15 Options for Creating Screen Capture Images and Videos - Including on Chromebooks

For the next few days I'm taking some time off to relax, play with my dogs, and ski with friends. Rather than leave the blog dormant for...

AirDrop & iPads - One Touch Collaboration

This is a guest post from Greg Kulowiec of EdTechTeacher.org. EdTechTeacher.org is an advertiser here on Free Technology for Teachers. A few...

Pin to Win an iPad Mini from MasteryConnect

Last month MasteryConnect launched a new Pinterest-like feature called Resource Boards. This is a free feature that teachers can use to cre...

Updated 90 Page Guide to Using Blogger In School

Last week I updated my free guide to using Blogger in school to include directions for using the Blogger iPad app. This afternoon I updated...

Week in Review - The Votes Are In

Good morning from Maine where the dust is clearing after campaign season and winter is quickly settling in. This week I had the privilege to...

StudyBlue Adds an iPad app

Last fall StudyBlue introduced a free app for creating and studying flashcards on iPhones and Android phones. Today, they've released a...

Augmented Reality on iPads & Android Devices

Last month Greg Kulowiec introduced me to the augmented reality app Aurasma Lite . On Monday I showed the app to a couple of elementary sch...

Practice Piano With JoyTunes for iPad

JoyTunes is a small collection of iPad apps that I reviewed earlier this summer . JoyTunes builds apps that you can use to practice piano a...

A Short Review of the Nexus 7

When I pulled into my driveway on Friday evening there were two boxes waiting for me. One contained new mountain biking clothing. The other ...

Chrome Comes to iPads

In more big news from Google that I missed earlier today while I was teaching. Chrome is now available on the iPad . This means that you can...

ShowMe Announces ShowMe 3.0

Over the weekend the popular free iPad app ShowMe was upgraded to version 3.0 . The new version introduces a new three column layout, impro...

The Natural iPad

A few weeks ago I wrote 10 Things You Can Do To Make Yourself an Ed Tech Star This Summer . One of the things on the list was, "try a t...

Animation Desk - Create Short, Animated Videos

Animation Desk is an iPad app (free and premium versions available) for creating short, animated videos. The app allows you to create drawi...

Quipper - Build & Take Quizzes on Android and iOS

Quipper is a free tool for creating quizzes to be taken on iPhones, on Android tablets, and on Android phones. Quipper quizzes are multiple...

GoClass - Create and Deliver Lessons on iPads

Last week I wrote about NearPod which is an iPad application for creating and delivering quizzes to students. This morning, through David K...

Nearpod - Create and Deliver Quizzes on iPads

Back in February I shared a new iOS app called Nearpod that is designed for creating and delivering lessons on iPads. At the time Nearpod ...

Wappwolf Automator for Google Drive

Last month I wrote a post about using Wappwolf to automate file conversion and syncing between multiple devices and multiple apps. Today, I...

Welcome iPad Insight - New Sponsor

Some of you may have noticed a new advertiser appeared on Free Technology for Teachers this week. iPad Insight provides reviews of iPad ap...

Calameo - Multimedia Publishing to iPads and More

Calameo is a great way to publish your documents in a manner that makes them accessible across a wide variety of platforms including the iP...

Bunsella Bedtime Stories - An App for Narrating Stories

Bunsella Bedtime Stories is a free iPhone and iPad app for creating and narrating bedtime stories. I learned about the app through an email...