Screencastify is a versatile screencast recording tool that I've used over the years to create many kinds of instructional videos including Common Craft-style videos and virtual tours. As I write this blog post, I still prefer Screencastify to the new built-in recording option in Chromebooks....
Virtual backgrounds and background blurring are features of Microsoft Flip that can be helpful to you and your students in a few ways. First, virtual backgrounds and blurring are useful in protecting student privacy when they are recording at home or anywhere else outside of...
There are many little features of Microsoft Forms that shouldn't be overlooked. And there is a new big feature of Microsoft Forms that definitely shouldn't be overlooked. That feature is the ability to import Word documents and PDFs into Microsoft Forms. The import feature in Microsoft...
Disclosure: Blackbird is currently an advertiser on FreeTech4Teachers.com.A Around this time every year I get emails that go something like this, “Hi Richard, I have a new job this fall and I’ll be teaching coding for the first time. Do you have any resources you...
Yesterday afternoon Google made an announcement that had some teachers on Twitter buzzing. That announcement was that Google Classroom now has add-ons for teachers to use. Those add-ons are supposed to make it easier to access popular tools like EdPuzzle, WeVideo, and Pear Deck from...
Refining Google searches according to domain is one of my favorite ways to get students to look beyond the first couple of pages of their typical Google search queries. Students can specify site or domain in Google's advanced search menu to limit results to those...
Fantastic examples of ideas to bring this aspect of play alive and interesting.Fantastic examples of ideas to bring this aspect of play alive and interesting.Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors, bike layouts EYFS, bike layouts school grounds, bikes, ELC bike ideas, ELC...
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in July 2022… Liberate!, Michelle S. Pledger (education) Mindspan, Gordon R. Dickson (sci fi) Colony One Mars, Gerald Kilby (sci fi) Colony Two Mars, Gerald Kilby (sci fi) Colony Three Mars, Gerald Kilby (sci fi) Jezero City: Colony Four Mars, Gerald Kilby (sci fi) Surface Tension:...
Disclosure: Blackbird is currently an advertiser on FreeTech4Teachers.com.A Around this time every year I get emails that go something like this, “Hi Richard, I have a new job this fall and I’ll be teaching coding for the first time. Do you have any resources you...
