Good morning from snowy Woodstock, Maine. I hope that everyone is enjoying the start of a relaxing weekend and holiday break. This year, for the first time in my life, I’m hosting family at my house for Christmas. That means I have to start decorating the house today (the picture to the left is two years old). Here’s to hoping all of the lights from last year still work. Otherwise, I could be making the forty mile trip to Walmart for lights. I’m no Clark Griswold, but I do like to put up a few lights.

I’ll have new posts from now through the 24th. The 25th through 31st will be re-runs of the best and most popular posts of the year.

Here are this week’s most popular posts:
1. Stoodle – Quickly Create Shared Online Whiteboards
2. Borrow and Lend eBooks Through Open Library
3. How Google Search Works and A Whole Bunch of Search Tips
4. Amazon Storybuilder – Plan Your Stories With Organized Sticky Notes
5. Five Tools That Help Students Plan Stories
6. All About Explorers – Challenge Your Students’ Historical Thinking
7. An Interactive Map of The Odyssey

In January I am again offering my PracticalEdTech.com series How To Use Google Drive In School. Click here for registration details and a discount code. 


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