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....
Even though it was acquired by Spotify a few years ago, Anchor.fm remained it's own platform until March of this year. Back in March Anchor was renamed Spotify for Podcasters. Spotify for Podcasters makes it incredibly easy to record, edit, and publish a podcast. You can...
Even though the cold and rainy weather we're experiencing here in Maine makes it feel like summer is a long way off, it's not. I was reminded of this yesterday afternoon when I got my first email of the spring in which someone asked for...
About a month ago I got a new MacBook Air. It has been about a decade since I last used a Mac as my primary computer. One of the things that I'm constantly reminded of while using my MacBook Air is the need to clear stuff off...
As I mentioned in this week's Practical Ed Tech Newsletter, Google Earth and digital mapping is an area of ed tech that I still get excited about after all these years. Google Earth is a tool that people often think of as being something that's only...
