Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Using Thinglink Edu

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Using Thinglink Edu

Thinglink was a big hit in the workshop that I facilitated two weeks ago Bettendorf, Iowa. Thinglink can be used to turn any static image into an interactive, multimedia image. During the workshop we used PicMonkey and PicCollage to create collages about what a good learning environment looks like to us. After creating those collages…

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Create Beautiful Presentations With the Haiku Deck Web App
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Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Create Beautiful Presentations With the Haiku Deck Web App

Haiku Deck  is a fantastic tool for creating slideshow presentations. It was originally released as an iPad app. It is also available as a web app. The best aspects of Haiku Deck are the integrated image search and the automatic resizing of text. As you type text on each slide, the text automatically shrinks to…

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Using Page Level Permissions in Wikispaces

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Using Page Level Permissions in Wikispaces

Just like Google Sites, Wikispaces offers a page-level permissions setting. Page-level permissions in Wikispaces allows the creator of a wiki to share and give editing access to specific pages within a wiki rather than giving access to edit the entire site. To access page-level permissions open the “more options” menu while logged into your wiki….

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – A Comparison of Blogging Tools for Teachers and Students
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Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – A Comparison of Blogging Tools for Teachers and Students

I’m often asked for advice about picking the best blogging service for classroom use. Every school’s and classroom’s situation is a little different so it’s not easy to make a blanket statement like, “blog service X is best for all teachers.” To help teachers decide which blogging platform could be best for them, I created…

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Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Padlet as KWL Chart and More

Padlet (formerly WallWisher) is a great little tool that has been popular for years now. The video below provides a demonstration of how to create a Padlet wall. Below the video you will find three ideas for using Padlet in your classroom. Using Padlet as a KWL chart: Padlet can be used to create a…