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47,000 People Get Their Educational Technology Tips This Way

17 de Agosto de 2023, 09:10
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 Move Bookmarks from One Chrome Profile to Another



How to Use Google As a Countdown Timer



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Five New Padlet Features to Try

16 de Agosto de 2023, 09:49

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 - Three New Padlet Features to Try



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Slides, Assessments, and Bikes - The Week in Review

5 de Agosto de 2023, 08:59

Good morning from Maine where we've finally had a nice stretch of summer weather, if you ignore yesterday's rain. This week was full of bike rides, a backyard camping trip with my daughters, and general summer fun. I hope that you've had an equally great week. 

Besides the fun mentioned above, I spent a lot of time working on the backend of PracticalEdTech.com to get it ready to load my courses into a new format that will truly be on-demand. In the meantime, you can still access all of the courses in their current version right here

These were the week's most popular posts:
1. Five Wolfram Alpha Tutorials for Teachers
2. A New Google Classroom Control Over Assignment Submissions
3. Using AI for Creating Formative Assessments
4. 71 Google Slides Tutorials
5. Five Resources for Teaching and Learning About Copyright
6. Four Dozen Google Forms Tutorials
7. Five Tools for Creating Automatically Scored Formative Assessments

Threads!
Like roughly 100 million other people, I'm on Threads. You can join me here. I'm using it like I did Twitter in 2007, check it out to see what I mean by that. 

Self-paced Courses You Can Start Today

On Practical Ed Tech I have self-paced courses that you can start today and finish at your own pace. 
Workshops and Keynotes
If you'd like to have me speak at your school or conference, please send me an email at richardbyrne (at) freetech4teachers.com or fill out the form on this page.  

Other Places to Follow Me:
  • The Practical Ed Tech Newsletter comes out every Sunday evening/ Monday morning. It features my favorite tip of the week and the week's most popular posts from Free Technology for Teachers.
  • My YouTube channel has more than 46,000 subscribers watching my short tutorial videos on a wide array of educational technology tools. 
  • I've been Tweeting as @rmbyrne for fifteen years. 
  • I update my LinkedIn profile a time or two every week.
  • The Free Technology for Teachers Facebook page features new and old posts from this blog throughout the week. 
  • If you're curious about my life outside of education, you can follow me on Strava.
This post originally appeared on FreeTech4Teachers.com. If you see it elsewhere, it has been used without permission. Featured image captured by Richard Byrne.


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Canva, Pictures, and Micro:bits - The Month in Review

1 de Agosto de 2023, 00:46

Good evening from Maine were the sun has set on the month of July, 2023. This month I hosted a course on search strategies for teachers and students. If you missed it, I'll be offering it again soon. Look for an announcement in the next couple of days about that. 

Despite being one of the rainiest summers on record, my family and I still had a lot of fun outside. We rode our bikes, picked many pounds of wild Maine blueberries and blackberries, and made a few trips to Story Land. I hope that you also had some fun in July. 

As I do at the end of every month, I've identified the most popular posts of the last month. Take a look at the list below to see if there's anything interesting that you missed earlier in the month. 

Self-paced Courses You Can Start Today

On Practical Ed Tech I have self-paced courses that you can start today and finish at your own pace. 
Threads!
Like roughly 100 million other people, I'm on Threads. You can join me here. I'm using it like I did Twitter in 2007, check it out to see what I mean by that. 

Workshops and Keynotes
If you'd like to have me speak at your school or conference, please send me an email at richardbyrne (at) freetech4teachers.com or fill out the form on this page.  

Other Places to Follow Me:
  • The Practical Ed Tech Newsletter comes out every Sunday evening/ Monday morning. It features my favorite tip of the week and the week's most popular posts from Free Technology for Teachers.
  • My YouTube channel has more than 46,000 subscribers watching my short tutorial videos on a wide array of educational technology tools. 
  • I've been Tweeting as @rmbyrne for sixteen years. 
  • I update my LinkedIn profile a time or two every week.
  • The Free Technology for Teachers Facebook page features new and old posts from this blog throughout the week. 
  • If you're curious about my life outside of education, you can follow me on Strava.
This post originally appeared on FreeTech4Teachers.com. If you see it elsewhere, it has been used without permission. Featured image captured by Richard Byrne.


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Math, Calories, and Copyright - The Week in Review

29 de Julho de 2023, 09:07

Good morning from Maine where the sun is rising over what should be a nice summer day to play outside. We're going to ride bikes and play outside at a friend's birthday party. I hope that you do something equally fun this weekend. 

This week I wrapped-up the new version of my search strategies course. I do have some other courses that you can take right now before the new school year starts. You can find those courses right here on Practical Ed Tech

These were the week's most popular posts:
1. Using AI for Creating Formative Assessments
2. 71 Google Slides Tutorials
3. Five Resources for Teaching and Learning About Copyright
4. Use Wolfram Alpha to Estimate Calories Burned
5. Four Dozen Google Forms Tutorials
6. Five Wolfram Alpha Tutorials for Teachers
7. Try the Pairs Math Game in Your Library or Classroom

Threads!
Like roughly 100 million other people, I'm on Threads. You can join me here. I'm using it like I did Twitter in 2007, check it out to see what I mean by that. 

Self-paced Courses You Can Start Today

On Practical Ed Tech I have self-paced courses that you can start today and finish at your own pace. 
Workshops and Keynotes
If you'd like to have me speak at your school or conference, please send me an email at richardbyrne (at) freetech4teachers.com or fill out the form on this page.  

Other Places to Follow Me:
  • The Practical Ed Tech Newsletter comes out every Sunday evening/ Monday morning. It features my favorite tip of the week and the week's most popular posts from Free Technology for Teachers.
  • My YouTube channel has more than 46,000 subscribers watching my short tutorial videos on a wide array of educational technology tools. 
  • I've been Tweeting as @rmbyrne for fifteen years. 
  • I update my LinkedIn profile a time or two every week.
  • The Free Technology for Teachers Facebook page features new and old posts from this blog throughout the week. 
  • If you're curious about my life outside of education, you can follow me on Strava.
This post originally appeared on FreeTech4Teachers.com. If you see it elsewhere, it has been used without permission. Featured image captured by Richard Byrne.


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