Teachers are coming out of the fog that has blinded and consumed education for the past two or so years. This wretched “covid state” finds teachers almost permanently in the disillusionment phase often prescribed to first-year teachers in the winter months. Yet, here we are washed...
Good morning from Maine where we're having another overcast morning. For the last month we've been stuck in a pattern of having rain for at least part of every day. Fortunately, there have been enough breaks to get outside to ride my bike alone and...
One of the most popular webinars and courses that I've hosted over the years have been about search strategies and how to teach them to students. This summer I'm offering a new Practical Ed Tech course on that topic. 25 Search Strategies You Need to Know...
A couple of days ago I shared 22 lessons that have been inspired by my daughters' questions. Here's another one that popped-up yesterday, "why do we have to wear sunscreen?" It's the question both of my daughters asked when I told them they had to...
There is a new version of Adobe Express. The new version is still in a beta phase, but you can try it out right now and go back to the old version if you want to. I've been trying out the new version for about...
TypeStudio was one of my favorite new tools to emerge in the last couple of years. Unfortunately, this morning I learned that it has pivoted and is now focused on podcast editing instead of video editing. Part of that pivot comes with a new name,...
A few weeks ago I shared directions for adding Google Drive videos to Google Earth tours. The demonstration that I gave was done with Google Earth Pro on my Mac. That demo prompted an email from a viewer who needed some help installing Google Earth...
Those of you who have followed my blog over the last few years may have noticed my occasional series of posts inspired by questions from my daughters who are now five and six years old. (Some of you have followed the blog long enough to...
About once a week I get a spammy email from someone trying to sell me domain names related to online spelling games and spelling apps. I got another one of those this morning. I took it as a sign that I should put together a...
