Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Google as a Countdown Timer
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Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Google as a Countdown Timer

Eighty minutes is a long stretch of time for 9th grade students. So when I taught freshmen I always tried to break up the blocks with with short breaks and timed hands-on activities. To keep things on schedule I used a countdown timer that was displayed through my LCD projector. Google recently revived the countdown…

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Let the Research Come to You
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Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Let the Research Come to You

Google ScholarĀ is one of useful research tools that high school students often overlook. Searching on Google Scholar is not like searching on Google.com or searching in any other public search engine. Google Scholar indexes scholarly, peer-reviewed academic papers, journals, theses, books, and court opinions. These are materials that students usually won’t find through Google.com, Bing,…

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Taking Better Pictures With Mobile Phones

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Taking Better Pictures With Mobile Phones

The best way for students to avoid any copyright issues when creating slideshows or other multimedia presentations is to use images they’ve taken themselves. Another good option is pull images from a classroom gallery that everyone has contributed to for the purpose of sharing and re-using with classmates. You and your students could build such…