Richard Byrne
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I wrote 17,500 blog posts about edtech. Now I mostly make videos about it. Dad, Skier, Fly Fisher, Cyclist. 1L Student
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I went for a walk. All the problems I had beforehand are still there. But at least I feel better.
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Dear school administrators:
If you're going to make teachers come into the school to teach 100% online classes, make sure your network has the bandwidth to support all of your teachers Zooming/ Meeting/ streaming at the same time.
Respectfully,
Stressed-out teachers
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I saw a job posting for a district technology director. The posting said to mail a resume and application, "no email or faxes accepted." I think I know what the first order of business is for the person who takes that job...
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I just opened Google Slides in one of my accounts and found the "Insert Audio" feature has arrived!
#gsuiteedu
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The last six weeks have proven to me that many schools leaders who said, "our staff knows how to use instructional technology" were wrong. Having a one-day in-service the week before school starts is not adequate professional development.
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I answer at least a dozen help request emails per day from random teachers on the Internet. If I get even one "thank you" or even an acknowledgement that I took time to reply it's a good day.
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As promised, here's a rundown of alternatives to Padlet. What's your favorite alternative? And as I suggested in the post, none of these do as much as well as Padlet does.
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My first morning back in the classroom on full-time basis. Here's hoping I can dust off my teaching chops.
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One of my new hobbies is unfollowing ed tech "influencers" who are clearly only influenced by the companies who pay them. Doing that has tremendously lowered my blood pressure.
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If you find yourself trying to make short (and I should emphasize short) videos for online instruction for the first time, remember you're not trying to make a viral TikTok, you're trying to help your students. Don't worry about the "umms" or how your hair looks (within reason).
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The amount of curt and generally rude emails that I receive from teachers is alarming. If you want to create polite students, you should start by modeling polite behavior yourself.
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How to Automatically Issue Certificates When Students Pass a Quiz
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For those who were looking for alternatives to because of its cover image, try same functions cc:
@tonyvincent
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First we had "Edu Rockstars" then "Ninjas" and now "Gladiators." How about we just go with "damn good teacher" and go back to teaching instead of Instagramming and SnapChatting our classrooms.
#EduGladiators
#enoughwiththehashtags
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Twelve Tools for Building End-of-year Review Activities (That Aren't Kahoot Games)
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Official word from Google about the audio feature for slides. All users should see it by end of November. Here's a demo of how it works:
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In an attempt to explain how slow dial-up was when I was in college I told my students that I started downloading "Smells Like Teen Spirit" when to dinner at the dining hall, came back and it was still downloading. They didn't believe me and didn't know who Nirvana was. 🙄
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Add Music to Your Google Slides With the AudioPlayer Chrome Extension
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Three Ways to Use Flipgrid Now That All Features are Free
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If you think photocopying a copyrighted item and then claiming fair use will cover you, read this.
Federal jury: HISD staff repeatedly violated copyright laws, owe company $9.2M
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7 Screencasting Tools That Work on All Computers
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Well I got the call about 30 minutes ago. We're back to 100% online instruction starting...this morning! On the day I was supposed to be observed in my hybrid classroom.
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What "must" every teacher know? I contend that it is not features of Evernote, Google Drive, or any other app. It's how to connect with kids
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Ten years ago, I pressed publish and started . Many trends and people have come and gone. I'm still here
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At this point I can't keep up with all of the emails from companies announcing that their products are now free in order to help schools. I had dinner, put my kids to bed, then checked my email to find ten new messages about products that are now free.
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In case you missed it:
TL/DR: I'm going to be a full-time student this fall. After nearly 17 years of daily blogging, I'm handing off to TeacherMade.
Photo credit: my five-year-old daughter.
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Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Tips for New Chromebook Users
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I'm getting observed in my classroom next week. 24 year old me would be nervous about that. 42 year old me is excited about that.
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Do you have any colleagues who think they can only access Google Classroom, Docs, or other G Suite tools through email or the apps menu? I made this for them.
