Join Me for a Search Strategies Webinar Tomorrow
Do you teach middle school or high school social studies classes? Have you ever had a student say to you, “Google has nothing on this” or “I can’t find any information about this?” If you answered “yes” to either of those questions, you’ll want to join me in a webinar tomorrow evening (Eastern Time) that […]
Five Things You Can Teach Through Geocaching
Geocaching is one of the things that I spend a good bit of time talking about in both my workshop and in my webinar about blending technology into outdoor learning. Geocaching is a great activity to do to get kids outside for hands-on learning experiences. Here are five things that you can teach through geocaching […]
Webinar – Blending Technology Into Outdoor Learning
The last two days have been the first truly warm and sunny spring days of the year here in western Maine. While playing with our puppy and soaking up the sunshine yesterday afternoon I said to myself, “self, it’s time to host your technology and outdoor learning webinar.” So last night I updated my webinar […]
A Webinar and an eBook for Your School
When I published the first edition of 50 Tech Tuesday Tips I made the offer of hosting a free webinar for any school or group that purchases ten or more copies. I’ve had more than a handful of people take me up on that offer. That offer is still good and I’d be happy to host a webinar […]
Webinar Today – How to Create & Sell Your Digital Products in 2023
One of the ways that I’m able to keep Free Technology for Teachers going is through the support of generous people like you who purchase my digital products like 50 Tech Tuesday Tips and my Practical Ed Tech courses like Animated Explanations. None of those things on their own provide a living, but they do […]
How to Create & Sell Your Own Digital Products in 2023
One of the ways that I’m able to keep Free Technology for Teachers going is through the support of generous people like you who purchase my digital products like 50 Tech Tuesday Tips and my Practical Ed Tech courses like Animated Explanations. None of those things on their own provide a living, but they do […]
Two EdTech Guys Take Questions – Season Three, Episode Two
Last week Rushton Hurley and I hosted the second episode of the third season of our Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions series. We were joined by a handful of fine folks and even more people were registered to join us. If you missed our live broadcast, you can now watch the recording and find all of […]
Webinar This Week – Search Strategies Students Need to Know
Many students will spend just a minute or two looking at search results before declaring, “Google has nothing on this.” If you have ever had a student say that to you, you know that they think of search as a function and not a process. In a webinar this Thursday I’ll teach you how to […]
Webinar Tomorrow! – A Framework for Technology Integration
Are you new to the role of tech coach or tech integrator this fall? If so, I have an eBook and webinar for you! Tomorrow at 3pm ET I’m hosting A Framework for Technology Integration. Anyone who purchases a copy of my eBook 50 Tech Tuesday Tips between now and midnight (Eastern Time) tonight will get […]
A Webinar and eBook for New Tech Coaches and Integrators
Are you new to the role of tech coach or tech integrator this fall? If so, I have an eBook and webinar for you! On August 30th at 3pm ET I’m hosting A Framework for Technology Integration. Anyone who purchases a copy of my eBook 50 Tech Tuesday Tips between now and midnight (Eastern Time) on […]
Blending Technology Into Outdoor Learning
On Monday we had our first truly warm and sunny spring afternoon here in western Maine. I went fly fishing for a little while on a little stream near my house. It was while I was fishing that I thought to myself, “self, you haven’t hosted your outdoor learning webinar in over a year.” So […]
50 Tech Tips and a Tech Tuesday Webinar
Every month this year I’ve hosted a webinar for people who have purchased a copy of 50 Tech Tuesday Tips. I’m doing the same again next week. On April 12th at 4pm ET I’m hosting A Framework for Technology Integration. Anyone who purchases a copy of my eBook between now and midnight (Eastern Time) on April 11th […]
Last Call – Webinar – How to Create & Sell Your Own Digital Products
This afternoon at 4pm ET I’m hosting a new webinar titled How to Create & Sell Your Own Digital Products. Register by 3pm to join me! If you have ever thought about trying to create and sell things like an eBooks, lesson plans and teaching materials, or online courses, this webinar is for you! In […]
Join Me Next Week for a Webinar About Creating Digital Products and More
Creating and selling digital products like webinars, on-demand courses, and eBooks is one of the ways that I’ve been able to keep this site going and keep a roof over my head for the last decade. And I’ve done it without using any of the big marketplaces like Teachers Pay Teachers that take a substantial […]
ICYMI – Two EdTech Guys Take Questions – Webinar Recording
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 with the slides from […]
An eBook and a Webinar – 50 Tech Tuesday Tips
