If your summer plans, like ours, include going to the ocean, you may be interested in this video from Reactions about how seashells are made. In How Seashells Are Made viewers learn that seashells are made of 95% calcium carbonate and 5% protein and sugar. The...
Google Sites can be a great platform for students to use to maintain digital portfolios. In fact, I did that last year with my computer science principles students. The challenge for a teacher when students use Google Sites for portfolios is keeping track of updates...
Independence Day here in the United States is ten days away. Nothing says, "Happy Fourth of July" like a fireworks display. Watching Fourth of July fireworks displays is a quintessential part of the American experience in the summer. This year my daughters are just about...
Summer is here in the northern hemisphere. It's a great time to go outside and soak up some sunshine. A little vitamin D is good for everybody. This is also a time when many schools run summer enrichment programs that provide kids with some learning...
A list of Scottish pre-school and out-of-school clubs that are mainly outdoors and up for it!A list of Scottish pre-school and out-of-school clubs that are mainly outdoors and up for it!Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning, nature kindergarten, outdoor nursery, Scotland, ScottishRead More...
A list of Scottish pre-school and out-of-school clubs that are mainly outdoors and up for it!A list of Scottish pre-school and out-of-school clubs that are mainly outdoors and up for it!Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning, nature kindergarten, outdoor nursery, Scotland, ScottishRead More...
Social media: If you find it hard to get started on tasks that seem overwhelming or find yourself checking your email twenty times each day and still end up with an overflowing inbox, you might be in need of the Pomodoro Technique! You can use...
Earlier this week I answered an email from a reader who was looking for a way to share his Google Slides with his students without them being able to see his speaker notes. Unfortunately, there isn't an add-on or extension that will do that for...
Two weeks ago in my Practical Ed Tech Newsletter I outlined six things to try when a website or web app isn't working as you expected it to. Based on click-through, that was my most popular newsletter of the year! For those who haven't seen...
In the last week or so I've had a couple of people ask me how I create the thumbnail images for my YouTube videos. I make all of my thumbnail images, AKA cover images, from a simple template found in Canva. I use Canva templates...
