Free Technology
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An Important Setting for Using Audio and Video in Google Slides
Last fall Google finally added an option to insert audio files into Google Slides without the need for any third-party add-ons. While it...
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Classright - A Google Sheets Add-on for Bulk Management of Google Classroom
Classright is a new Google Sheets add-on for managing multiple Google Classroom classes in one place. I gave it a try this morning and...
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The Geometry of Castles - A Math Lesson in Google Earth
In the web browser version of Google Earth there is a section called Voyager. Within the Voyager section you'll find lots of pre-made...
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Ten Ideas for Building Virtual Tours With Google's Tour Creator
Google's VR Tour Creator makes it possible for anyone who has a Google account and a computer to create their own virtual reality tours...
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A Webinar for Parents of Elementary School Students
Rushton Hurley runs a fantastic non-profit called Next Vista for Learning. Some of you have seen me write about it and talk about it for...
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Three Ways to Convert Video into Audio
Earlier this week I had a colleague ask me how she could extract the audio from a video that she had made. Some video editing tools,...
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Use Whiteboards in Google Meet Without Screensharing
On Monday I published a blog post about a new online whiteboard tool called Whiteboard Fi . At the end of that post I mentioned that it...
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Exploring and Visualizing Data Sets
Big data and how it can be used is one of the topics that my ninth grade students are exploring this month. To that end, this week I...
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Loom - Create Screencasts on Your iPad
Loom is a good screencasting that I've written about a handful of times over the last couple of years. Amongst it's many features, Loom...
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Free Webinar - A Framework for Using Educational Technology
Whenever I'm a guest on a podcast I always asked some variation on the question, "how do you decide what to write about?" The answer is...
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Three Tools for Collecting Stories from Students and Parents
Earlier this week I hosted a webinar about using online tools to build communities. One of the topics within that webinar was collecting...
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The Week in Review - Green Screens, Parks, and Virtual Meetings
Good morning from Maine where the wind is howling but the sun is shining. Despite the wind it's relatively warm and should be nice for...
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The Practical Ed Tech Virtual Summer Camp
Every summer teachers from all over the world join me here in Vacationland for the Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp. This year I've had to...
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How to Restore Files in Google Drive
Twice this afternoon I had people ask me about restoring files that were deleted from either Google Classroom or from Google Drive. If...