One of the most popular webinars and courses that I've hosted over the years have been about search strategies and how to teach them to students. This summer I'm offering a new Practical Ed Tech course on that topic. 25 Search Strategies You Need to Know...
A couple of days ago I shared 22 lessons that have been inspired by my daughters' questions. Here's another one that popped-up yesterday, "why do we have to wear sunscreen?" It's the question both of my daughters asked when I told them they had to...
There is a new version of Adobe Express. The new version is still in a beta phase, but you can try it out right now and go back to the old version if you want to. I've been trying out the new version for about...
TypeStudio was one of my favorite new tools to emerge in the last couple of years. Unfortunately, this morning I learned that it has pivoted and is now focused on podcast editing instead of video editing. Part of that pivot comes with a new name,...
A few weeks ago I shared directions for adding Google Drive videos to Google Earth tours. The demonstration that I gave was done with Google Earth Pro on my Mac. That demo prompted an email from a viewer who needed some help installing Google Earth...
Those of you who have followed my blog over the last few years may have noticed my occasional series of posts inspired by questions from my daughters who are now five and six years old. (Some of you have followed the blog long enough to...
About once a week I get a spammy email from someone trying to sell me domain names related to online spelling games and spelling apps. I got another one of those this morning. I took it as a sign that I should put together a...
A couple of weeks ago Mike Tholfsen published a video highlighting new Microsoft Word features for teachers to note. This week he published a video highlighting eight new Microsoft Teams features for teachers to note. Some of the new Teams features demonstrated in Mike's video include...
On the way to school this morning my older daughter pointed out that it was 62 degrees Fahrenheit. Her younger sister responded by asking, "what's Fahrenheit?" To that her older sister said, "it's the temperatures we use in America." The conversation between my daughters prompted me...
Yesterday I was in charge of making dinner for my family. My plan was to make fish tacos. I've made them before so I knew that I needed a lime. But I wasn't sure of all of the other ingredients that I needed. So I...
