02 Oct Docs, Guesses, and Hats – The Week in Review

Good morning from Maine where it definitely feels like Fall. This week I had to break out my stash of winter hats (my Canadian friends would call them toques). It’s cheaper to put on a hat and sweater than it is to turn on the furnace. Before I had kids I always tried to make it to November before turning on the heat. That made for some cold nights come mid-October. Now that I have little kids making it to October without turning on the heat is a win. 

Anyway, this weekend we’re putting on our hats and sweaters and going to watch a soccer game. We’ll also be spending some time playing in leaf piles as there are now enough leaves on the ground to make some piles. I hope that you also have something fun planned for your weekend. 

These were the week’s most popular posts:
1. Two New Google Docs Features to Note 

Good morning from Maine where it definitely feels like Fall. This week I had to break out my stash of winter hats (my Canadian friends would call them toques). It’s cheaper to put on a hat and sweater than it is to turn on the furnace. Before I had kids I always tried to make it to November before turning on the heat. That made for some cold nights come mid-October. Now that I have little kids making it to October without turning on the heat is a win. Anyway, this weekend we’re putting on our hats and sweaters and going to watch a soccer game. We’ll also be spending some time playing in leaf piles as there are now enough leaves on the ground to make some piles. I hope that you also have something fun planned for your weekend. These were the week’s most popular posts:1. Two New Google Docs Features to Note  2. Five Helpful YouTube Features for Teachers  3. Five Google Earth Features for Teachers  4. City Guesser 3.0 – More Maps and More Modes  5. Five Google Calendar Features You Should Know How to Use  6. My Top Five Productivity Tips  7. Tract – Project-based, Peer-to-Peer LearningThank you for your support! In September many of you joined me for my Practical Ed Tech webinar titled Search Strategies Students Need to Know. Your registrations from that webinar and enrollment in my other courses (listed below) help me keep Free Technology for Teachers going. A big thank you also goes to the companies whose September advertising helped keep the lights on. ScreencastifyBreakout EDUTract.appMake Beliefs ComixOn-demand Professional DevelopmentSearch Strategies Students Need to KnowA Crash Course in Making & Teaching With VideoA Crash Course in Google Earth & Maps for Social StudiesOther 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 37,000 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. 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, how to, most popular posts, Teaching With Technology, Week in ReviewRead More