Back in January I hosted a webinar for those who had purchased a copy of 50 Tech Tuesday Tips. That webinar proved to be popular so I’m going to host it again on March 9th at 4pm ET. On March 9th at 4pm ET I’m hosting A Framework for Technology Integration. Anyone who purchases a […]
I’ll Host Your Next Professional Development Session
Yesterday afternoon I hosted a webinar for an organization that had purchased a bunch of copies of my 50 Tech Tuesday Tips ebook. I would be happy to do the same for your school, department, or organization. If you purchase ten or more copies of 50 Tech Tuesday Tips I’ll host a custom, one hour webinar for your […]
I’ll Host Your Next Tech Tuesday
Yesterday afternoon I hosted a webinar just for those who have purchased a copy of 50 Tech Tuesday Tips. Based on the response to that webinar I’ll probably do another one like it later this year. Until then, I have a different offer for you. If you purchase ten or more copies of 50 Tech Tuesday Tips […]
Last Call! – 50 Tech Tuesday Tips and a Webinar
Tomorrow (January 31st) at 4pm ET I’m going to host a webinar just for those who have purchased a copy of 50 Tech Tuesday Tips. If you’ve already purchased a copy, thank you! You’ll be getting an email with webinar information soon if you haven’t already gotten it. If you haven’t yet purchased a copy, […]
50 Tech Tech Tuesday Tips and a Webinar
As I announced last week, on January 31st at 4pm ET I’m going to host a webinar just for those who have purchased a copy of 50 Tech Tuesday Tips. If you’ve already purchased a copy, thank you! You’ll be getting an email with webinar information soon if you haven’t already gotten it. If you […]
Search Strategies Students Need to Know – A New Practical Ed Tech Course
A couple of weeks ago I hosted a live Practical Ed Tech webinar titled Search Strategies Students Need to Know! I’ve now taken the content and concepts of that webinar and broken into a self-paced mini course. Search Strategies Students Need to Know contains ten self-paced modules, templates for helping students conduct better online research, […]
Webinar This Thursday – Search Strategies Students Need to Know
This Thursday at 4pm ET I’m hosting the new version of my most popular Practical Ed Tech webinar, Search Strategies Students Need to Know. The updated version of this webinar includes new handouts for you and your students. These include templates for formulating lessons to teach search strategies and templates for students to follow when […]
How to Find Image Metadata
Behind every digital image that you capture there is a bunch of information that isn’t visible to the naked eye. That information is called metadata and it includes information like when and where the image was taken, what kind of camera was used, and the original size and color scheme of the image. Much of […]
Webinar Recording – Copyright & Creative Commons for K-12 Educators
Yesterday afternoon I hosted a free webinar titled Copyright & Creative Commons for K-12 Educators. The recording of the webinar is now available to view here on my YouTube channel. The recording is also embedded below. Here’s a list of the resources that I included in the webinar: Lessons from the $9.2 million copyright judgment […]
Webinar Tomorrow – Google Earth & Maps Projects for Social Studies
One of the primary ways that I’ve been able to keep Free Technology for Teachers going for the last couple of years is through the registration fees for my Practical Ed Tech webinars and courses. I haven’t held one in 2021. That will change tomorrow when I host Five Google Earth & Maps Projects for […]
Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions & Share Cool Stuff – Episode 25!
Yesterday, Rushton Hurley and I hosted the 25th episode of Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions & Share Cool Stuff. We took last week off which resulted in us having a backlog of questions to tackle. Neither of us are known for giving succinct answers but we tried our best to cover as many questions […]
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 […]
Sometimes It Pays to Pay – Or When a Webinar Crashes to a Halt
Much of my online reputation is built on free technology for teachers. That said, there are services I do pay to use because I’ve not found other options that are as good. Case in point, I pay $200 per month to license GoToWebinar because I’ve never found anything to be as reliable. In almost ten […]
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: […]
Reminder – Free Webinar on Remote Learning – Today at 1pm ET
There are tons of free webinars about remote learning that have been offered in the last week and are scheduled for the coming days. Many of those appear to be vendor-specific. Rushton Hurley, former principal of an online school and founder of Next Vista for Learning, is hosting a free webinar today at 1pm ET […]
Three Easy Steps to Encourage Technology Integration
This afternoon I hosted a short webinar titled Three Easy Steps to Encourage Technology Integration. I recorded the webinar for those who couldn’t attend the live broadcast. The recording is now available to view on my YouTube channel. The slides that I used during the webinar can be seen as embedded below.
