videos within the Light Bulbs section […]
Making and Understanding Paper Airplanes
Making and Understanding Paper Planes is a short video that was produced by students for Next Vista’s Creative Flight video contest. Like a lot of the videos hosted on Next Vista, this video is a good example of students producing a video to teach a short lesson. In the video the students demonstrate how to […]
Snap vs. Scratch
Yesterday, I shared a student-produced video from Next Vista for Learning. This morning I have a good example of a teacher-produced video found on Next Vista. In the following video Brian Ellis explains what the Snap programming language is, demonstrates how it works, and explains the differences between Snap and Scratch. Take a look at […]
Ask for Fascinating
This is a guest post from Rushton Hurley. Rushton is the founder of my favorite educational video site, Next Vista for Learning. If your term is kicking into gear, then it’s likely that batches of assignments will soon be a part of your time. One way to quickly decide you need to thrust something sharp […]
Students Can Discover Careers Through Next Vista for Learning
As many readers of this blog already know, Next Vista for Learning is one of my favorite video sharing sites for students and teachers. Videos hosted on Next Vista are created by teachers and students for the purpose of sharing good news and good lessons with other teachers and students. The careers section of Next Vista is one that […]
Get Inspired By These Videos
This is a guest post from Rushton Hurley. Rushton is the founder of Next Vista for Learning and the author of Making Your School Something Special. I love an inspiring video. While I think it’s inspiring that there are over two thousand short videos created by and for teachers and students everywhere on NextVista.org, we also have a […]
Find Inspiration for Video Projects While Judging a Video Contest
This is a guest post from Rushton Hurley. Rushton is the founder of Next Vista for Learning and the author of Making Your School Something Special. Every year, Next Vista for Learning challenges students at schools around the world to create videos telling about the efforts of those who work to make life better for others. Could you […]
Collecting Students’ Insights
This is a guest post from Rushton Hurley. He is the founder of Next Vista for Learning and the author of Making Your School Something Special. What if once or twice every year your students made short videos that could help everyone in class prepare for their exams? What if these videos became a collection […]
Videos With Little (and Not So Little) Kiddos
This is a guest post from Rushton Hurley, the founder of Next Vista for Learning and the author of Making Your School Something Special. For many of us, student videos call to mind secondary, or perhaps upper elementary students putting together some creative thought about their learning. Art teacher Tricia Fuglestad worked with her kindergartners to come up […]
How Not To…
This is a guest post from Ruston Hurley, the founder of Next Vista for Learning and the author of Making Your School Something Special. It can be work getting students (and ourselves, truth be told) to remember what we should do. Getting our charges to make a video explaining what to do can be helpful, […]
The Fun of Remembering Something Important
This is a guest post from Ruston Hurley. Rushton is the founder of Next Vista for Learning. Can explaining something abstract be interesting and fun? Can students more easily memorize something through a clever video? Whatever you need a student to remember, students may have a fun take on how to make it happen! In […]
Next Vista’s Video Contests Show Great Examples of Student Productions
This is a guest post from Ruston Hurley, the founder of Next Vista for Learning. Imagine that your students are thinking of ways to explain challenging concepts to their peers or younger students. Can they put “Think of it this way…” into short videos that would help others for years to come? Getting an idea […]
Learn English With Next Vista for Learning – Or Help Others Learn
This is a guest post from Rushton Hurley, the founder of the non-profit Next Vista for Learning. Are you trying to learn another language? It can be hard to find good videos that are available for free to help, particularly if you’re trying to learn English, as businesses know there is a huge opportunity with […]
Student Videos Celebrating Service – Cool Projects
This is a guest post from Rushton Hurley, the founder of Next Vista for Learning. Teachers have a love-hate relationship with cool projects. They often find the extra time one requires a burden, but love seeing what the students do when given room to see that they’re capable of taking their talents to another level. […]
Use Stories to Help Students See Possibilities for Helping Others
This is a guest post from Rushton Hurley. Rushton is the founder of Next Vista for Learning and an all-around great guy. Some of your students may doubt their hopes can make a difference for themselves and for others. This is the time of year, though, to use stories to help them see their possibilities. […]
Showing Learning at a Higher Level Through Vocabulary
This is a guest post from Rushton Hurley, founder of Next Vista for Learning. Can exploring a single vocabulary word show learning at a higher level? One teacher in California decided to have students try focusing on a single idea from her English course, and one student decided to work with how language develops: A […]
Protagonist vs. Antagonist – A Student Video
Throughout the year Next Vista for Learning hosts student video contests. All of the contests ask students to create short lessons about a wide variety of topics. The latest contest winner was announced earlier this week. The winning video was Protagonist vs. Antagonist. The 86 second video provides students with a clear explanation of the […]
A Cute Video About Email Etiquette for Students
Next Vista for Learning is a unique video sharing website because it focuses on sharing videos made by students to help other students (you will also find some videos made by teachers). One good example of this can be found in Emailing Your Teacher, With Captain Communicator. The short video features two students demonstrating how […]
Next Vista Launches New Selection of ELL Videos
Next Vista for Learning is a video sharing that I’ve featured dozens of times over the years. Next Vista for Learning is different from other educational video sharing sites because all videos are reviewed before publication and all videos have to teach some kind of short lesson. Students and teachers can submit videos for publication […]
A Great Video Explanation of Onomatopoeia
Next Vista for Learning recently wrapped-up a student video contest. One of the winning videos was Demonstrating Onomatopoeia. The video does a fantastic job of explaining what onomatopoeia is while also demonstrating how its proper use can enhance your writing. The video is embedded below. The video can be downloaded on Next Vista for Learning. […]
Listening Effectively – Tips from a Student
The head tilt says, “I’m listening.” Last week I stumbled upon an older Life Hacker article about how to improve your listening skills. It’s a good article that students should read. After reading the article I did a YouTube search for videos on the topic. I found plenty, but none that I thought were worth […]
Get Inspiration for Video Projects and Help a Non-profit at the Same Time
Over the weekend I featured a new video submission to Next Vista for Learning. That video was a submission for the latest Next Vista video contest. The contest is called Creative Sprouts. The submission period is closed and voting is now open. Next Vista, a non-profit, is looking for some help with the judging of […]
How to Be Inspired When Writing – A Student’s Advice
This morning I was reading through an email from Next Vista for Learning when I found a new student-produced video titled How to Be Inspired When Writing. The short video has some nice tips for students including a closing note to give credit to the sources of inspiration. The video is embedded below. Take a […]
Rate Some Educational Videos and Inspire Your Students
Next Vista for Learning is my favorite place for students and teachers to share the educational videos that they create. Throughout the year Next Vista hosts a number of video creation contests for students and teachers. The latest contest just wrapped-up and now Next Vista is looking for a little help in picking the winners. […]