Good evening from Maine where it was a beautiful summer day. It was perfect for playing outside and that’s exactly what we did. I hope that you were able to do something fun today too.
This week I had the privilege to spend two days with tech coaches and teachers in the Portsmouth, Virginia school district. It was great to see so many teachers (nearly 200) come in for an optional professional development day. For me the first day started out a little earlier than I expected when the fire alarm went off in my hotel at 4:30am. There’s nothing like having to evacuate a hotel first thing in the morning to get your blood flowing. Fortunately, it was just a faulty sensor that triggered the alarm.
As you look through this week’s most popular posts you may notice that they all feature updates to some of the most popular educational technology services and tools. That’s because next week is the annual ISTE conference where all of the big companies will have their latest developments on display. I won’t be attending this year, but I am bombarded with press releases from the companies that will be there. I’ll be sure to pass along the updates that I find most interesting throughout the week.
These were the week’s most popular posts:
1. Immersive Reader is Being Added to Microsoft Forms
2. The Third “Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego?” Game is Now Available
3. Create Rubrics in Google Classroom – Coming Soon!
4. Kahoot Adds New Game Creation Options
5. 5 New SeeSaw Features for Teachers and Students Creating Digital Portfolios
6. How to Automatically Caption and Translate PowerPoint Presentations
7. Adobe Spark Now Has a Collaboration Option
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