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10 Best Drawing Apps for kids
Best Colouring and Painting Apps for Kids
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‘Rec Room’ to Bring He-Man, Teela & Skeletor Avatars in ‘Masters of the Universe’ Event
Social VR platform Rec Room is getting another big brand collaboration with the limited-time release of avatar items based on the world of Masters of the Universe, which will let you transform into He-Man, Teela, or the dastardly Skeletor.
From December 15th to March 31st, Rec Room users will be able to don the armor inspired by the legendary heroes and boney villain from the Masters of the Universe franchise. To get a copy of the avatar items, just visit the stylized pop-up of Castle Grayskull which will be in the platform’s Rec Center hub.
Ok, so He-Man is clearly missing the massive, rippling […]
‘Beat Saber’ Rock Mixtape Brings Nirvana, The White Stripes, KISS & More
If you were waiting for Beat Saber to finally get the classic and alternative rock DLC it’s deserved since it first launched with an EDM-heavy music catalogue in 2018, the wait is over with the block-slashing rhythm game’s first Rock Mixtape.
The Rock Mixtape is now available across all supported headsets, which includes Quest 2, SteamVR headsets, and PSVR, priced at $11 for the full eight-song music pack.
The tracklist hits some of the most influential classic and alternative rock music, including:
Steppenwolf — Born To Be Wild
Survivor — Eye of the Tiger
KISS — I Was Made For Lovin’ […]
Tract is Coming to an End
One of the unfortunate realities of the educational technology market is that sometimes really good products and services aren’t sustainable businesses. That appears to be the case with one of my favorite services, Tract.
Yesterday afternoon Tract announced that they are shutting down on January 1, 2023. That means you have just a couple of weeks to download any content that you or your students have uploaded to your Tract accounts over the last couple of years.
I’m a bit sad about the closure of Tract because I really thought it provided […]
Artificial Intelligence in Canva Documents
Last week Canva opened access to their highly anticipated Canva Documents tool. It includes all of the features that you’d probably expect to find in a modern document creation tool. Those include collaboration, commenting, and many formatting options. Canva Documents also includes an artificial intelligence feature that’s called Magic Write.
Magic Write is the artificial intelligence tool built into Canva Docs. Magic Write works in a manner that is quite similar to the ChatGPT tool that I wrote about yesterday. To use Magic Write you simply select it from the insert […]
What is ChatGPT and How to Teach With It? Tips & Tricks
ChatGPT has lots of teaching potential, but there are also many ways the technology can be misused.
Webinar Today – How to Create & Sell Your Digital Products in 2023
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 things on their own provide a living, but they do help me save a little bit more for my kids’ college funds. If you’d like to learn how to do the same, register for the webinar […]
The 7 Best Math Equation Solvers
If you are looking for some good online math equation solvers you have come to the right place. I trawled the web and checked with a number of math teachers and came up with the list below. Most of these math equation calculators are free or freemium. Some of them also have mobile apps that work on Android and iOS devices. I invite you to check them out and share with us on our social media profiles if you have other suggestions to add to the list.
8 Best Crossword Puzzle Makers
A Short Overview of ChatGPT
Yesterday I published Ten Canva Features for Students – An Experiment. The first part of the experiment was publishing a blog post that was written entirely by the artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT. The second part of the experiment was to compare the visits to that blog post with those of blog posts on the same topic. That part is still a work in progress. In the meantime, I thought I’d share a short overview of ChatGPT (not written by me, not ChatGPT).
ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence tool that will create […]
How To Use Google Earth For Teaching
Google Earth can take your class out of this world with these helpful tips.
Color Our Collections – National Portrait Gallery Coloring Pages
Color Our Collections is a feature of the Smithsonian Learning Lab. Within the collection you will find coloring pages based on some of the art work housed by the Smithsonian. One of the sets of coloring pages that was recently featured in a Smithsonian Learning Lab email was this collection of coloring pages based on portraits housed in the National Portrait Gallery.
Some of the portraits included in the National Portrait Gallery coloring pages are of Rosa Parks, Thelonious Monk, Thomas Edison, and George Washington. Each coloring page in the collection appears next to […]
VR’s Most Popular Battle Royale is Getting a New Sandbox Mode This Week
Population: One has been a pretty big hit on Quest and PC VR headsets since it first released two years ago, easily making it VR’s most popular battle royale. Now Meta-owned developers Big Box are getting ready to launch a set of maker tools in the game’s long-awaited sandbox mode.
Population: One’s sandbox mode is heading into early access tomorrow, December 14th, and is set to bring a ton of user-generated maps and modes to the game. At launch, Big Box say there will be “more than 1,000 community-built games” available to explore.
What is IXL and How Does it Work?
IXL teaches math, language, science and more through an easy-to-use digital platform
3 Wellbeing Initiatives That Work for Schools
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Best 20 Christmas Songs
I love Christmas music. I find it relaxing, calming, and nostalgic. Christmas music starts playing way before the 25th and most of us have their favourite Christmas songs that we keep coming back to each year. Personally, I have a special predilection for classic Christmas music. I don’t mind the modern hits but I just get sick of them so quickly.
However, in this post I curated for you 20 of the best and most popular Christmas songs to spice up your Christmas playlist. The list includes both classic as well as modern Christmas songs.
You […]
Mathway Calculator- A Great Math Problem Solver for Students
Get Your Free Copy of The 2022-23 Practical Ed Tech Handbook
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 few minor edits to it (mostly to correct grammatical mistakes that I missed earlier). If you didn’t get your copy earlier this school year, The Practical Ed Tech Handbook is now available for free to anyone who is subscribed to The Practical Ed Tech Newsletter or who
What is Mote and How Can It Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks
Mote lets you add audio to a variety of apps for more personal feedback and digital communication in education.
“Dad, It’s Still Autumn” – Corrections from My Daughters
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 six) ask me. Questions like “what do worms eat?” and “what are freckles?” have been answered in those posts. Well now it’s time to start a new series that I’m going to call Corrections from My Daughters.
Over the weekend it became apparent that my daughters […]
Ten Canva Features for Students – An Experiment
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, including posters, presentations, reports, and infographics. This can make it easy for students to create professional-looking documents without having to start from scratch.
2. Drag-and-drop editor: Canva’s user-friendly interface allows users to easily create and edit their documents using a drag-and-drop editor. This makes it easy for students […]
Edpuzzle Lesson Plan for Middle School
This Edpuzzle lesson plan is designed to help teachers integrate the edtech tool into their instruction
How Student Tech Teams Encourage Inclusivity and Foster Leadership
Student tech teams help ease the workload for IT professionals, but that’s only the beginning of their benefits.
30+ Best Christmas Quotes: Short, Motivational and Funny
Christmas is all about the values it promotes: love, gratitude, empathy, reflection, and caring for others. It is not only a time of festivities and get-togethers but is also an opportunity to connect with our inner self and reflect deeply about the contours of your life.