This is an excerpt from the latest version of The Practical Ed Tech Handbook. You can get your own copy for free when you sign-up for my Practical Ed Tech Newsletter. Synth is a free service that was designed for classroom use. It has had some...
Yesterday I shared five Google Forms refreshers for the new school year. That post focused on settings that are built into Google Forms. You can do even more with Google Forms when you install Google Forms add-ons and or Chrome extensions. For example, you can...
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in August 2021… Restoration, Carol Berg (fantasy) The Rose and the Thorn, Michael Sullivan (fantasy) The Death of Dulgath, Michael Sullivan (fantasy) The Disappearance of Winter’s Daughter, Michael Sullivan (fantasy) A Time of Dread, John Gwynne (fantasy) A Time of Blood, John Gwynne (fantasy) Hope you’re...
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in August 2021… Restoration, Carol Berg (fantasy) The Rose and the Thorn, Michael Sullivan (fantasy) The Death of Dulgath, Michael Sullivan (fantasy) The Disappearance of Winter’s Daughter, Michael Sullivan (fantasy) A Time of Dread, John Gwynne (fantasy) A Time of Blood, John Gwynne (fantasy) Hope you’re...
This article is written by Truth for Teachers writer Melissa Pilon. As a middle school teacher, I know that the experiences my students have had with reading up to the point that they walk in my classroom are out of my control. Hopefully, they loved books...
Answering a reader's question about Google Jamboard ideas that she should pass along to her colleagues prompted me to think about some "need to know" features of other Google Workspace tools for teachers. My mind turned to Google Forms as it is a tool that...
It's the first day of September and even though Autumn doesn't really start for a few more weeks, I'm already excited for the arrival of my favorite season of the year. The heat and humidity of summer are gone, the leaves on the trees are...
The sun has set on the month of August and now it really feels like summer vacation is over. From racing my bike across Flint Hills of Kansas to explorting the woods and waters of Maine with my daughters to fun trips to Story Land...
As some of you have noticed, I wrote quite a bit about search tools and search strategies in July and early August. What you saw in those posts were excerpts from two projects that I've been working on. The first was The Practical Ed Tech...
A couple of weeks ago I published an excerpt from The Practical Ed Tech Handbook. That excerpt mentioned a couple of ways to use Google Jamboard in online and in-person classroom settings. This morning I had a reader reach out to me to ask if...
