25 Search Strategies You Need to Know – New Course Starting Soon
One of the most popular webinars and courses that I’ve hosted over the years have been about search strategies and how to teach them to students. This summer I’m offering a new Practical Ed Tech course on that topic. The course starts in two days! 25 Search Strategies You Need to Know is a five-part […]
Five of My Favorite Take-aways from #ISTELive
ISTE Live in Philadelphia was a whirlwind 72 hours. I’ve been home for about 18 hours now and have had some time to reflect a little bit on the trip. I’ll share more in-depth take-aways later. For now I wanted to summarize and share a handful of the highlights of trip. To do so I […]
The Coolest Canva Use I’ve Seen
Yesterday morning at ISTE Live I met Lauren Enders. Lauren is a well-known presenter in the field of AAC (augmentative and alternative communication). We chatted for a good twenty minutes or more about many things including how she’s using Canva as an AAC tool. In fact, she gave me permission to share the recording of […]
Resources for Learning About the Tour de France
This year’s Tour de France starts on July 1st. (By the way, my search strategies course starts the same day). For the next three weeks my mornings will be occupied by watching parts of every stage. The Tour de France provides some neat opportunities for science, health, and physical education lessons. Here are some of […]
How to Publish Google Slides Presentations
Around this time every year I field a bunch of questions from readers who are moving into new jobs at schools that use Google Workspace for Education. And while I have a lot of Google Workspace tutorials available on my YouTube channel, I think it’s time that I update many of them. That’s why over the […]
Notes from a Micro:bit Workshop
Today, I attended a workshop hosted by Gary Stager and Sylvia Martinez. It was a great workshop about using Micro:bit. Gary gave some introductory directions and then we had some challenge activities to try to complete in small groups. I worked with Sheila from Virginia Beach and Scott from California (sorry Scott, I can’t remember […]
How to Collaborate on Google Slides
Around this time every year I field a bunch of questions from readers who are moving into new jobs at schools that use Google Workspace for Education. And while I have a lot of Google Workspace tutorials available on my YouTube channel, I think it’s time that I update many of them. That’s why over the […]
15 Things That Caught My Eye at ISTE Live Today
This morning I got up at 2:30, drove to the Portland Jetport (PWM), and flew to Philadelphia to attend ISTE Live. My lack of sleep combined with having to remotely deal with some things at home meant that I wasn’t as focused as I would have liked to have been today. So rather than committing […]
How to Magically Make a Presentation in Minutes
There are some people who love and enjoy the process of making slideshow presentations. Then there are people like me who enjoy presenting, but don’t necessarily enjoy making the slides. For folks who identify with me on that front, Canva’s Docs to Decks tool is for you! Docs to Decks is Canva’s AI-powered tool for […]
How to Use Audio and Video in Google Slides
Around this time every year I field a bunch of questions from readers who are moving into new jobs at schools that use Google Workspace for Education. And while I have a lot of Google Workspace tutorials available on my YouTube channel, I think it’s time that I update many of them. That’s why over the […]
