This morning I read a BBC article about the rediscovery of the oldest 3D map in Europe. The map is a roughly 5 x 6.5 foot slab of carved rock. Reading that article prompted me to start looking in my archives for collections of historical...
Disclosure: TeacherMade is an advertiser on FreeTech4Teachers.com.Back in September I wrote a lengthy piece about a new service called TeacherMade that was made by a teacher for teachers like you and me. Since then I’ve mentioned it in a few webinars and published a video...
April is National Poetry Month. I forgot all about it until this morning when I looked at my video about using Google Jamboard to create magnetic poetry activities. That's just one of many resources for National Poetry Month that I have in my archive of resources....
On Monday I shared a video that demonstrated how to use videos in quizzes created with Microsoft Forms. That video is one of four that I recently created to provide teachers with a comprehensive overview of how to create quizzes in Microsoft Forms and how...
Last week I posted a video that contained a quick overview of five Jamboard features that are helpful to teachers and students. That was just the latest in a series of videos that I have made about Jamboard over the last couple of years. To...
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in March 2021… The Sand Sea, Michael McClellan [fantasy] Deathmarked, David Estes [fantasy] Lifemarked, David Estes [fantasy] The Widowmaker Unleashed, Mike Resnick [sci fi] Hope you’re reading something fun too! Related PostsBooks I read in January 2020 Books I read in June 2020 Books I read in...
Microsoft Forms has improved a lot over the last few years. In fact, there are some things about it that I prefer over Google Forms. One of those things is the way in which you can use videos as question prompts. In Microsoft Forms you can...
I’ve always been a nature lover — in fact, I’m planning this episode from my front porch! But when COVID started, nature became an even more essential part of my mental health. Being outside for at least a short time period every day, no matter...
Writing during a pandemicYou would think a pandemic would be a wonderful time to write. And, it was. At least for the first six months of the pandemic. At that time, I was writing a lot. It was at this time that hardly anyone was...
