Getting started with Tiermaker in your classroom #YouTube
Tiermaker.com is a pretty cool way to open up debates and discussions in your classroom. See my complete article here.
A meme, remote controlling your computer, and story telling inspiration – Top 3 of the Week
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Technology troubleshooting and mindset
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. Technology troubleshooting and mindset When I’m working with others, I have a question I use to figure out their mindset: When technology goes wrong, what do you do? If they answer that they…
📱 Remote control the computer in your classroom – wirelessly #YouTube
Freedom to move about the room and teach! I’m not a big fan of being stuck at the front of the room with the computer or interactive whiteboard. I demonstrate how I use a mobile device, in this case a tablet, to control the computer plugged in to the projector. With Chrome Remote Desktop you…
Quick rewind/fast forward tools for YouTube
Source: Controls for Youtube – Chrome Web Store Along with millions of others, I like to watch YouTube videos to learn and to be inspired. Sometimes I miss things in the video when I’m in the process of taking notes and I would like to quickly rewind. Unfortunately, YouTube doesn’t give us a 15 second…
Story Dice – storytelling inspiration
Source: Story Dice – a creative storytelling tool from Dave Birss Unfortunately, the Emoji story telling tool I have shared previously is offline, but, luckily David Birss has come to the rescue with Story Dice. The concept is simple. Roll the dice and come up with a story that involves the pictures that have randomly…
Create your own maps or mind maps
Source: Trizbort.io | Trizbort.io is open-source adventure game mapping and code generation software based on the Trizbort desktop app by genstein and Jason Lautzenheiser. Here’s another tool that you can use to create maps. I’ve mentioned others in the past, and this one is pretty cool. It doesn’t require you to create an account. Once…
My 5 free favorite teacher tech tools for 2021 #YouTube
These are my top 5 FREE tools for teachers. Not just freemium where you get a few features for free, I’m talking about services in which you get ALL access for free. The list also doesn’t include any Google tools. Canva Adobe Spark Loom for Education Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Davinci Resolve