Thanks to where I live and the amount of time that I've spent hiking, camping, fly fishing I have slightly more experience seeing wildlife like bears and moose than the average person. Almost every night at dinner my three-year-old asks me to tell a story...
This is an update to a blog post that I published six years ago on this topic. Some of the tools in the original post are either no longer available or have implemented a subscription-based business model. Composing a story from scratch comes naturally to some...
Refining Google searches according to domain is one of my favorite ways to get students to look beyond the first couple of pages of their typical Google search queries. Students can specify site or domain in Google's advanced search menu to limit results to those...
Last week my most popular post on Free Technology for Teachers was this one highlighting my favorite features of Google Workspaces that are frequently overlooked. Based on the response to that post and video I decided to do the same thing for Office 365 users....
Last week I published a written overview of a new learn-to-code platform called Blackbird. In short, Blackbird is a platform that is trying to bridge the gap between using block editors like Scratch and making students jump into a full-fledged IDE without any built-in support...
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in April 2021… The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, John le Carré [thriller] Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century, Orson Scott Card [sci fi] Hope you’re reading something fun too! Related PostsBooks I read in May 2020 Books...
What made teaching easier and more sustainable this school year, and how can we carry those principles over into next year? Those are the questions I’m exploring in this article and podcast episode. What follows is a condensed transcript of my conversation with Amy Stohs, who...
Good morning from Maine where we're hoping for some sunshine after a few rainy days. Either way, I'm going for a long bike ride today as I continue to prepare to ride in the Unbound Gravel 200 in June. I hope that you also have...
Good morning from Maine where the sun is trying to rise through the rain on the last day of April. This month was a busy month at school and on my websites, Free Technology for Teachers and Practical Ed Tech. This month I hosted a...
On a fairly regular basis I get asked for recommendations for starting blogs. My advice is that using a self-hosted WordPress blog is the way to go if your goal is to create a robust platform to showcase your professional work. But creating a blog...
