Social Media Highlight – Whatsapp
WhatsApp Overview WhatsApp was launched in 2010. It is an ad-free, encrypted, free messaging, and video and voice calling app that lets you send images, video, text, audio, or documents (up… 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 »
Social Media Highlight: Musical.ly
Overview of Musical.ly Musical.ly is an app first released in 2014. It lets children create and share music videos 15 s – 5 minutes long. In addition to home grown stars,… Read more »
Emergence of the Technology Coach
I’m a technology coach. Well, I’m not sure what my official title is. When I started at my school almost four years ago, my official title was Digital Learning Facilitator,… 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 »
7 Ways for Girls to be Brave with Technology
This research study presents the observations that women leave engineering because of group dynamics and negative experiences working in teams. I also heard Caroline Paul on Tim Ferris’ podcast around the same time that I… Read more »