Last week I didn’t have time to publish here because I was engrossed in meeting a deadline for the Legal Writing and Research class I’m taking this semester. That work provided the inspiratio...
https://practicaledtech.com/2024/03/19/tips-and-tools-for-citing-sources/
Earlier this month Google rebranded Bard to Gemini. Why they did that isn’t terribly important (presumably to be able to monetize it better). What is important is that you know Gemini offers th...
https://practicaledtech.com/2024/02/21/three-google-gemini-tips/
In Teaching Search Strategies to History Students I wrote about the importance of identifying the goal of a research task before ever typing a query into a search box. I was reminded of that last...
https://practicaledtech.com/2024/02/06/search-in-the-age-of-ai/
A couple of weeks ago I shared a few ways to speed up the process of giving your students meaningful feedback when they take a quiz or submit a writing assignment. (If you missed that newsletter,...
https://practicaledtech.com/2024/01/23/three-quick-quiz-tips/
Last week my seven-year-old came home from school excited to tell me that her teacher had her play a new game called Mad Libs! The game has been around since the 1950’s, but it was new to her a...
https://practicaledtech.com/2024/01/18/flippity-can-do-that/
As you may know, back in August I returned to the classroom on a full-time basis. Not as a teacher, but as a student. That experience has reinforced my belief that prompt feedback is one of the m...
https://practicaledtech.com/2024/01/09/delivering-feedback-faster/
I started the Practical Ed Tech weekly newsletter ten years ago this month. It was an off-shoot of the daily FreeTech4Teachers.com posts that started in 2007. Over that time I’ve answered a lot...
https://practicaledtech.com/2024/01/02/the-most-faq-every-year/
It’s a holiday week for most of us. So rather than present a new tip, I’m sharing the five best tips of the last year as chosen by readers like you. To pick them I went through analytics for ...
Greetings from Maine where I’m writing this with the help of a generator. No, not an AI-powered writing generator. The power is out and I’m running a “portable” electric generator. On the...
https://practicaledtech.com/2023/12/18/three-fun-tech-things-to-do-before-break/
Next weekend I’m taking final exams for the first time since Clinton was in office. (If you missed the news, I’m a full-time student again). This has given me an opportunity to test some mod...
https://practicaledtech.com/2023/12/12/a-modern-takes-on-classic-study-methods/