Invite a Friend to Newlearn.io to Win an Amazon Gift Card
Disclosure: Newlearn.io is currently an advertiser on this blog. Last week I wrote about a newer service for finding and sharing standards-aligned teaching materials. That service is called Newlearn.io. For those who didn’t see the post, the short version is that Newlearn.io provides a place for sharing teaching materials in a way that is similar […]
How to Highlight, Annotate, and Share Pages From Microsoft Edge
This year I have made an conscious effort to spend more time exploring the free tools that teachers and students can use. One of those tools is the Microsoft Edge browser that includes built-in features for highlighting, annotating, and sharing webpages with your colleagues and with your students. In the following video I demonstrate how […]
eduClipper Was Acquired by Participate – What That Means for Teachers
The popular social bookmarking and digital portfolio tool eduClipper has been acquired by Participate. Fortunately, teachers and students who currently use eduClipper won’t notice any changes. Participate’s commitment to maintaining eduClipper’s free service for teachers was reiterated to me many times in the conversation that I have with eduClipper’s founder Adam Bellow and Participate’s CEO […]
Diigo vs. Google Keep – A Comparison of Bookmarking Tools
During Practical Ed Tech Live last Thursday afternoon I answered a request for a comparison of Diigo and Google Keep as alternatives to Delicious. The video of that explanation was a little muffled by some background noise so I decided to write out my explanation of the key differences between Diigo and Google Keep. Social Sharing […]
If You’re Still Using Delicious, Stop and Try Something Else
Delicious (Del.icio.us), once the darling of the Web 2.0 bookmarking community, has been sold again. This marks the fifth time that the service has been sold. This time it looks like this is really the end for Delicious. The service was acquired by Pinboard who earlier this week announced that on June 15th Delicious would […]
Google Drive vs. Padlet
Earlier this week I received a message on the Practical Ed Tech Facebook page from a reader who asked, “What do you suggest as the best way to share resources such as documents and webpages for teachers? Google Docs? Padlet?” File sharing comparison Comparing Google Docs (or Drive) to Padlet for file storage is a […]