Near the start of every school year I publish an updated version of The Practical Ed Tech Handbook. This year it took me a bit longer than usual to get it done and I didn't send it out until mid-September. Since then I made a...
Canva is a graphic design platform that offers a wide range of features for creating professional-looking documents. Some of the key features that may be useful for students include the following: 1. Templates: Canva offers a variety of customizable templates for different types of documents,...
Those of you who have been following my blog with regularity over the last couple of years have probably seen my informal series of posts titled Questions from My Daughters. Those posts have been about answering the questions that my daughters (now ages five and...
Wrap up warm and enjoy learning outdoors in the white stuff!Wrap up warm and enjoy learning outdoors in the white stuff!Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning, Science Outdoors, EYFS snow ideas, play, snow, snow activities, WinterRead More...
For as long as Google Slides has existed one of the problems with it has been collaborators accidentally editing over each other's work. In the early days of Google Slides, before I put collaboration protocols in place, I broke up a few "fights" between students...
Focusable is the first thing listed in my Best of the Web 2022 presentation. Since the first time that I tried it back in September, I knew that Focusable was a tool that could do a lot of good for teachers and students. It does...
One of the ways that I'm able to keep Free Technology for Teachers going is through the support of generous people like you who purchase my digital products like 50 Tech Tuesday Tips and my Practical Ed Tech courses like Animated Explanations. None of those...
Good morning from Maine where it's a cold and breezy December morning. It was a busy and sad week here at the Free Technology for Teachers world headquarters (AKA, my house). This week I hosted or co-hosted a couple of webinars including the last live...
Felt is a new digital mapping tool that I've featured a few times in the last month because I think it is fantastic alternative to Google's My Maps and the web version of Google Earth for creating custom maps. In fact, I like it so...
