Last week Microsoft added some new aspects to the Reading Progress tools in Microsoft Teams. One of those new features is called Actionable Insights. As the name implies, it provides you with information about your students' reading progress and lets you create assignments based on...
Disclosure: TinyTap is currently an advertiser on FreeTech4Teachers.comIn last week’s post about using TinyTap to create your own online courses I mentioned that there is an option to sell your courses for use beyond your classroom. That’s what today’s post is all about. In this...
Disclosure: TinyTap is currently an advertiser on FreeTech4Teachers.comEarlier this week I published a lengthy blog post and video about creating and selling TinyTap courses. It has been pointed out to me that there was one thing missing from that post and video. That was how...
Yesterday afternoon I published a video highlighting my five favorite features of Canva. After I published it I thought about it some more and decided that one of the features needed to be explained a bit more. That's why I created this video to demonstrate...
Pi Day (March 14th or 3.14) is next week. If you're looking for some Pi Day activities to do or some videos to share about pi, take a look at this list of resources that I've compiled over the years.Numberphile has a few good videos...
A day in the life of a teacher is dynamic. As with any profession, there are both uplifting moments and challenging moments. Uplifting moments remind us why we chose to become educators while challenging ones may cause us to forget. As a teacher, I often found myself...
Disclosure: TinyTap is currently an advertiser on FreeTech4Teachers.comIn last week’s post about using TinyTap to create your own online courses I mentioned that there is an option to sell your courses for use beyond your classroom. That’s what today’s post is all about. In this...
I reference the Library of Congress nearly every time that I talk or write about searching for historical maps and images. If you know where to look on LOC.gov and how to filter a search, you can find some amazing resources to use in all...
Earlier this week someone replied to my Practical Ed Tech Newsletter with a question about narrating Google Slides. Specifically, she wanted to know about options for adding narration to Google Slides that didn't require installing Google Slides add-ons or Chrome extensions. My immediate suggestion was...
