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Coding + Drones = 100% Engagement – Webinar Recording
Yesterday evening as part of the Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference Karin Knapik-Cloutier gave an energetic presentation about using drones with her middle school students. If you missed her presentation, the recording is now available to view here.Here’s how Karin described her presentation: C
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Coding + Drones = 100% Engagement – Webinar Recording
Yesterday evening as part of the Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference Karin Knapik-Cloutier gave an energetic presentation about using drones with her middle school students. If you missed her presentation, the recording is now available to view here.Here’s how Karin described her presentation: C
Written by jack121400
How to Create Interactive Images With Classtools
A couple of days ago I wrote about a new tool from Classtools called Image Annotator. It does exactly what it says on the tin. I made the following short video to demonstrate how easy it is to use the Classtools Image Annotator. In the video I demonstrate annotating an image of a map, but you can us
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Why the Moon Seems Brighter in Winter
During lunch today one of my colleagues mentioned that he had trouble falling asleep a couple of nights ago because the moon was exceptionally bright. His comment reminded me of a great Minute Physics video that I found years ago. Why the Full Moon is Better in Winter explains how the combination of
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3D Printing Solutions to World Issues – Webinar Recording
The second presentation in the Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference was Jeremy Rinkel’s 3D Printing Solutions to World Issues. Here’s how Jeremy described the presentation, With an emphasis and focus on the UN Sustainability Goals, students were challenged to create prototypes or products that wo
Written by jack121400
Easy Ways to Make Your Own Apps – Webinar Recording
This afternoon I kicked off the Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference with a presentation about making apps with students. In addition to showing three ways to make your own mobile apps, in the presentation I talked about what I’m doing with my freshmen students this year terms of app design proje
Written by jack121400
Three Free PD Webinars Today!
The Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference starts this afternoon at 3pm ET. There is still time to register here. Today’s presentations and times are listed below.Easy Ways to Make Your Own Apps3pm ET – Richard ByrneNot that long ago creating a mobile app required extensive coding skills and know
Written by jack121400
Add Interactive Annotations to Images With a New Classtools Tool
Russel Tarr at Classtools has come up with another great little tool for teachers and students. The new Image Hotspot Generator on Classtools makes it easy to add interactive annotations to any picture that you upload to the site. The annotations that you add to your pictures can include text and li
Written by jack121400
A Few Tips for Getting the Most Out of Webinars
The first webinars of the free Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference will be broadcast tomorrow. These are going to be live presentations with time for Q&A. More than 500 people have registered to attend. If you’re one of them, here are a few tips for getting the most out of attending webinars. Th
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Lesson Plan, Meal Plan, and Fitness Plan Templates
Last week Canva announced a handful of new features including a video editor and a desktop application. A new education-specific version of Canva was also announced. Those new features don’t appear to have been rolled-out quite yet. But I did notice that there seems to be an expansion in the number
Written by jack121400
The Practical Ed Tech Podcast Episode 22 – Fitness, Code, and Q&A
Last night I published the 22nd episode of The Practical Ed Tech Podcast. In this week’s podcast I talked about how I improved my fitness in 2019, shared some resources for Hour of Code, and answered some questions from readers, listeners, and viewers like you. One of my favorite questions this week
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The Balance of Nature
This is the way a new universe is supposed to work, or at least, how the universe has to work, if it is supposed to. If all the things in the universe (like every single cell, tree, galaxy, star, planet, etc.) can only be understood if you accept that they were created in some very
Written by jack121400
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Hello world!
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!
Written by jack121400
Coding + Drones = 100% Engagement – Webinar Recording
Yesterday evening as part of the Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference Karin Knapik-Cloutier gave an energetic presentation about using drones with her middle school students. If you missed her presentation, the recording is now available to view here.Here’s how Karin described her presentation: C
Written by jack121400
How to Create Interactive Images With Classtools
A couple of days ago I wrote about a new tool from Classtools called Image Annotator. It does exactly what it says on the tin. I made the following short video to demonstrate how easy it is to use the Classtools Image Annotator. In the video I demonstrate annotating an image of a map, but you can us
Written by jack121400
Why the Moon Seems Brighter in Winter
During lunch today one of my colleagues mentioned that he had trouble falling asleep a couple of nights ago because the moon was exceptionally bright. His comment reminded me of a great Minute Physics video that I found years ago. Why the Full Moon is Better in Winter explains how the combination of
Written by jack121400
3D Printing Solutions to World Issues – Webinar Recording
The second presentation in the Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference was Jeremy Rinkel’s 3D Printing Solutions to World Issues. Here’s how Jeremy described the presentation, With an emphasis and focus on the UN Sustainability Goals, students were challenged to create prototypes or products that wo
Written by jack121400
Easy Ways to Make Your Own Apps – Webinar Recording
This afternoon I kicked off the Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference with a presentation about making apps with students. In addition to showing three ways to make your own mobile apps, in the presentation I talked about what I’m doing with my freshmen students this year terms of app design proje
Written by jack121400
Three Free PD Webinars Today!
The Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference starts this afternoon at 3pm ET. There is still time to register here. Today’s presentations and times are listed below.Easy Ways to Make Your Own Apps3pm ET – Richard ByrneNot that long ago creating a mobile app required extensive coding skills and know
Written by jack121400
Add Interactive Annotations to Images With a New Classtools Tool
Russel Tarr at Classtools has come up with another great little tool for teachers and students. The new Image Hotspot Generator on Classtools makes it easy to add interactive annotations to any picture that you upload to the site. The annotations that you add to your pictures can include text and li
Written by jack121400
A Few Tips for Getting the Most Out of Webinars
The first webinars of the free Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference will be broadcast tomorrow. These are going to be live presentations with time for Q&A. More than 500 people have registered to attend. If you’re one of them, here are a few tips for getting the most out of attending webinars. Th
Written by jack121400
Lesson Plan, Meal Plan, and Fitness Plan Templates
Last week Canva announced a handful of new features including a video editor and a desktop application. A new education-specific version of Canva was also announced. Those new features don’t appear to have been rolled-out quite yet. But I did notice that there seems to be an expansion in the number
Written by jack121400
The Practical Ed Tech Podcast Episode 22 – Fitness, Code, and Q&A
Last night I published the 22nd episode of The Practical Ed Tech Podcast. In this week’s podcast I talked about how I improved my fitness in 2019, shared some resources for Hour of Code, and answered some questions from readers, listeners, and viewers like you. One of my favorite questions this week
Written by jack121400
The Balance of Nature
This is the way a new universe is supposed to work, or at least, how the universe has to work, if it is supposed to. If all the things in the universe (like every single cell, tree, galaxy, star, planet, etc.) can only be understood if you accept that they were created in some very
Written by jack121400
