The Last Post of the Year

We're in the last 12 hours of 2012 and I just want to say thank you to all of you who have read and shared any or all of the 1,527 posts...

26 iBooks Author How-to Videos

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MIT Video - More Than 10K Educational Videos

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5 Ways to Use Google Sites in Schools

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5 Video Projects for Students

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Create Videos Online With WeVideo for Google Drive

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Web Search Lesson Plans from Google

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Nine Shel Silverstein Stories Animated

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Provide Tech Help Remotely Through Chrome Remote Desktop

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Three Questions to Consider Before Flipping Your Classroom

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Quickly Find Definitions and Related Websites With Snapify

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How to Print Posters With a Standard Printer

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7 Ways to Send Group Texts to Parents and Students

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10 Awesome Android Uses and Apps in Education

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3 Places to Find Online Children's Audio Books

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Use the Three Ring App to Digitize Your Students' Work

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5 Ways You Can Use Wikis With Students

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An Interactive Journey Through U.S. History

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Web Safety Tutorials from Google

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30 Great Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers

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Gooru - A Great Source of Math, Science, and Social Studies Materials

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3 Browser Extensions Every Teacher Should Try

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10 Digital Story Projects

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An Interactive Animated Heart

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10 Useful Chrome Extensions for Teachers & Students

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Where's Santa?

This is just a quick reminder for my friends that are celebrating Christmas with small children this year. Google Maps and Google Earth can ...

Detext Could Put the Brakes on Distracted Teen Driving

  Detext is an Android application that is designed to prevent a phone from accepting or sending calls and texts while it is in a moving ve...

The "Other" U.S. Election

In November the choice of U.S. President was all but decided. But the results don't become official until all of the Electoral votes are...

A Crash Course in Ecology

Last week I featured John Green's Crash Course on The Great Gatsby and literature in general. This evening I'd like to point out Gr...

The Week in Review - The Family Grows

Good morning from the Free Technology for Teachers world headquarters in Greenwood, Maine. This week my little family grew by one as I adop...

NASA Shows Us the Earth As Art

Earth As Art is a beautiful collection of NASA satellite imagery of places all over the globe. The collection is available to view in a PDF ...

A Google Map of Plant and Animal Life Cycles

The USA National Phenology Network has built an interesting map of plant and animal life in the United States . The map allows you to see wh...

Fun Snowy Activities for Students and Teachers

In my previous post I shared a video about the chemistry of snowflakes. Writing that post reminded me of some ideas that I've shared bef...

The Cool Chemistry of Snowflakes

In my neighborhood we've had at least some new snow every day this week. Just a little north of me there has been nearly two feet of new...