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 »
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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 »
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 »
Unglue Parental Control
Unglue is a new tool that allows parents to set controls on children’s use of devices. The idea is that parents set limits on social media and entertainment sites and… Read more »
Using Video in the Classroom
I watched this video from Common Sense Media about improving the use of video in the classroom. Notice that it’s part of a playlist, and you may want to watch… Read more »
9 Common Problems and Solutions when using iPads
I used these cases with teaching assistants at my school in August, 2016. I hope that you find it useful. If you have any examples or questions, please post a comment…. Read more »
VoiceThread for Publishing and Collaboration
Voicethread is a great tool for collaboration and sharing. You can combine images, documents and video in a slideshow format. Then other users can add voice, text, audio file or… Read more »