Setting access expiration dates is one of the many "hidden" or frequently overlooked features of Google Documents. This is a feature you can use when you want to share a Google Document with a person or group of people for a limited time. By setting...
Big outdoor musical instruments are a lot of fun.Big outdoor musical instruments are a lot of fun.Art & Music Outdoors, Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, music, outdoor music, outdoor music early years, outdoor music KS1, outdoor music KS2, outdoor musical instruments, outdoor science sound...
A child-centred approach to developing a music area.A child-centred approach to developing a music area.Art & Music Outdoors, Early Years Outdoors, music, nursery, outdoor music EYFS, outdoor music wall, outdoor musical instruments, outdoor nursery, pre-schoolRead More...
Last week I wrote a blog post titled Two Lessons for a Wicked Cold Day. After publishing that post it occurred to me that readers who are not familiar with New England may be wondering why I chose the word wicked. Sure enough, someone emailed...
If you haven't heard, AI writing tools are the hot edtech topic of the year so far. Your students are probably using them whether you know it or not. And if your middle school or high school is trying to ban them, your students are...
Tomorrow night President Biden will give the annual State of the Union Address. C-SPAN Classroom offers more than one hundred resources for teaching and learning about The State of the Union Address in historical and current contexts. If you don't have time to review all...
In late 2021 I published 50 Tech Tuesday Tips. A huge thank you to everyone who purchased a copy. Sales of that eBook helped me keep Free Technology for Teachers going throughout 2022. Unfortunately, like almost all books about educational technology, 50 Tech Tuesday Tips was...
In this week's Practical Ed Tech newsletter I wrote about preparing for some workshops that I'll be leading this spring and summer. Creating resource pages is one of things that I always do in preparation for leading workshops. Those resource pages always include some video...
A welcome sign of spring!A welcome sign of spring!Gardening, Nature Play & Learning, RME Outdoors, Whole School, crocus labyrinths, crocus story, flowers, labyinthsRead More...
For the last few days it has been exceptionally cold here in Maine. Birds and squirrels keep showing up at our bird feeders despite the cold or perhaps because of the cold. While looking at the birds at our feeders yesterday my youngest daughter asked...
