Category: Technology

Social Media Highlight: Skype

Skype Overview Skype is a free messaging, and video and voice calling app that lets you send images, video, text, audio, or documents. Communication from Skype to Skype users is free; SMS and calls… Read more »

Social Media Highlight: YouTube

YouTube Overview YouTube is the premier video sharing website in the world, and it is owned by Google. The sites’ users are both individuals and companies. YouTubers (people who use… Read more »

Social Media Highlight – Instagram

Instagram Overview Instagram is an app first released in 2012. According to its website, Instagram is a “free photo and video sharing app”. Although the company doesn’t use those words, it is… Read more »

Read & Write Extension for Accessibility in the Classroom

Overview Read & Write is a family of tools to improve accessibility of digital resources to all students. As part of this suite, there is a free Chrome extension for teachers. Otherwise, the… Read more »

Better Search with Google

Google is the most common search engine in the world. It’s likely that you used Google the last time that you wanted to look up something. How good are your search… Read more »

Newsela in the Classroom

Overview Welcome Back, Teachers. from Newsela on Vimeo. Newsela is primarily an online news site that provides access to high-quality news articles, each of which is written at five different… Read more »

Epic! Tool for Reading and Literacy

Epic is an online library for children 12 years old and younger. It is free for use by teachers, and cost $4.99 per month for home use. Tools available Search… Read more »

Use Tinycards to Memorize Content

Tinycards is a flashcard app that lets you learn anything. It is an extension of Duolingo’s service. It lets you follow Duolingo (to learn German, French, Spanish or Portugese), as well as… Read more »