Seven Mind Mapping Tools to Try This Year
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Earlier this week a reader emailed me to ask for my suggestions for online mind mapping tools for her students to use this fall. My preference is often to draw mind maps by hand and then digitize them by taking pictures with either the Google Keep or OneNote mobile apps. But that doesn't work for everyone. So if you want to do the mind mapping process in a completely digital format, take a look at the following options.  Canva Whiteboard Templates Canva's whiteboard templates include mind mapping templates that you and your students can use individually or collaboratively. Watch this vid ..read more
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Five Great Microsoft Forms Features for Teachers
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7M ago
Most of the time I like Google Workspace tools better than the equivalent tools from Microsoft. There is one exception to that rule. That exception being forms. When it comes to making and publishing online forms, Microsoft Forms has more features that I like than Google Forms has. For example, there is nothing like the new live presentation mode in Microsoft Forms available in Google Forms.  There are other aspects of Microsoft Forms that I also like that aren't equaled in Google Forms. Those features are demonstrated in my new video that is embedded below.  1. Convert docs to for ..read more
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Lesson Plans for Setting SMART Goals This Fall
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Storyboard That is a great tool that can be used for creating cartoons, flowcharts, timelines, and wireframes in addition to typical storyboards. Storyboard That also offers a huge library of lesson plans on everything from classic literature to history to cyber safety. One of those lesson plans is about helping students set and reach SMART goals. SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Action, Realistic, Time. The SMART goals lesson plans are designed for use in middle school settings. Each of the five lesson plans focuses on a different aspect of the goal setting and goal reaching processe ..read more
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Have Your List Cleared by Book Creator
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Earlier this week I shared a handful of ways to use Book Creator this fall. At the bottom of that blog post I mentioned Book Creator's #clearthelist campaign. If you missed it, it's a free opportunity to have Book Creator clear your classroom Amazon wishlist of up $500. All you have to do is enter by August 31st.  This fall Book Creator is going to clear the classroom wish lists of three teachers. You can enter here and if you win, Book Creator will clear your Amazon wish list up to $500. Disclosure: Book Creator is currently an advertiser on this blog.  Online PD you can start ..read more
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Google Classroom Overview for Parents
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Last Friday I published a video in which I demonstrated the teacher view and student view of Google Classroom. A lot of people replied to ask if I had a similar one about the parent view of Google Classroom. I didn't have one, but I was happy to refer people to this section of Sam Cary's video How to Use Google Classroom for Parents.  The whole video gives a complete walk-through of Google Classroom. The part that most teachers will care about is toward the end beginning around the 7:19 mark. It's at that point in the video that Sam begins to show the guardian summaries feature of Google ..read more
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How to Use Microsoft Flip - Teacher and Student Views
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8M ago
It's that time of year again when many of us are thinking about ways for our students to get to know each other and us. One popular way of doing that is through short video introductions. Microsoft Flip (formerly known as Flipgrid) provides a great platform on which to do that. As a teacher you can create a safe space for students to record and share short videos.  If you've never used Microsoft Flip or you are a tech coach responsible for introducing it to other teachers, I have a new video for you. In the video that is embedded below I demonstrate the following: How to create a Micros ..read more
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How Wastewater Gets Recycled
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This morning my YouTube subscriptions included a notification of a new TED-Ed lesson that caught my attention. That lesson is titled How the Water You Flush Becomes the Water You Drink. As the titled implies, the lesson is all about how wastewater gets cleaned and put back into the water cycle where we'll eventually drink it once more.  The lesson introduces viewers to three types of wastewater and how wastewater is treated. The two key terms from the video are direct potable reuse and indirect potable reuse and the differences between the two. You can watch the lesson on YouTube or as e ..read more
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47,000 People Get Their Educational Technology Tips This Way
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This morning when I checked my YouTube Studio account I noticed that my little channel had passed the 47,000 subscriber mark. Despite publishing videos on YouTube since at least 2009, I've never had a viral hit and probably never will. Instead of worrying about that I just try to make as many helpful videos as I can. To get a sense of the type of videos that I publish, take a look at the five most-watched videos of the last month.  How to Use Google Takeout in 2023 How to Combine Audio Tracks Quickly & Easily How to Change the Color of Google Calendar Events How to M ..read more
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All About Venice - Another Post Inspired by my Daughters
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A few days ago while driving home from seeing a community theater's musical production of The Little Mermaid one of my daughters asked me "why does Venice have canals instead of roads?" It was a question that I was happy to answer. The question also inspired me to revisit some items on the topic that I new were in my blog's archives, somewhere. Here's my updated list of resources for teaching and learning about Venice.  And head here for more posts inspired by the questions my daughters ask me.  Venice Backstage is a seventeen minute video that explains how the water is contained, h ..read more
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Five New Padlet Features to Try
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8M ago
Along with Google Workspace tools, Padlet is one of the educational technology tools that I've used the most consistently over the last fifteen years. I've used it for everything from hosting online brainstorming sessions to digital mapping to distraction-free YouTube viewing and a whole lot more. Padlet recently add five new features for the new school year.  The new features of Padlet are demonstrated in the two new videos that are embedded below. The new features include: An AI drawing tool. Scheduling notes. Polling Google Drive integration Automated content moderation Video - How ..read more
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