When I started using Google Slides fifteen+ years ago it was a rather bare bones alternative to PowerPoint. That is no longer the case. Today, there are tons neat little features that you can use in Google Slides to improve the appearance of your presentations....
There are three tools that I typically recommend to those who are looking to just record short spoken audio tracks and don't require additional editing functions. Those three tools are Vocaroo, Online Voice Recorder, and Twisted Wave. All three of these tools don't require students to...
Last month Google introduced a new Bard feature that makes it easy to copy the text of a chat to a Google Document. To start this month Google has added another new feature to Bard. That feature is the ability to conduct image searches. I...
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...
