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Best Practices for Interactive Displays in the Classroom
Using interactive displays in the classroom is an opportunity to make the most of time with students and empower them with simple strategies.
Principals Don’t Have Huge Impact on Grades, According to New Study
The influence principals have on student grades, whether positive or negative, might be overrated, suggests new research.
DIY Tech Fixes for Teachers
The content of this post originally appeared on my other site, PracticalEdTech.com and subscribers to my newsletter got a copy of this poster sent to them as a high resolution PDF.
Mailbag – Three Answers to Frequently Asked Reader Questions
I regularly invite readers of Free Technology for Teachers and subscribers to my newsletter to send me questions. Many of the questions that I receive are fairly similar and in my lane, but every once in a while I get some that are a little different. Here’s a smattering of questions that I’ve received this summer and the answers that I’ve given. I hope you find the questions and my answers helpful.
#1 – My school has Chromebooks and we’ve always used Screencastify for making videos. Now that Chromebooks have a built-in screencast tool […]
Best Exit Ticket Tools for Teachers
“Name one important thing you learned in class today.
What did you think was […]
Free Timeline Templates for Teachers (PowerPoint, Word & Excel)
Posters, Rhythm, and Joy – The Week in Review
Good morning from Salt Lake City International Airport where I’m waiting for a flight home. Yesterday, had the pleasure of speaking at Mountain Heights Academy where I gave a keynote titled Using Technology to Bring Joy Into Teaching. After more than two years of giving virtual presentations, it was great to give an in-person presentation again.
Speaking of presentations, next week I’m hosting a free webinar titled Get to Know Your Students Through Tract. Learn more about it and register here. And on August 30th I’m hosting a webinar for everyone […]
Readlee Adds Support for More Languages
As I wrote last week, Readlee was one of my favorite new tools of the last school year. It’s a tool that you can use to gain great insight into how your students read. Readlee does that through the use of AI that provides you and your students with feedback about things like how many words they’ve read, how many unique words they’ve read, how long they spent reading a passage, and much more.
Last year Readlee only supported English. As of this week Readlee now supports Spanish, […]
Best Google Forms Templates for Teachers
After we talked about the different tips that can help you collect and manage Google Forms responses, today’s post features another equally important Google Forms resource which is Forms premade templates.
New Logitech VR Accessory Aims to Bring One of Index’s Best Features to Quest 2
Logitech this week announced a new VR accessory which aims to bring the great off-ear audio solution of Valve’s Index headset to Quest 2
Valve’s unique off-ear headphones were a elegant solution for powerful yet comfortable audio on the company’s Index headset which launched back in 2019. The off-ear headphones approach means the headphones don’t get in the way when putting the headset on, nor do they even contact your ears while wearing the headset. With large drivers positioned slightly away from the ear, this approach is also said to provide a more accurate sense of spatial audio […]
Free Webinar – Get to Know Your Students Through Tract
Last year, Tract emerged as one of my favorite new edtech companies. Backed and co-founded by education pioneer Esther Wojcicki, the start-up enables busy teachers to transform what they teach in the classroom into interactive and fun educational projects created and led by kids. With Tract, students sharpen their critical thinking skills and solve real-world problems as they learn, teach, create, and share their own multimedia content.
Join me on Wednesday, August 24th at 3pm ET for a free webinar in which we’ll dive into Tract’s new collection of turnkey […]
Three Google Workspace Updates to Note This Week
Just about every week Google makes updates to Google Workspace. Some only affect administrators of Google Workspace domains while others affect all end-users of Google Workspace products. This week there were three Google Workspace updates that teachers and students should note.
More Accessibility Controls
People who use screen readers, magnifiers, and braille now have more control over the accessibility settings for Google Workspace products. Now you can set different accessibility options for Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Drawings. What this means is that the settings you apply to Docs won’t automatically apply to Slides, Sheets, and Drawings. Read […]
Helpful Back to School Activities for Teachers
1- Time capsule
Best Google Slides Math Editors and Equation Writers for Teachers and Students
1. MathType
Sweet! Add Hashtags to Google Classroom
It’s sweet to add hashtags to Google Classroom. This will allow you to gain better insights into student performance. Break it down by class, classes, groups, or individual students. Use the assignment tags report at schoolytics.com to analyze student performance.
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10 Great First Day of School Reads to Use With Your Students in Class
What is Adobe Creative Cloud Express and How Can It Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks
Adobe Creative Cloud Express is here to replace Spark as the ultimate way to design banners, flyers and more with ease.
5 Great Web Tools to Create A Website for Your Class
The purpose of this post is to share with you some handy platforms where you can set up a website or blog for your class. These are websites that simple and easy to use. No coding knowledge is required either. You can simply register your account, registration is free, select a template from the gallery, edit the look and feel of your website/blog and add your personal touch, and click on publish to make it live.
1- Google Sites
Best Google Slides Add-ons for Teachers
1. Lucidchart Diagrams
‘Red Matter 2’ Review – An Immersive Answer to Quest’s Arcade Offerings
Red Matter 2 has arrived on Quest 2 and stands out as an immersive single-player adventure against a backdrop of Quest’s arcade-focused library. But does the gameplay of this sci-fi puzzler match its stand-out graphics? Read our full review of Red Matter 2 to find out.
Red Matter 2 Details:
Available On: Quest 2, SteamVR
Release Date: August 18th, 2022
Price: $30
Developer: Vertical Robot
Reviewed On: Quest 2
Gameplay
Red Matter 2 is linear sci-fi puzzle game with a story backdrop to keep the action moving along. While there’s a taste of projectile combat in the game, the real showcase is the game’s rich immersive interactions […]
Bingo Ice Breaker with Alice Keeler
Have fun with a Bingo Ice Breaker! Try out this free Add-on by Alice Keeler to create a fun activity to get students or participants up out of their seats and getting to know each other.
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Ten Popular Back-to-School Tutorials for Teachers
YouTube’s channel analytics provides a lot of useful insights for people like me who publish a lot of videos and write a lot of blog posts. Not only does my YouTube channel’s analytics page tell me how many people watch and like my videos, it also tells me things like when those videos were watched and what people searched for that brought them to my videos. That’s how I know that for the last month, a lot of people have searched for and watched things like how to make a QR code for […]
Best Free QR Code Sites for Teachers
QR Codes can be a great way for teachers to distribute class material. Here are free sites you can use to generate QR codes.
Here Is A Good Collection of Printable Back to School Worksheets for Teachers
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How to Design and Print Classroom Posters Using a Standard Printer
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Yesterday I published a blog post and video about the free email etiquette posters that I created and how you can have them professionally printed by Canva. Unfortunately, Canva’s free printing offer is only available to teachers in the United States who have Canva for Education accounts. Furthermore, it’s only valid for one day (August 26th). Fortunately, I have a solution to those problems.