Books I finished reading (or rereading) in May 2023… Leaders of Their Own Learning, Ron Berger (education) Defiant, Dave Bara (science fiction) A Million Open Doors, John Barnes (science fiction) Earth Made of Glass, John Barnes (science fiction) Tress of the Emerald Sea, Brandon Sanderson (science fiction) Crossover, Joel Shepherd (science...
Over the years I've referenced hundreds of EconEdLink's resources for teachers. That's because EconEdLink is a great resource for any teacher who needs ideas, lesson plans, games, and other resources for teaching economics lessons. On the site you'll find resources for everything from teaching basic...
Summer is near and for many high school students that means it's time to start working at summer jobs. For many students the first real paycheck that they receive comes with a surprise in the form of tax withholding. PBS Learning Media has a free...
Good evening from Maine where the sun is setting on the month of May. I know that many of you are now on summer vacation. I hope you're enjoying it! The rest of us have another few weeks to go. We'll make it!A big thank...
This is the time of year of end-of-year celebrations captured on video. If you have multiple people in your school recording videos to share with a wider audience, you could have everyone send those videos to one person to post to YouTube. Another option, perhaps...
In no particular order, here are some of my go-to resources for helping students and teachers understand the importance and the key concepts of copyright as it relates to school projects.Stanford University LibrariesStanford University Libraries offers the most comprehensive collection of resources about copyright and...
When you're publishing videos that are longer than five or six minutes on your YouTube channel it can be helpful to viewers to add some timestamps to the video's description. Including timestamps in the description lets your viewers click to jump to an exact mark...
In the "6 Tenets of Post-Plagiarism: Writing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" Dr. Sarah Eaton explains that using generative AI in writing will become normal. The writing process has now shifted, and while AI may do some, or even most, of the writing, humans...
I spend a good deal of time talking to myself. I often do this while riding my bike. Sometimes I do it to motivate myself to get over a hill. Other times I do it because I'm puzzling through a problem and talking aloud to...
My most popular Practical Ed Tech course this year is How to Create and Sell Your Digital Products in 2023. Now that summer is here (in the northern hemisphere) this is a great time to take the course if you haven't already done so. The format of...
