Multilingual Lessons for Pre-K through Second Grade Students

The Early Childhood Education Network's Literacy Center provides young students with online learning activities in four languages. The ...

The Week in Review - The Most Popular Posts

Good morning from Portland, Maine where I'm waiting for a plane to take me to see my grandfather for Easter. Before I board the plane, I...

Padlet Introduces Usernames to Replace Email Sign-in

Over the weekend Padlet announced the introduction of usernames to replace email sign-in for your Padlet account. Along with this change Pa...

The Week in Review - Spring Has Sprung!

Good morning from Maine where spring has finally arrived. The last three afternoons has been warm enough (45F) to sit on my deck with my dog...

Kerpoof is Closing - Here Are Some Alternatives

Kerpoof is closing on April 15th. This week I've had a few requests to share some alternatives to Kerpoof. The following resources offe...

Three Good Places to Find Art Lessons

The website of The Metropolitan Museum of Art contains some great resources for teachers and students. The first place that teachers will wa...

This Month's Ten Most Popular Posts on Free Technology for Teachers

The old weather lore of "March coming in like a lion and going out like a lamb" has not held true here in Maine this year. We'...

Learn With Coursera on Your iPad or Android Tablet

Coursera is a great place to find free online open courses for personal and professional learning. Coursera currently has more than 600 cou...

Sports and Data Visualizations

The World Series champion Boston Red Sox begin a new season today. Baseball players and their fans are fanatical about statistics. The same ...

Haiku Deck to PowerPoint & PowerPoint to Haiku Deck

Haiku Deck is a fantastic tool for designing slideshow presentations. The best aspect of Haiku Deck is the built-in Creative Commons image s...

The Week In Review - The Ski-a-thon Edition

Good evening from Maine where I'm late with the week-in-review for a good reason. Today, I participated in a ski-a-thon to raise money f...

An Illustrated Glossary of Genetic Terms

The National Human Genome Research Institute has a great talking glossary of genetic terms for students. The glossary is available online a...

A Handful of Helpful Google Forms Tutorials for Teachers

Google Forms and Google Sheets can be very useful for collecting all kinds of information from students and others. Three of the most common...

Analyzing Shakespeare With Storyboards

Creating a storyboard can be a good way to organize a story and plan a video project. As Rebecca Ray shares in the slides below, creating st...

The Week In Review - The Most Popular Posts of the Week

Good morning from Woodstock, Maine where I am home after spending the week in Arizona with students and teachers at Paradise Valley Christia...

Lots of Interesting Ways to Use Technology In Your Classroom

Earlier today in my Feedly account I noticed that Tom Barrett had published updated versions of two of his very popular Interesting Ways pr...

How Maple Syrup Is Made

Although the -10F temperature at my house this morning doesn't indicate it, the official start of spring isn't too far away. And for...

A Simple and Helpful Google Search Strategy for Students

A few times in the past I've mentioned the value of having students use Google Image search in the quest to find the answers to their qu...

Gen i Revolution - A Personal Finance Game for Middle School and High School Students

Gen i Revolution is an online game designed to help middle school and high school students develop and test their knowledge of concepts in ...

Ten Good Online Tools for Creating Mind Maps

Creating mind maps or webs is one of my favorite ways to organize ideas and information. I've often had my students create mind maps as ...