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This Is How to use Creative Commons and Royalty Free Content in Education

Creative Commons (CC), in short, is an organization that provides licenses to use creative work, free of charge under a certain set of conditions. All CC licenses allow work to be used for education,... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S2py15

Two Professional Development Events Teachers Should Not Miss During This Summer

Looking for opportunities to help you with your professional growth during this summer? The resources below have you covered. These are resources provided by the Internet behemoths specifically for... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S2pxzW

Here Is How to Create Animated GIFs to Use in Your Teaching

Animated GIFs are a great way to share instructional knowledge and tutorials. Animated GIFs can be used for a wide variety of educational purposes: For instance, you can use them to help your... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S2l2Ll

Phrasebank- A Great Resource to Help Research Students Enhance Their Academic Writing Style

Phrasebank is a must have resource for research students and anybody else interested in honing their academic writing style. Phrasebank, provided by the University of Manchester, offers a wide... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S2gW5W

Type Studio- An Online Webcam and Screen Recorder Tool for Teachers and Educators

Few days ago I reviewed WeVideo and discussed how it can be used to create instructional videos by recording both your screen and webcam. Today, I am sharing a new online webcam and a screen recorder... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S2gW1r

Scanner Lens App- Scan, Sign Documents Electronically and Extract Text from PDFs and Images

Scanner Lens Pro is a good scanning app that is on sale today. It is free and only for a limited period of time. Besides HD quality scan, Scanner Pro offers text-recognition functionilites (i.e.,... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S2b1Q7

Hypothesis - A Social Annotation Tool to Enhance Students Reading Comprehension and to Build Critical Thinking and Community in Class

Hypothes.is is a great tool for annotating web pages and PDFs. It is premised on the concept of social annotation allowing students to annotate content collaboratively. Collaborative annotation, as... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S2Xt7s

Weava- A Powerful Research Tool for Students

Weava is an excellent tool that allows you to annotate websites and PDFs. Students can easily highlight sections in PDFs and websites and add notes to contextualize and enhance their learning. Using... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S2Xt6L

Remote for Slides Helps You Control Your Google Slides Remotely

Remote for Slides is a cool tool that allows you to control your Google Slides remotely. I have been experimenting with this tool for some time now and found it worth the mention here. Besides... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S2Tvgz

3 Good Random Name Pickers to Use with Your Students in Class

In today's post, I am sharing with you three of my favourite random name picker tools to use with your students in class. These are ideal for both online and in-person instruction. The tools are... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S2TvfQ

WeVideo- Create Instructional Videos by Recording Your Screen and Webcam Simultaneously

WeVideo is an excellent screen recording and video editing tool that can be used for a wide variety of educational purposes. Whether teaching remotely or in-person, WeVideo can help transform your... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S2QdP2

Kami- Add Interactive Feedback to PDFs Using Text, Audio, and Video Annotations

Kami is an excellent PDF and document annotating tool. It offers a wide variety of features that enable students and teachers to engage in interactive and collaborative learning experiences. Students... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S2MJ2J

New Accessibility Features for Students and Teachers Using Chromebooks

After the new Google Meet updates, Google introduced new features in Chromebooks, ones that will definitely enhance the overall usability and accessibility of the device. Starting with the new... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S2LpGb

New Interesting Google Meet Features for Teachers

Google Meet announced the expected release of a host of interesting new features that will transform  the whole video conferencing experience particularly for us in education. The new features... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S2GzC3

Google's New Digital Citizenship Curriculum Is Now Available for Free Download

The new BeInternetAwesome curriculum, as communicated in a tweet by Google for Education, is now available for free download. This resource is a fruit of collaboration between Google, the Net Safety... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S2CfVP

Google Chat- Another Good Tool for Distance Education

Like Google Workspace, Google Chat is now available for free on personal accounts. This is big news for us in education. Its communicative and collaborative features can be used for a wide variety of... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S2CfRK

Grab These 5 Educational Apps They Are Free Today

We are back to you with another Apps Gone Free series. The collection below features 5 educational apps that are free today and only for a limited period of time. Some of the things you can do with... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S27WSw

New- Google Workspace Is Now Available to Everyone

Workspace is now open to everyone including those with a Google free account, according to an announcement made by Google and covered by Tech Crunch. The strength of Workspace is that it provides an... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S24rCg

Audiblogs- A Tool That Turns Any Web Page into Audio Podcast

Audiblogs is a good web tool and Chrome extension that turns the content of any web page into an audio podcast that you can listen to in your web browser or using a podcast player. You can use your... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S21vbc

