There are tons of way to have group chats, and a newcomer (at least to me) is Bindle Chat. Offering an iOS and Android client, Bindle allows you to create private and public chat rooms based around a hashtag.
In my limited testing, it appears to work pretty well, and could be used for various mobile activites. A downside is that there isn’t any sort of desktop client for now.
Try it out, I have two channels up, #eduk8me and #tlah, both should let anyone chat.
Once you move to Cc you’ll never go back to paper lesson plans ever again. Cc’s flexible templates make adding standards, rearranging activities, and every other part of lesson planning efficient, powerful, and collaborative. Source: Planbook & Lesson Planner. Free for Teachers. Common Curriculum Common Curriculum is an online lesson framer that reminds me of Trello. There…
Using Minecraft to promote literacy. Source: Treasure Island | Minecraft: Education Edition What do you get when you combine Minecraft with Treasure Island? You get a very cool way to dive deep into the book. Litcraft has recreated Treasure Island in Minecraft, and Microsoft has put together several resources on using Minecraft in your classroom.
Source: meme better, the modern Meme Generator. In the past I’ve used Inkscape to create my Friday Memes, but a couple of weeks ago I switched to meme better. The site is dead simple to use. Select the image, write your text, and then save your meme. There are no logins required. If you don’t want…
LuminPDF is free for students and teachers to use to edit and annotate PDFs Free for educators Back in April of 2022 LuminPDF announced that all of the premium features of LuminPDF were now free for educators and students in their classroom. After filling out a short form on their website they’ll be able to…
Search Google Drive from your Google Chrome address bar. Google Chrome has the ability to add searches to the url with a keyword, so why not set it up to search your Google Drive. To get started, right click on the URL bar in Google Chrome and select Edit search engines… Click on Add on the right…
Source: Build Cheat Sheets and Share Your Favourites! – Cheatography.com: Cheat Sheets For Every Occasion No, not that kind of cheating. Cheat sheets for keyboard shortcuts, tips, and more for technology topics. At first glance the cheat sheets look pretty high tech, but you can search for various apps, such as google or microsoft.