Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Saving Audio Files in Google Drive
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Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Saving Audio Files in Google Drive

Twisted Wave is an online service (iPad app also available) for creating and editing audio tracks. One of the best features of Twisted Wave is that you can save your recordings directly to your Google Drive account. In the video embedded below I provide an overview of Twisted Wave’s basic features. In addition to the…

Two Free Webinars With Me Coming Up This Week
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Two Free Webinars With Me Coming Up This Week

This week I am leadingĀ some free webinars. On Tuesday I will be giving two short (30 minutes) presentations as part of Simple K12’s afternoon of webinars on Google Apps. My presentations will be on search strategies and workflow tips. My presentations will at 2pm and 3pm Eastern Time. You can learn more and register here….

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Create an Audio Slideshow With Annotations in YouTube
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Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Create an Audio Slideshow With Annotations in YouTube

YouTube is loaded with tools and settingsĀ that teachers and students often overlook. The YouTube audio slideshow tool is one of those overlooked tools built into YouTube. I often demonstrate it in my workshops on video creation. In the video embedded below I provide a demonstration of how to use YouTube’s audio slideshow creation tool. Here…

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – How to Find Publicly Shared Google Docs
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Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – How to Find Publicly Shared Google Docs

When you set a Google Document, Presentation, or Spreadsheet as “public” in the sharing menu it is available for anyone to find through a Google search. This can be a good thing. Millions of people are publicly sharing their Documents, Presentations, and Spreadsheets which in turn makes more more resources available to teachers and students….

Join Me In Portland, Maine This Summer for the Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp
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Join Me In Portland, Maine This Summer for the Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp

Join me, Richard Byrne, this summer in Portland, Maine’s Old Port district for two days of hands-on learning at the third annual Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp. This year’s event is being held at the Holiday Inn By the Bay on July 13th and 14th. The Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp is a hands-on exploration…

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – How to Create Blogs & Portfolios on Tackk
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Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – How to Create Blogs & Portfolios on Tackk

For the last few months I have been sharing Tackk with teachers at every conference I visit. Tackk is a free tool for creating blogs and digital portfolios. It’s easy to use and it allows you to maintain multiple blogs and portfolios in one account. In the video embedded below I provide a demonstration of…