Back in March, we reported how Amazon was poised to up its stakes in the educational publishing market with the launch of a free platform called Inspire for teachers and others to post and share education resources online. Today, the company has confirmed it is doing just that. It has announced Amazon Inspire, an online education resources (OER) platform…
Google Cast for Education is a free Chrome app that allows students and teachers to share their screens wirelessly from anywhere in the classroom. Cast for Education carries video and audio across complex school networks, has built-in controls for teachers, and works seamlessly with Google Classroom. Source: Google Cast for Education Help And here I’ve…
Yet, there are often times when I’ll speak to a group about Genius Hour, write a post, or have a conversation online with teachers or school leaders that have serious misconceptions about Genius Hour. This is by no means an indictment, as we all (me included) have misconceptions about different types of learning, projects, and…
Tool discovery is often a challenge for teachers interested in finding ways to use technology that will change the way they and their students work. With so much going on in the classroom, many teachers don’t have the time to test out various apps and find the perfect tool to meet their needs. Luckily, several…
Although Microsoft Word offers the ability to record a meeting while taking notes, this option is not available to Chromebooks or other platforms where Microsoft Word is not available. That’s where Mic Note comes in. Mic Note is available for macOS, Chrome, Windows, Linux, and Android. It allows you to take notes while simultaneously recording…
It is becoming more and more common for someone to have multiple Google accounts. You have your personal Gmail account. Then you have your school Google Apps for Education account. Then you also have that Google account for the club/sport/organization you help run. As a Google Education Trainer, I have lost count of how many accounts…
“Quite true; students are novices. Particularly true in lower grades (K-8) where group work and student-centered, inquiry-based classes have become more common over the years. [Because students are novices], the comparison of ‘group work’ to the collaboration that supposedly is going on in the working world and which they will need to do is flawed….
Sway is a Microsoft tool that can be used for digital storytelling, presentations, and reports. Once signed in (Sway requires a Microsoft account), you can create a new sway or upload a Word, PowerPoint or PDF to use. The presentation is created with different types of media that is added to the story line. I added…
YouTube offers a bunch of handy editing tools that often go overlooked by users. One of those is the option to rotate videos that have been shot in vertical mode when they should have been shot horizontally. Source: Free Technology for Teachers: Handy, Overlooked YouTube Features A great video showing off these YouTube features.
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