Free Technology
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Two New Google Docs Features in G Suite for Education
Back in February Google added Smart Compose and Autocorrect as new features in Google Docs. However, those features were only available in...
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5 Ways to Edit Images in Google Slides
A decade+ ago when I started using Google Slides it was a rather bare bones alternative to PowerPoint. That is no longer the case. Today,...
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The Month in Review - The Most Popular Posts
It's the end of May and sure was a month I'll remember for a while for a few reasons. First, we had snow on the ground as late as Mother's...
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The Week in Review - The Most Popular Posts
Good morning from Maine where the sun is shining and it's going to be a great day for bike rides, dog walks, and playing outside with my...
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How to Create Whiteboard Videos in Seesaw
Seesaw is my go-to tool for making digital portfolios. I like it because it's a versatile platform that can be used for more than just...
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How to Create an Audio Slideshow Video in Canva
Canva is a graphic design tool that I've used for years to create blog post and social media graphics. In the last year I've started to use...
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Updated - How to Use EDpuzzle to Create Video Lessons
In my previous post I wrote about and included a video about adding timestamps to longer videos that you post on your YouTube channel....
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How to Search for Matching & Similar Documents Submitted in Google Classroom
Earlier this week a reader asked me if there was a way to quickly scan across all of the documents his students submit in Google...
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A Handful of Video Lessons About Memorial Day
This is Memorial Day weekend here in the United States. Monday is actually Memorial Day. Students often confuse the origin and purpose of...
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Pixabay Offers Free Music to Use and Reuse
Pixabay is one of the resources that I frequently include in my recommendations for sources of images and video clips to use in...
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Five Comic and Storyboard Activities With Pixton EDU
Disclosure: Pixton EDU is currently an advertiser on FreeTech4Teachers.com Online comic creation tools like Pixton EDU make it...
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Two Free Webinars With Me That You Can Join This Week
This week, as I did last week, I'm hosting or co-hosting two live webinars. On Thursday at 3pm ET I'm hosting a thirty minute Intro to...
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How to Use Kahoot in Google Classroom
This is the time of year when many of us are looking for fun ways to conduct end-of-year review sessions with our students. Playing...
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Ten Ways to Use Wakelet
One of the reasons that Wakelet has become popular in schools in the last couple of years is that it can be used for a wide range of...
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Create Random Story Starters With Google Sheets
There are lots of neat things that you can do with Google Sheets if you know how to get started. Getting started is often the hardest...
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Two Great Sets of Historic Maps to Use and Reuse
The Library of Congress offers a collection of images that are free to use and reuse . The LOC blog recently featured a subset of that...