Free Webinar – Three Steps to Encourage Technology Integration
Next Monday at 4pm ET I’m hosting a free webinar for tech coaches, instructional coaches, tech directors, and anyone else who is responsible for helping teachers use technology in their classrooms. The webinar is titled Three Easy Steps to Encourage Technology Integration. In the webinar I’ll layout my framework for helping teachers use technology in […]
Intro to Using AR & VR in Your Classroom – Webinar This Thursday
More than 100 people have participated in a Practical Ed Tech webinar this month. Thank you for your support! This Thursday I’m hosting the last Practical Ed Tech webinar of the month. This week’s webinar is Intro to Using AR & VR in Your Classroom. This an update to last year’s webinar on the same […]
Join Me Tomorrow for 5 Ways to Blend Technology Into Outdoor Lessons
Tomorrow afternoon at 4pm Eastern Time I’m hosting a Practical Ed Tech webinar titled 5 Ways to Blend Technology Into Outdoor Lessons. I hosted this webinar back in the spring to close out the school year. It was well received then so I’m offering it again. In the webinar I’ll share activities, tools, and strategies […]
Join me on Thursday for Fast & Fun Formative Assessments
Cancelled On Thursday afternoon at 4pm Eastern Time I’m hosting a Practical Ed Tech webinar titled Fast & Fun Formative Assessments. I hosted this webinar last year, but a lot of things have changed for the better since then so I’ve updated it to better equip you for the 2018-19 school year. Whether you teach […]
Join Me Tomorrow for 5 Ways to Blend Tech Into Outdoor Lessons
As the winter fades and spring begins to bloom here in New England, kids and adults are itching to get outside more often. This is a great time to take your students outside for some lessons. In a live webinar tomorrow afternoon at 4pm Eastern Time we’ll explore five ways that you can incorporate technology […]
I Don’t Hate TPT
Last Friday on Practical Ed Tech I published an announcement of my new webinar How to Ditch TPT & Sell Your Digital Products. Over the weekend I fielded emails from a handful of people who were defending Teachers Pay Teachers. I want to clarify that I don’t hate Teachers Pay Teachers. I’m all for the […]
In Case You Missed It – Ten Search Strategies Students Need To Know
Yesterday 60 people joined my live presentation of my Practical Ed Tech webinar titled Ten Search Strategies Students Need To Know. More than a few of you have inquired about accessing the recording. It is now possible to access the recordings and handouts through this registration page. Some of the highlights of the webinar include: The […]
Join Me for Fun With Formative Assessments
Conducting formative assessments is one the ways that we can gauge our students’ understanding of the topics that we teach. Formative assessment doesn’t have to be boring for your students and it doesn’t have to be tedious for you. To help you make formative assessment fun for your students and informative for you, I am […]
How to Create a Great Classroom Blog – Webinar
As I mentioned last month in Get to Know Free Technology for Teachers, one of the ways that I keep this blog running is through hosting professional development webinars. I pick webinar topics based largely upon what you suggest to me throughout the year. One of the suggestions I’ve received many times in the last […]
Join Me Tomorrow for Quick & Powerful Video Projects
As mentioned in yesterday’s post, Get to Know Free Technology for Teachers, workshops and webinars is one means through which I keep this blog running. To that end, tomorrow afternoon at 4pm EST I am hosting a webinar titled Quick & Powerful Video Projects. In this interactive webinar you will learn how to design a […]
Practical Ed Tech Webinar FAQs
Starting in May and running through the end of August I will be hosting five different professional development webinars for teachers and school administrators. I recorded the video embedded below to answer some of the questions that are most frequently asked about my Practical Ed Tech webinars. Watch the video and you’ll get the discount code […]
Use Socrative to Create Quiz Games That Accept Short Answers
This morning I received an email from a reader who was looking for an alternative to Kahoot. He wrote, “I would love to have the same set up / timer / point distribution as Kahoot, but I’m now looking for something more challenging than clicking on an answer…” Socrative was the first option that came […]
Three Themes to Brainstorm About for Your Classroom Blog
Maintaining any kind of regular posting schedule on a blog requires some planning. To that end, one of the things that I do on a regular basis is have a brainstorming session in which I develop themes to write about and then topics within those themes. You can do this for your classroom blog by […]
Telling Stories and Solving Problems With Storyboards
Last night I hosted a free webinar about using storyboards to tell stories, illustrate problems and solutions, and to summarize favorite books. The webinar was hosted by Storyboard That. The recording of the webinar is embedded below. Storyboard That also owns the popular Photos for Class and Quick Rubric websites. At the end of the […]
Free Webinar – Digital Storytelling With Storyboards
Next Tuesday evening (September 13th) at 7pm Eastern Time I will be hosting a free webinar sponsored by Storyboard That. The webinar will focus on designing and delivering stories through the use of storyboards. In particular, we’ll be spending time looking at using storyboards to have students to tell stories about themselves, their interests in school, and favorite […]
Telling Stories With Storyboards – Webinar Recording
Last night I hosted a webinar about using storyboards in the classroom. The webinar was sponsored by Storyboard That. Thanks to everyone who joined us live. If you couldn’t attend the live webinar, you can now watch the recording on my YouTube channel or as embedded below. The links shared in the webinar are included […]
Top Tips for Teaching Search Strategies – Free Webinar Tomorrow
Tomorrow at 4pm Eastern Time I will be leading a free webinar on the topic of teaching search strategies to students. The webinar, sponsored by Choosito, will feature strategies that can be used by students across a number of search engines. Part of the webinar will also include an overview of the aspects of Choosito […]