Good morning from Paris Hill, Maine where it is snowing! Yes, on May 9th I woke up to snow covering everything. And the best part is that when the snow ends it’s supposed to be followed by a day of winter-like temperatures and winds. My three-year-old summarized how most of us feel this morning when she looked out the window and said, “what the heck is going on?”
Today is going to be a day for blanket forts, baking, and a whole lot of coloring with my kids. I hope that wherever you are this weekend, you get to do something fun too.
These were the week’s most popular posts:
1. Use Whiteboards in Google Meet Without Screensharing
2.Quickly Create Online Whiteboards for Your Students
3. How to Create Complete Sentence Requirements in Google Forms
4. Three Tools for Collecting Stories from Students and Parents
5. How to Blur Faces and Objects in Your Videos
6. Loom – Create Screencasts on Your iPad
7. Exploring and Visualizing Data Sets
Practical Ed Tech Virtual Summer Camp!
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