Every month I publish a dozen or so new tutorial videos on my YouTube channel. Some are popular and some are not, but I hope that they’re all helpful. Most of them I make to answer questions th...
https://practicaledtech.com/2021/04/30/my-most-popular-ed-tech-tutorial-videos-in-april/
After years of saying that support for the old version of Google Sites would be ending “soon,” this week Google sent a notice to domain administrators that on May 15th the option to use the o...
Mote is a Chrome extension that can be used to record voice notes directly within Gmail, Google Classroom, Google Slides, and Google Documents. One of its many convenient features is that student...
Despite our best efforts to follow Cal Newport’s advice in Deep Work and A World Without Email, most of us spend a lot of time dealing with messages in our inboxes. That doesn’t mean we can�...
https://practicaledtech.com/2021/03/25/12-gmail-tips-for-teachers/
Last week Google launched a new tool called Threadit that is probably best described as Flipgrid meets Google Docs. I say that not only because it lets you record and share videos with collaborat...
https://practicaledtech.com/2021/03/22/flipgrid-meets-google-docs/
Teaching online classes and hybrid classes is a new challenge for many if not most of us. Collecting samples of work like math problems that students have traditionally done on physical paper is ...
https://practicaledtech.com/2020/11/30/how-to-create-forms-to-collect-samples-of-your-students-work/
Every year at this time I share some videos intended to help students understand proper email etiquette. This year those lessons are going to be more important than ever as we’re all likely to ...
https://practicaledtech.com/2020/09/01/email-etiquette-tips-reminders-for-students-teachers/
A couple of weeks ago I hosted a webinar for a group of schools that I’ve been working with this summer. A part of that webinar included making online activities for students. I included some o...
https://practicaledtech.com/2020/08/10/creating-online-activities-with-google-drawings-and-slides/
This week on Free Technology for Teachers I published a series of posts featuring videos that demonstrated need-to-know features of Google Slides. The posts covered what you need to know about us...
https://practicaledtech.com/2020/06/06/15-tips-on-using-media-in-google-slides/
Last week I posted a guide to finding copyright-friendly media to use in your classroom projects. One of the first things that I mention in that guide is to try use your own pictures, videos, and...