24 Jul Chat, Search, and Puffins – The Week in Review

Good morning from Maine where the sun is rising and I’m about to head out on an early morning bike ride. Before I do that I have this quick week in review to share with you. 

This week I didn’t host any webinars as I spent four days working on developing new materials about search strategies including developing a new search challenge for students. I also took a day off this week to go to the ocean with my family. We went looking for puffins and found hundreds of them! Unfortunately, I forgot to take my good camera with me so I don’t have any good pictures. Oh well, that’s a good excuse to go looking for puffins again later this summer. If you’d like to learn more about puffins in Maine, visit the Audubon Society’s Project Puffin website. 

These were the week’s most popular posts:
1. Collect Chat – Turn a Google Form Into a Chatbot
2. Getting Started With Google Forms – The Basics and More
3. See the Elements Present in Common Products – The Periodic Table in Pictures and Words
4. Three Places to Find Fun and Interesting Math Problems
5. Add PhET Simulations to Your PowerPoint Slides
6. Challenge – Introduce Students to Academic Search Engines and Databases
7. GitMind – A Collaborative Mind Mapping and Outlining Tool

Good morning from Maine where the sun is rising and I’m about to head out on an early morning bike ride. Before I do that I have this quick week in review to share with you. This week I didn’t host any webinars as I spent four days working on developing new materials about search strategies including developing a new search challenge for students. I also took a day off this week to go to the ocean with my family. We went looking for puffins and found hundreds of them! Unfortunately, I forgot to take my good camera with me so I don’t have any good pictures. Oh well, that’s a good excuse to go looking for puffins again later this summer. If you’d like to learn more about puffins in Maine, visit the Audubon Society’s Project Puffin website. These were the week’s most popular posts:1. Collect Chat – Turn a Google Form Into a Chatbot2. Getting Started With Google Forms – The Basics and More3. See the Elements Present in Common Products – The Periodic Table in Pictures and Words4. Three Places to Find Fun and Interesting Math Problems5. Add PhET Simulations to Your PowerPoint Slides6. Challenge – Introduce Students to Academic Search Engines and Databases7. GitMind – A Collaborative Mind Mapping and Outlining Tool On-demand Professional DevelopmentTen Search Strategies Students Need to KnowA Crash Course in Making & Teaching With VideoA Crash Course in Google Earth & Maps for Social StudiesOn the Road Again!I’m accepting a limited number of invitations to speak at events during the 2021-2022 school year. If you’re interested, please send me an email at richard (at) byrne.media for more information. Other Places to Follow Me:The Practical Ed Tech Newsletter comes out every Sunday evening/ Monday morning. It features my favorite tip of the week and the week’s most popular posts from Free Technology for Teachers.My YouTube channel has more than 36,000 subscribers watching my short tutorial videos on a wide array of educational technology tools. I’ve been Tweeting as @rmbyrne for fourteen years. The Free Technology for Teachers Facebook page features new and old posts from this blog throughout the week. And if you’re curious about my life outside of education, you can follow me on Instagram or Strava.This post originally appeared on FreeTech4Teachers.com. If you see it elsewhere, it has been used without permission. Sites that steal my (Richard Byrne’s) work include CloudComputin and WayBetterSite. Featured image captured by Richard Byrne.educational technology, Free Technology For Teachers, most popular posts, Teaching With Technology, Week in ReviewRead More