Good morning from Maine where the sun is shining on what should be a nice and sunny weekend after a few days of much-needed rain. We're going to have a little backyard camping adventure this evening. Tomorrow, we plan to have a fun day at...
Cameo is a relatively new feature in PowerPoint that lets you insert your live camera feed into any and all of the slides in your presentations. Cameo is a different feature from the video insertion option and the presentation recording options that you may have...
Creative outdoor botanical playspace. Lots of water features.Creative outdoor botanical playspace. Lots of water features.Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, botanic garden for children, Children's garden, Herb Schaal, Morton AboretumRead More...
One of the all-time most popular videos on my YouTube channel was about how to add a countdown timer to your PowerPoint slides. Unfortunately, the method used in that video no longer works. I was contacted earlier this week by someone who wanted to know...
A couple of days ago I shared a few resources for helping students learn to tell time. One of those resources that I mentioned, but didn't demonstrate, was Canva's templates for making clocks and their templates for making lessons about telling time. The templates can...
Disclosure: Tract is an advertiser on FreeTech4Teachers.com.Yesterday afternoon I hosted a webinar titled Get to Know Your Students With Tract. I was joined in the webinar by Tract's co-founder Ari Memar. If you missed the webinar, you can now watch the recording of it. The...
ClassroomQ is a neat tool that solves a problem that anyone who has ever had a classroom full of students working on individual or small group projects at the same time has experienced. That problem is feeling like every student is asking for something at once...
The Amazing Race is the only reality game show that I've watched with interest for as long as it has been on television. Years ago I created a classroom game based on the same premise of the show. This spring I updated that game with...
Coworkers can make or break any job. In education, our teaching teams can make our jobs easier and more joyful, or harder and more stressful. I’ve worked with teams where we brought out the best in each other, divided up work efficiently, and enjoyed our work...
