Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Create, Share, & Print Thematic Maps

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Create, Share, & Print Thematic Maps

Google’s My Maps and Google Earth tools can provide a great way to create thematic maps. Unfortunately, those tools are quite limited if your students don’t have Google Accounts to use at school. National Geographic’s Mapmaker Interactive is a free map creation tool that doesn’t require students to have any kind of registered account in order to…

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Create Comic Stories in Pixton

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Create Comic Stories in Pixton

For years I’ve advocated for using comics as a way to get students engaged in the writing process. To many students, creating a comic seems a lot less intimidating and a lot more fun than simply writing a story on a blank sheet of paper. One of my favorite ways to have students use comics…

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – How to Conduct a Reverse Image Search

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – How to Conduct a Reverse Image Search

Tineye is a free tool that helps you conduct reverse image searches. In a reverse image search you’re searching for the places where an image has been posted online.  Conducting a reverse can be a good way for students to discover information about an object or location featured in a picture. As demonstrated above, when…

Three Online PD Opportunities With Me

Three Online PD Opportunities With Me

With the new school year underway it can be hard to find time for professional development. Fortunately, online courses can make it a bit easier to find time for PD as you can join classes from home, work, or anywhere in between as long as you have Internet access. Next month I’m hosting three online…

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – 5 Google Slides Features Every Student Can Use
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Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – 5 Google Slides Features Every Student Can Use

This is the time of year when many teachers and students start to use Google Apps for Education for the first time. It’s also the time of year when people who have used Google Apps before discover that new features were added while they were on summer break. If that describes you and or your…