Last week I wrote a blog post featuring the newly published historic map collection hosted by the Internet Archive. That collection, the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, is the latest of the historic map collections that I've featured on this blog over the last fifteen...
Do you teach middle school or high school social studies classes? Have you ever had a student say to you, "Google has nothing on this" or "I can't find any information about this?" If you answered "yes" to either of those questions, you'll want to join...
A day to celebrate learning and play outdoors! Lots of FREE resources.A day to celebrate learning and play outdoors! Lots of FREE resources.Community Involvement, Whole School, Outdoor Classroom Day, Outdoor Classroom Day ideas, Outdoor Classroom Day UKRead More...
Last week I shared directions for measuring perimeter and area in Google Earth. Doing that is one of many ways to incorporate Google Earth into mathematics lessons. Making that video prompted me to make a list of ways to use Google Earth and Maps (which...
In this week's Practical Ed Tech newsletter I made the case for using Google Scholar as part of your research process. In the newsletter I included a short video overview of Google Scholar features you should know how to use. That video is embedded below. Video...
Everyone has experienced social loafing, even if you don’t know the term. Social loafing is reduced individual effort on a group task. Classic studies of social loafing find that people pull less on a rope and clap more slowly and quietly when they are led to...
Stumped for ideas? Check out this blog post about why every school needs a stump or several!Stumped for ideas? Check out this blog post about why every school needs a stump or several!Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors, stumps, stumps biodiversity, stumps...
Good morning from Maine where an overcast and relatively warm day awaits. I've put away our skis for the season. We're in biking mode now. But this weekend's forecast isn't conducive to much bike riding. So after playing with our puppy we're heading out to...
Earlier this week I listed the educational technology topics that I'm still passionate about after all these years. One of those topics is search strategies and discovery tools for students. To that end, I've recently updated my e-book on Teaching Search Strategies to History Students....
