Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

• Here Is A Good Tool to Enhance Students Writing Style
  January 22, 2021 by Educatorstechnology
  Editor is Microsoft's writing assistant to help you refine and enhance your writing. Editor detects your spelling and grammar mistakes and checks your writing style and provides suggestions for… ….read more
• A Good Reading Assessment Tool for Teachers and Parents
  January 22, 2021 by Educatorstechnology
  Literably is an excellent reading assessment tool that was recently featured in We Are Teachers' best Tech tools for student assessment. Literably provides you with the tools to effectively assess… ….read more
• Another Excellent Tool to Help You Share Timely Feedback with Students
  January 21, 2021 by Educatorstechnology
  Floop is an excellent feedback collecting tool I learned about from this post by Jennifer Gonzalez. I have been experimenting with it for sometime now and found it really amazing. This is a tool… ….read more
• A Great Google Sheets Add-on to Turn Your Spreadsheets into Interactive Maps and Tables
  January 21, 2021 by Educatorstechnology
  Awesome Table is a great add-on to use on your Google Sheets to turn your spreadsheets into interactive visualizations. No coding knowledge is required to operate it, it is simple and easy to use…. ….read more
• This Is How to Easily Gather Responses from a Google Form in a Spreadsheet
  January 20, 2021 by Educatorstechnology
  Google Forms is definitely one of the key tools to use to create and grade digital quizzes. It is simple and easy to use and is integrated with Google Drive allowing you to access other Drive… ….read more

Free Technology For Teachers

• Type Studio – A Truly Unique Way to Edit Your Videos
  January 22, 2021 by Richard Byrne
  Type Studio is a new video editing tool. When I used it for the first time yesterday I actually said aloud, "Whoa! That's Awesome!" What made me say that was using the editor to clip a section of video. With video editing tools you have to drag and select a section to delete it or […]
• What is a Map? – And a New Crash Course in Geography
  January 22, 2021 by Richard Byrne
  For as long as I can remember I've enjoyed looking at maps. Whether it's a standard Mercator projection printed on paper or a digital map, looking at maps sparks curiosity in my brain. I'm certain that's why I always enjoyed teaching geography and why I spend so much time today teaching others how to use […]
• How to Create a Multimedia Timeline With Padlet
  January 21, 2021 by Richard Byrne
  Yesterday morning I published a list of my recommended tools for creating multimedia timelines. Padlet is one of the tools that I included in that list. The timeline templates are relatively new in Padlet so I decided to make a short video tutorial on how to use them. One of the things that I like […]
• For My Fellow Runners and Bikers…
  January 21, 2021 by Richard Byrne
  As some of you know I'm an avid cyclist (6300 miles last year) and occasional runner (mostly when I've lost my mind). I keep track of all of my activities in Strava. The other day I was on my bike when I got the idea to create a Strava club for teachers who are interested […]
• ReadWorks Adds an Offline Mode for Students
  January 20, 2021 by Richard Byrne
  ReadWorks is a non-profit service that I've been recommending for years. It is a free service that provides high-quality fiction and non-fiction articles and lesson plans for K-12 ELA teachers. Every article on ReadWorks is accompanied by a Lexile score and a suggested grade level. Any article that you select will also be accompanied by […]