The Month in Review - Spring Is Here (Kind of)

The calendar tells me that it is spring here in Maine, but the weather tells me otherwise. We're expecting ten more inches of snow to fa...

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How to Use SoundCloud to Record and Comment

During Thursday's Practical Ed Tech Live session I answered a question about recording and sharing audio. The person asking was looking...

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5 Good Resources for National Poetry Month

April is Poetry Month. Whether you're trying to help students understand and interpret the meaning of poems or you're trying to help...

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How to Create an Interactive Diagram-based Quiz on Formative

With the NCAA basketball tournament Final Four games happening this weekend I thought this would be a good time to share an easy way to crea...

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Practical Ed Tech Live - Recording

Yesterday afternoon I hosted FB Live and YouTube Live sessions simultaneously. During those sessions I answered questions from readers and v...

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The Hack Education Unconference & After-Party | Saturday, June 24th, ISTE "Unplugged!"

Hack Education , the unconference. Saturday, June 24th, 2017 - 9 am - 4 pm: Henry B. González Convention Center. SIGN UP HERE . More informa...

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Google Calendar Now Optimized for iPads- Finally

My life seems to be run by Google Calendar and Google Keep these days. I use it to schedule and keep track of appointments, to keep track of...

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Lighthouses and Designs for Democracy

Earlier this week the featured document from the U.S. National Archives was a drawing of the Matinicus Rock Lighthouse on the coast of Main...

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Share the Mess and Learn

Yesterday, on Anchor I shared the idea that there is value is sharing the messes and mistakes that we make. In that little podcast I mentio...

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Global Leadership Week: April 24 - 28, 2017 + NEW Global Education Online Fair!

Announcing the second annual  Global Leadership Week  (GLW) celebration, which will take place at the end of April. GLW is a weeklong conven...

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Video Tips With Isla

Folks who follow my YouTube channel may have noticed that I've started using the live video option within YouTube's Android app. Th...

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Final Schedule - Open Mini-Conference on Library "Expertise, Competencies, and Careers"

Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 29th, is our Library 2.017 mini-conference: "Expertise, Competencies and Careers," which will be held ...

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Draft - A Distraction-free Collaborative Writing Tool

Draft is a free, collaborative writing platform that provides a distraction-free environment. When you write in Draft you won't see any...

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Practical Ed Tech Live!

The Practical Ed Tech Facebook page reached 3,000 likes yesterday. I promised to host a Facebook Live Q&A when the page reached 3,000 l...

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Teach Your Monster to Read Minigames Overview

Last month the folks behind the popular Teach Your Monster to Read virtual world for literacy development introduced a set of minigames. The...

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Teens: Are Their Brains to Blame?

Teenagers! They’re impulsive. Aggressive. Engage in risky behavior and just don’t know what’s best for them.  And there’s research now that ...

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How to Add Spoken Audio to Google Slides

The  Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week  that I published yesterday was about adding music to Google Slides. In the twelve hours since that t...

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How to Create Short Answer Activities in Socrative

Socrative is one of the original and best platforms for creating quiz games to be played in your classroom on Chromebooks, laptops, and mob...

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How Formatically Helps Students Format Essays in MLA Style

A couple of weeks ago I shared a new tool designed by college students to help other students properly format essays in MLA format. That too...

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PD Webinar - Fun With Formative Assessments

As good teachers know, gauging your students' understanding of the topics you teach is a process that involves discussion, a bit of intu...

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Fight Fake News: A @CommonSenseEd #MediaLiteracy Toolkit

Innovative educators understand that they play a crucial role in our democratic society. However, a teacher’s job to ensure students are inf...

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