Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Easily Share Bundles of Links

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Easily Share Bundles of Links

Trying to get all of your students to the same set of websites at the same time can be a frustrating experiences. Just a couple of mistyped characters can create a frustrating experience for everyone. One way to avoid this situation is to post all of your links on one course webpage or in a…

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Find Creative Commons Images Within Edmodo

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Find Creative Commons Images Within Edmodo

Photos for Class is a free service that helps students find and cite Creative Commons licensed images. Earlier this month Photos for Class became available to use as an Edmodo app. In the video embedded below I provide a demonstration of how to install Photos for Class. The second half of the video demonstrates a…

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Creating Flipped Lessons With VideoNotes
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Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Creating Flipped Lessons With VideoNotes

Over the last few years I’ve tried a bunch of tools for building flipped video lessons. As I do with most categories of ed tech tools, I gravitate to those that are easy to use and integrate with other tools. VideoNot.es is one of my favorite tools for flipped classroom settings because it is easy…

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Creating Custom Google Slides Backgrounds
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Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Creating Custom Google Slides Backgrounds

When I design slideshows that are intended for sharing on the web I use Google Slides. (For in-person keynotes I use Keynote for the timing features that are built into it). One of my favorite aspects of Google Slides is the ease with which I can create custom backgrounds for my slides. In the video…