A couple of weeks ago my Tip of the Week newsletter featured ten “hidden” features of Office 365. The option to generate embed codes for Word documents is another nice hidden feature of Offic...
https://practicaledtech.com/2021/05/13/how-to-embed-word-documents-into-blog-posts-and-web-pages/
A couple of years ago I published a short guide to finding media for classroom projects. Since then a couple of resources have been taken offline and I’ve replaced them with new resources. I cr...
https://practicaledtech.com/2020/05/26/updated-a-guide-to-finding-media-for-classroom-projects/
Have you ever spent a lot of time writing a newsletter or blog post for your students and or their parents and then felt like no one read it? I have. It’s frustrating, but there are some things...
Every year for the last five years I’ve published a free ebook that is simply titled The Practical Ed Tech Handbook. This week I finished creating the updated version for the 2019-20 school ye...
https://practicaledtech.com/2019/09/23/the-2019-20-practical-ed-tech-handbook/
I regularly receive questions from teachers who want to know how they can earn money through blogging or similar social media activities. The first thing to know is that becoming a blogger or soc...
https://practicaledtech.com/2018/12/27/three-ways-teachers-can-earn-a-side-income/
Last week I received an email from a former colleague who had received a copyright infringement notice for something she posted on a classroom blog eight year ago! She’s not alone. Every year I...
https://practicaledtech.com/2018/12/16/a-guide-to-finding-media-for-classroom-projects/
What would you do with 25% more money in your pocket? Teachers Pay Teachers enables you to make money by selling your digital products online. But TPT also takes 20-45% of your money for themselv...
https://practicaledtech.com/2018/04/06/how-to-ditch-tpt-keep-more-of-your-money/
Last week I answered an email from a reader who was trying to help one of her colleagues with a classroom video project. They wanted to know if it was possible to download YouTube videos or to ma...
https://practicaledtech.com/2018/03/11/three-good-places-to-find-public-domain-video-clips/
Padlet is a versatile tool that I have used and promoted for many years. When it originally launched it only supported text and picture notes. Over time new features have been steadily added to i...
2018 is less than a month away. If part of your plans for 2018 include improving your skills or those of your colleagues in using educational technology, I have a new program that you should chec...
https://practicaledtech.com/2017/12/03/your-2018-professional-development-plans/