Month in Review - The Most Popular Posts

It's the end of the month and I hope that it was good one for everyone. This month I logged more than 20,000 airmiles as I was lucky eno...

Get 25GB of Box Storage with Fetchnotes

I've written about the collaborative task management tool Fetchnotes a couple of times this year ( click here for my latest review). T...

We Wants Apps - A Great Place to Find Educational iPad Apps

We Want Apps is a free iPad and iPhone app for discovering new apps for kids. I discovered We Want Apps on David Kapuler's blog and im...

A+ Click - Mathematics Games for All Grades

A+ Click is a free site full of online mathematics games for students at all grade levels. You can find games on A+ Click by selecting a gr...

A Magical Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism

A Magical Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism is an infographic guide created by Kate Hart. The guide was published back in June, but I just learn...

Learnist Launches iPad and iPhone Apps

Back in May I wrote about Learnist being " Pinterest for Learning ." I still think that's a fair assessment of what Learnist ...

Infographic - Too Much Sugar Consumption

Sometimes I see something online that instantly makes me think of a particular teacher. This morning I saw Nursing Your Sweet Tooth on Cool...

Visual Anatomy - An App for Anatomy Students

Visual Anatomy is an iPad app designed to help students learn the names of muscles, bones, organs, and systems in the human body. To use th...

Ten Bloggers I Read First

Yesterday, I was asked for a list of the blogs that I recommend reading other than my own. I published a similar list two years ago, but som...

An iPad, a ThinkPad, and a Nexus 7 Walk Into...

In the picture to the left you can see all of the computers and tablets that I am currently using on a somewhat regular basis (click image f...

Fun, Free Math Video Games on Math Moves U

Math Moves U is a fun math video game site.  Math Moves U has three levels of difficulty; grade 6 or lower, grade 7, and grade 8 or higher...

A Short Explanation of Party Conventions

If you're discussing the Republican National Convention with your students this week, they might be wondering why conventions are held a...

Three Good, Free iPad Timeline Apps for History Students

As a student I loved looking at timelines in my social studies textbooks. As a history teacher I still love timelines. Timelines in a web br...

Make Videos On Animoto for Android

I'm not sure how I missed the news earlier, but today I discovered that Animoto now has an Android app . The Android app, like the iOS ...

MyHistro - A Timeline and Mapping Tool in One

myHistro is a timeline builder and map creation tool rolled into one nice package. On myHistro you can build a personal timeline or build a...

I Like Wili the Word Wizard's Math Dictionary

Last night I spent a little time on Adam Bellow's new social bookmarking site EduClipper . While on there I found Wili the Word Wizard...

7 Mobile Apps Students Can Use to Never Lose Handwritten Notes Again

A couple of weeks ago on my Android blog I wrote about using the Google Drive app to create digital archives of handwritten notes. That po...

Be a Web Ranger and Learn About U.S. National Parks

This evening I was browsing through Flip Board when I found a neat article about the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. I quickly added it to...

Guest Post - Are We Outsourcing Our Memories?

From time to time I give people a chance to guest post on Free Technology for Teachers . I put out a call for guest posts back in June and t...

Keen Talks Aims to Provide Food for Thought

There is certainly not a shortage of places to find educational and inspirational videos online. I've listed a handful of them here . Ke...

Image and Maps - War of 1812

Yesterday's daily document from the U.S. National Archives was this image of the "Capture of Washington" during the War of 18...

Videos - Neil Armstrong and the Moon

The first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, passed away today at age 82. Every major news outlet has stories about Neil Armstrong. I ...

Week in Review and The World's Biggest Truck

Last Sunday I had the opportunity to attend the keynote session for the Destination Innovation conference in Banff, Alberta. Before the co...

Street View of Mesoamerican Archeological Sites

Last week Google released new Google Maps Street View imagery for Brazil and Mexico. Included in that new imagery is Street View for 30 Mes...

A History of U.S. Campaigns & Conventions

Northeastern University has launched a new site all about U.S. political campaigns and party conventions. The site is divided into five mai...

Just Another Reason I Love Chrome...

It's not a secret that Chrome is my favorite web browser (Dolphin is a close second on mobile devices). One of my absolute favorite fea...

Earn Your Digital Passport by Learning Digital Safety

Digital Passport is a relatively new online program from Common Sense Media. The purpose of the Digital Passport program is to provide stud...

SpellingCity for iPad and iPhone

SpellingCity recently launched a free iPad and iPhone app for students. The app gives students access to the same vocabulary lists that th...

Inside Jobs - Explore Careers

Inside Jobs is a site that offers information about careers and the training required for them. On Inside Jobs visitors can search for care...

Dipity - Create Timelines About Current Events

Dipity  is a great timeline creation tool that allows users to incorporate text, images, and videos into each entry on their timeline. Like ...

The US Election on YouTube

The US Presidential Election is just a little more than two months away now. Every news outlet in the country has an election resources page...

Taking the Fear Out of Blogging - Webinar Recording

Earlier this week David Andrade shared some helpful information about Discovery Education's YouTube channel . I followed David's ad...

Add YouTube Videos to PowerPoint and Word Files

Through a recent episode of Tekzilla Daily I learned that Office 2013 has a couple of handy options for devoted Office users. In Office 201...

Follow Conference Hashtags to Glean Resources

Almost every education conference worth its salt today has a Twitter hashtag associated with it. The next time you're wishing you were a...

Old School Presidential Campaign Videos

This afternoon my Uncle Bob shared with me this video of a campaign jingle for Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952. I then shared the video on Twi...

Using SoundCloud in a Language Course

SoundCloud is a free tool for creating and sharing sound tracks. On Monday I included it in my list of alternatives to Aviary . Today, I sh...

Understoodit Is Not Really Free

On Monday I published a list of twelve free services for gathering informal feedback from students . In that list I included Understoodit . ...

Stiple - Create Interactive Images

Stipple is a new service (still in an invite-only beta) that allows you to create interactive images. Using Stipple you can upload an image...