One of the long-standing complaints about Google Slides is that there isn’t a way to add audio to the slides. That’s not entirely the case, but the process isn’t as straight-forward as you would hope it would be. To add music to Google Slides you first need to find a YouTube video that contains music…
In late 2016 and earlier this year I hosted a series of one-hour webinars on Wednesdays. Those webinars proved to be popular as half of them sold out. Starting this week I’m offering a similar series that will be held on Tuesdays at 4pm Eastern Time (recordings will be available to those who cannot attend live…
Zero Noise Classroom provides a countdown timer and a noise meter into one convenient Chrome app. When you launch Zero Noise Classroom you can set the countdown timer and adjust the goal for the volume of noise in your classroom. You will also set a goal for a percentage of the time that can exceed…
This summer I will be hosting the Practical Ed Tech BYOD Camp on July 27th and 28th in Portland, Maine. Discounted early registration is still available. In the video embedded below my daughter, Isla, joins me to answer a few frequently asked questions regarding the Practical Ed Tech BYOD Camp. Powered by Eventbrite
If a picture tells a thousand words, five or six pictures tells five or six thousand words. Assembling five or six favorite pictures is a great way to get students thinking about telling and writing a personal story. Similarly, gathering fix or six pictures representative of an event can be a good way to get…
Google Keep is my favorite tool for bookmarking websites, creating reminders for myself, and recording quick notes in text and or audio format. Recently, Google Keep got even better when Google announced that you can now import your Google Keep notes into your Google Documents. The option to import notes from Google Keep appears in…
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