Online and Offline Fun With the Science of Pickles

Exploratorium is one of my favorite places to look for interesting science lessons, activities, and iPad apps. If you head to the Explore se...

Frame Bench - Host Online Discussions Around PDFs and More

Frame Bench is a nice service for sharing PDFs, images, videos, and other files with colleagues and students. Within Frame Bench you can cr...

Two Sites for Safely Experimenting with Electric Circuits

Earlier this week I shared a short video explanation of how light bulbs work . To extend that lesson you might want to take a look at Electr...

Have You Tried the New Google Maps?

Last spring Google announced the availability of a new desktop version of Google Maps for those who wanted to try it out. I've been usin...

How to Use Google Slides to Organize Research

Like many of you, when I was in middle school and high school we were taught to create index cards to organize our research. After creating ...

Browse Hundreds of Old Newspapers in the Google News Newspaper Archive

Google Books is a great place to find books and old magazines, but if it is newspapers you're after then check out the Google News Newsp...

The Global Screencasting Project with Explain Everything & Knowmia Teach

This is a guest post from Greg Kulowiec of EdTechTeacher.org, an advertiser on Free Technology for Teachers.  One of the most powerful capab...