Yesterday morning I shared a collection of more than 100,000 historic maps for classroom use. In that post I mentioned using those maps to create digital overlays on current maps. Google Earth provides a couple of ways to do that. Felt.com is another digital mapping...
It's a bit of an understatement to say that the rapid growth of AI-powered writing and drawing tools is raising many questions for teachers and students. One of those frequently asked questions is "how do you cite ChatGPT?" Recently, the MLA and the APA have published...
Removing one of the barriers to working outside with groups.Removing one of the barriers to working outside with groups.Early Years Outdoors, Whole School, barriers to learning outdoors, hand hygiene outdoor advice, hand hygiene outdoor kit, hand hygiene outdoors, health & safety, health & wellbeing, hygiene,...
Credit: David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries. Source 1. Source 2.In this week's Practical Ed Tech Newsletter I mentioned that digital mapping tools is one of the areas of educational technology that I'm still passionate about after sixteen years and 17,000...
Geocaching is one of the things that I spend a good bit of time talking about in both my workshop and in my webinar about blending technology into outdoor learning. Geocaching is a great activity to do to get kids outside for hands-on learning experiences....
Recipes, games, challenges galore in celebration of a brilliant wild flower!Recipes, games, challenges galore in celebration of a brilliant wild flower!Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning, dandelion explorations eyfs, dandelion nature play, dandelion outdoor play, dandelion outdoor science KS1, dandelion play ideas, dandelion play...
Good morning from Maine where spring has finally sprung! All week the weather has been fantastic and today is forecasted to be another gorgeous spring day. I've been riding my bike outside all week and I'll be doing that again today. Last week I was sick....
Next Saturday is Earth Day 2023. Here's a handful of resources to consider using if you find yourself looking for some resources to help your students understand the origins of Earth Day, its significance, or celebrating Earth Day.Discovery Education has some new resources for Earth Day...
A couple of years ago I published a video and blog post about how to find image metadata. Since then the tool that I featured in that video has gone offline. Today, I recorded a new video that features two other methods for finding image...
