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6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2017

Listen to this post as a podcast (sponsored by Kiddom): It’s that time again!! To celebrate the launch of my brand-new, fully redesigned Teacher’s Guide to Tech, I’m hand-picking six ed tech tools that deserve more teachers’ attention. These are not all brand-new tools, but I thought each one offered something pretty special for the classroom. Check them out. 1. Nearpod nearpod.com Picture you and your students in class. Every one of you has an iPod or other tablet. You open up a PowerPoint presentation and it appears on every student’s tablet, with you controlling the pacing of the slides…

6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2020

…Holly Burcham Hi Linda. Great question! All of these tools are pulled from the collection of tools in the Teacher’s Guide to Tech Jenn puts out every year. In the guide, there is a 5-page section titled, “Know Your Legal Stuff” with credit given to Sherri Edwards, an educator and tech advocate who works for Cult of Pedagogy as a mentor for JumpStart. It covers a number of laws related to exactly what you’ve pointed out: CIPA, COPPA, FERPA, and PPRA. For more on this, I would check out the page Protecting Student Privacy from the US Department of Education…

6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2019

…embedded video, a live Google Doc, an attached file, or a table containing a variety of elements organized into columns. Probably the best feature is that cards can be collected into folders, where the items are listed along the left, and the selected item appears in a larger window on the right. You can keep multiple folders on one board, and all cards can be collapsed or expanded, making it easy to neatly collect large amounts of resources all in one place. Webjets would be an excellent, flexible tool for any kind of group project or curation task, whether it’s…

6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2021

Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by Kialo Edu and National Geographic Education It’s hard to imagine a time in recent history when we had more distractions, more challenges, more stuff to think about that is way more important than technology. But as someone reminded me earlier today, the show must go on. You still have work to do. You still have students who need an education. And the tools in this year’s Teacher’s Guide to Tech can help. If this is the first time you’re hearing about the guide, here’s a quick video I made two years…

6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2022

…try and make it easy on them. At first I thought I would just write a long blog post that put all the major educational tech tools into categories, explained what each one was, and linked to their sites. That quickly turned into a PDF that I called the Teacher’s Guide to Tech. Now I’m releasing the 8th edition of that guide, the 2022 version, and what started as a catalog of just over a hundred tools has grown into an encyclopedia of over 500, with more than 50 different categories covering all subjects including art, physical education, and special…

6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2018

…management which connects school administrators, teachers and parents all on one platform and has all the features required to manage a school. Melinda Thank you for sharing this wonderful information about EdTech tools. I also feel you should add this Free and must try EdTech tool to your list – Animaker Edify https://edify.animaker.com/ As a teacher I find this tool to be so helpful for creating curriculum lessons using animated videos and Infographics. It’s DIY and doesn’t eat much of my time! Allows me to add students and share these lessons with them. You can also assign creative tasks which…

6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2016

…here. To learn more about the educational potential of Periscope and other live streaming apps, read this excellent Edutopia article, Periscope: Connecting Classrooms to the World. Want more tools? The Teacher’s Guide to Tech If you’re not yet familiar with the Teacher’s Guide to Tech, let me introduce you: It’s my encyclopedia of educational technology, a PDF you can keep on your home computer, work computer, or any device that will read a PDF. The whole purpose of the guide is to make it fast and easy for you to navigate the world of ed tech. Once you start using…

8 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2024

…enrich your teaching. We’ve curated over 750 tools into more than 50 different education-related categories, linking each one to a video that shows the tool in action, so you can make smart decisions about the technology you use in your classroom. This year’s guide has over 85 new tools and an expanded 9-page section on artificial intelligence. Along with that, we’ve made sure that every single listing has up-to-date information, videos, and links to their sites so you can find what you need and get back to teaching. Where to Get Your Copy Single-User Licenses: If you just want a copy…

6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2023

…teacher’s response — these can be created in video, text, or audio — and then post their own response in a completely private and secure setting. If you’re in need of a tool to improve your connection with students outside of academics, Along may be exactly what you’re looking for. https://youtu.be/FfgJudRadtQ The Teacher’s Guide to Tech The 9th edition of the Teacher’s Guide to Tech is loaded with tools that can enrich your teaching. With over 650 tools in more than 50 different categories, this is the resource you need to quickly make smart decisions about the technology you choose…