Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – 10 Google Search Tips for Students

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – 10 Google Search Tips for Students

When given a question or a research prompt students immediately turn to Google. Unfortunately, while many students think that they know how to use Google they don’t really know how to find information beyond what appears on the first few pages of search results. I put together the document embedded below (click here if you…

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Embed a Backchannel Into Your Blog
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Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Embed a Backchannel Into Your Blog

Hosting an online backchannel can be a good way to give every student in your classroom a voice and an opportunity ask questions as they arise. By using a backchannel tool like TodaysMeet my students who have a lot to say don’t dominate the classroom conversation. At the same time my shy students are given a…

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Scheduling Blog Posts & A Glossary of Blogging Terms
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Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Scheduling Blog Posts & A Glossary of Blogging Terms

Scheduling blog posts to appear in the future is one of the best ways to maintain a steady pace of posts appearing on your blog. On a classroom blog scheduling posts is a great way to keep certain content hidden until your students need to see it. For example, I have often scheduled posts containing…

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Create Animated Videos and Presentations on Wideo

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Create Animated Videos and Presentations on Wideo

Wideo is a neat service for creating animated, Common Craft style videos in your web browser. I’ve been using and talking about the service for a couple of years now.  When you create a video in Wideo you do so by dragging and dropping clipart and text in storyboard frames. You set the position and animation…