A couple of weeks ago in my weekly newsletter I explained why I value having students create simple animations. The short version of the explanation is that I agree with the premise of Dan Roam's Back of the Napkin. The premise is that if you...
American Independence Day, the Fourth of July, is tomorrow. I realize that most of you reading this aren't in school right now, but I thought I'd share a few video lessons about the Declaration of Independence the celebration of Independence Day. Bookmark these for your...
Earlier this week Canva introduced a couple of new features for adding media into your slides and graphics. One of those features is a new video recording option. You can now record using your webcam and instantly insert that video into your slides and graphics....
Book Creator recently announced the launch of a series of digital citizenship ebooks developed by Common Sense Education. The new ebooks contain activities for students to learn how to become responsible digital citizens. The books are designed for elementary school students between the ages of...
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in June 2021… Colleges That Change Lives, Loren Pope & Hilary Masell Oswald [higher ed] Win, Harlan Coben [thriller] Footfall, Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle [sci fi] Space Winners, Gordon R. Dickson [sci fi] The Severed City, Christopher Mitchell [fantasy] Needs of the Empire, Christopher Mitchell [fantasy] Sacrifice, Christopher...
For more than a decade Edublogs has been my go-to recommendation for anyone looking to build a classroom blog or website outside of the Google environment. One of the reasons for that recommendation is the priority that Edublogs gives to content privacy protection and teacher...
PayGrade is a classroom economy simulation that you can use all year in just about any classroom setting. Recently, PayGrade was acquired by an online investment company called Stash. A result of that acquisition is that all of the features of PayGrade are now free for...
The July session of the Practical Ed Tech Virtual Summer Camp begins in eleven days. If you haven't registered for the session of your choice, you can do so up until the day before it starts. While the early-bird discount has passed, you can still get...
Good evening from Maine where a line of strong thunderstorms is a hopeful signal that our heatwave is about to break. June was the busiest month I've had in more than a year. Between end-of-school activities, hosting webinars, training for bike races, and trying to...
This article is written by Truth for Teachers writer Madeline Newton Driscoll. TeacherTok has been a constant companion in these last few months (ok the whole year) of pandemic teaching. I just paused to check my phone usage stats before starting this article … and I’m...