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I'm currently sitting in a coffee shop listening to one college age kid explain to another what microfiche is and how hard it is to use. The one listening doesn't seem to believe that microfiche is a real thing.
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Three Ways to Use Flipgrid Now That All Features are Free
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Get Your Copy of the 2020-21 Practical Ed Tech Handbook
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I was asked to make a video that shows the teacher and student side of Google Hangouts Meet. Here it is: Google Hangouts Meet from Both Sides via
@YouTube
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Is Chrome draining your laptop's battery? Make this setting adjustment.
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ClassHook Helps You Find Educational Video Clips
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Three Ways to Remove Image Backgrounds With Just a Click or Two
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8 ways to create videos on Chromebooks. Which is your favorite?
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Automatically Issue Certificates When Students Pass a Quiz in Google Forms
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Google Classroom Gets a Share Button and More New Features via Free Technology for Teachers - This ...
http://t.co/btk4mMr1UF
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I realize we're all stressed right now. And I know that I am known as the "free tech guy" to a lot of people. But can we please use basic niceties when asking for things from each other? This was the start of an email from someone I have never previously heard from.
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A Google Docs Add-on That Tells You if Students Read Your Feedback
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Three Good Places to Find Hands-on STEM Lessons
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Who else gives "867-5309" whenever a cashier asks for a phone number?
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It's only the first week back from school vacation and I'm already mentally exhausted.
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Remembering which side of your laptop has the headphone jack is the technology equivalent of remembering which side of your car has the gas tank.
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Has your coffee consumption gone up, down, or stayed the same since you started working from home? Mine is the same as always, way too much! But at least it's fresher than the stuff in the staff coffee pot at school.
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Three Good Places to Find Hands-on STEM Lessons
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5 Things We Can do to Prepare Students to Work Independently.
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How to Add Materials to Your Google Classroom Classwork Section
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@GoogleForEdu
's
#AppliedDigitalSkills
program has great back to school activities for getting to know your students. I like the idea of using
#GoogleDrawings
to make personal timelines and autobiographical posters. Find directions here:
#GooglePartner
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@tonyvincent
this might be the tool I've been looking for all these years... :)
Check out this free Microsoft Font Maker app for Windows 10 that lets you make a font from your handwriting ✍
#edtech
#engchat
#mieexpert
#MicrosoftEDU
👉
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Three Ways to Use Flipgrid Now That All Features are Free
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Interesting data point from my classroom. As the weather has warmed attendance for my virtual meetings has declined but views of videos I've created for my students has increased 125% over same period of time.
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Lately, work has been a struggle for me (for the last two years to be honest). Sometimes the best part of my workday is just staring at the shelf in my office and looking at the pictures of my family and the cards my daughters have made for me.
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Padlet Now Offers an iPad App - 5 Ways You Can Use It With Students.
http://t.co/cRnLQVlzfy
http://t.co/RZe9HWt58G
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Here's a puppy with a stick. It's a picture to bring you joy in the midst of your doom scrolling.
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It's Official! - Google Slides Will Have Native Audio Support by End of November!
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It seems that a lot of people are making quizzes this weekend because this has been the most-watched video on my YouTube channel this weekend. How to Create a Self grading Quiz in Google Classroom
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How to Automatically Issue Certificates When Students Pass a Quiz
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My students are doing a role-play activity today in which one half are tech support people and the other half are "clueless about technology." It's one of my favorite activities of the year because both groups get very creative in creating and solving problems.
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The 2018-19 edition of the Practical Ed Tech Handbook is now available for free. This year's edition features new sections on virtual reality, augmented reality, and programming.
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ClassHook Helps You Find Educational Video Clips
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Google Forms Can Now Automatically Grade Quizzes Without an Add-on via Free Technology for ...
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7 Screencasting Tools That Work on All Computers
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Three Good Places to Find Hands-on STEM Lessons
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5 Audio Recording & Editing Tools - Feature Comparison Chart
#podcasting
#audiorecorder
#edtech
#edchat
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