EquatIO Allows Students to Turn Handwritten Math Formulas and Equations into Digital Text

EquatIO is a powerful math editor that digitizes math equations  making math learning more accessible and inclusive. Students with special needs can hear their math read aloud for them. EquatIO... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S21vWm

Teachers Tools for Sharing Audio Feedback with Students

Below are two of the most popular tools among teachers and educators that you can use to record and share audio feedback with your students. Both of these applications are integrated with Docs and... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S1yhnx

Math Whiteboard- A Collaborative Whiteboard Designed Specifically for Math Learning and Teaching

Math Whiteboard is an educational web tool I learned through Eric Curts. As its name indicates, Math Whiteboard offers a fully functional math work space for students, teachers, and anyone else... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S1x8Gk

Free Professional Development Resources for Teachers

Google for Education has this treasure trove of free resources to help teachers and educators grow professionally as they make the best of technology in education. The collection features lesson... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S1twl9

250+ Tools to Unleash Your Creativity

Looking for tools to boost your creativity this summer? WeCreators has you covered. It features a collection of over 250 tools curated specifically to help users in their creative endeavours. Whether... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S1tYZ2

The Post-pandemic Pedagogy: The Future of The Post-COVID19 Classroom

Education, as is the case with every aspect of our society, has witnessed a seismic transformation triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Within the first few weeks of its eruption widespread lockdowns... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S1q9dP

Picture-in-Picture Extension Allows You To Watch Videos on a Floating Window as You Work on Other Sites

Picture-in-Picture is a Chrome extension by Google that enables you to watch videos on a floating window which you can move anywhere you want. As a teacher, you can use this multitasking strategy for... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S1pnqf

Remote Learning with Games by Teachers

The popular platform Tinytap offers a wide variety of educational game-based resources to help  students in their online learning. Educators are provided free access to these materials. As a... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S1cgW3

Interland- An Educational Game from Google to Teach Students about Online Safety

Be Internet Awesome is one of our favourite resources for learning about online safety and digital citizenship. It features a wide variety of resources designed by Google in partnership with experts... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S1cRCb

Language Learning- Some Good Resources for Teachers and Students

Gone are the days when learning a new language would require physical resources that were not accessible to everyone. Today's web technologies and mobile applications have tremendously facilitated... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S1YkJG

Research Methodology- 12 Indispensable Guides for Research Students and Educators

Below is a collection of some good research methodology books to help you hone in your research skills and enhance your academic writing style.  Most of these titles are ‘required readings for... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S1YkG8

Bamboo Paper- An Easy Way to Sketch or Write on Images

Bamboo Paper is an excellent notebook app you can use for sketching, drawing, or taking notes. It provides a number of interesting features that makes writing/drawing experience on it resembles the... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S1VN5p

Draftback- Google Docs Add-on to Help You with Your Writing

Draftback is a good web tool that allows you to playback the revision history of any Google Doc you can edit. You will be able to watch your edits roll out in a video player as if you are watching a... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S1QfTQ

Socratic- Helpful Resources to Empower Students Learning

Socratic is an excellent app students can use to help them with their learning. The app is completely free and offers a wide variety of interesting features. It covers different subjects including:... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S1QfS9

Two Good Lesson Planners for Teachers

Several platforms  provide lesson planning features  including Google Classroom and Edmodo, however, if you are looking for easy to use and simple lesson planners , the tools below are... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S1LbyJ

This Is How to Set up and Manage Your Classes on Google Classroom

Google Classroom is an educational platform that allows teachers and students to connect, communicate and facilitate classroom workflow. It provides a collection of productivity tools  that... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S18chX

ISLCollective- Easily Create ESL Popup Quizzes from YouTube Videos

Here is another good web tool we covered in the past which you can use in your online instruction. iSLCollective video quiz maker  is an excellent tool for creating interactive video... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S15sbF

Apps to Boost Students Creativity and Enhance Their Learning

iPad provides endless learning possibilities for students. From apps to help with learning math and science to apps for doing 3D anatomy and virtual field trips, you name it, the educational app... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S12RKM

Two Easy Ways to Create and Share Diagrams in Your Google Drive

Below are two add-ons you can use in your Google Drive to easily create and share diagrams and flowcharts. Both of the add-ons provide handy editors packed with features that make diagram making... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S0z1jm

Educational Apps for Learning About Human Body

Below is selection of educational apps students can use to learn about human body parts. Kids will particularly find them entertaining and insightful. There are interactive games, exercises and... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S0ws53