81Dash Offers a Revamped Tool for Backchannels and More
Last summer at ISTE 2014 I learned about 81Dash. One year later 81Dash is still going strong and has launched a revamped user interface. All of the same great features of 81Dash are still there, they’re just a bit easier to find and use than before. At its most basic level 81Dash provides teachers with […]
5 Takeaways from Redefining Professional Development
On Monday afternoon at the ISTE conference I was one of four people on a panel discussion titled Redefining Professional Development for the Curriculum of the Future. Unfortunately, I didn’t get as much time to speak as I had hoped for. Throughout the discussion I was taking notes on what the other panelists were saying. […]
SeeSaw – Easily Create Digital Portfolios on iPads, Chromebooks, and Android Tablets
Disclosure: SeeSaw’s parent company is an advertiser on FreeTech4Teachers.com SeeSaw, a powerful and popular iPad app for creating digital portfolios, is now available as a Chrome web app and as an Android app. The new apps allow students to create and add content to digital portfolios. Through SeeSaw students can add artifacts to their portfolios […]
Create Stop Motion Animations with KomaKoma
This is a guest post from Kate Wilson (@katewilson13) of EdTechTeacher, an advertiser on this site. Stop Motion was one of the original video creation techniques. By stringing together a series of single images and displaying them quickly in order, film was born. Now on iPad, Stop Motion can be used as a technique for capturing learning […]
Teaching American History Through Art
Picturing America is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. Picturing America is an interactive gallery of artwork related to events, people, and themes in American history. You can browse the gallery chronologically or by theme. Click on any image in the gallery to learn about the artist and the artwork […]
Dozens of Online Games and Quizzes About Grammar
Road to Grammar is a free resource featuring quizzes, games, and lessons for English language learners. Visitors to Road to Grammar will find grammar quizzes. Most of the quizzes provide students with instant feedback. Part of the feedback that students receive on the quizzes they take includes explanations why an answer is correct or incorrect. Before taking the […]
Design a Green Helicopter for Sikorsky’s Helicopter 2050 Challenge
For the fifth year in a row Sikorsky is hosting a helicopter design contest for students. The Helicopter 2050 Challenge asks students between the ages of nine through sixteen, to design unique and environmentally-friendly helicopters. To enter the challenge students should sketch/ illustrate their helicopter designs, how the helicopter will work, the environmentally-friendly aspects of […]
The Week in Review – The Most Popular Posts
Good morning from an airplane somewhere over New England. I’m currently on my way to the annual ISTE conference in Philadelphia. It should be a great few days of connecting and re-connecting with other people who are passionate about teaching and educational technology. If you’re going to be there too, please say hello. If you’re […]
#NotatISTE Survey
The LEGO Liberty Bell in PHLterminal A. Tomorrow morning I am traveling to Philadelphia for the annual ISTE conference. I know that a lot of you would have liked to attend this year too. And while nothing can fully replace being there, I will try my best to share with you my big take-aways from […]
Otus Releases an Updated Online Learning Environment
Last summer I reviewed an excellent online learning environment called Otus. The first time that I saw it I was impressed by the functions that it offered. Since then Otus has steadily added more features and this week released a completely revamped web interface for teachers. In addition to a more intuitive user interface some […]
