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4 Good Tools to Help You Create Awesome Logos for Your Class Website

Logos are great communicative tools. They sum up the core of your blog or website in few words or phrases and  help you establish your own brand. There are several web tools and mobile apps that... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S8dTDm

The Do's and Dont's of Online Safety- Practical Tips for Teachers and Students

Undoubtedly, digitality has radically transformed almost every facet of our life for the better (or at least that is what I hope is the case). For us in education, our dependence on the services... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S8YjVk

This Is How to Use Google Slides to Create Educational Animations

There are a wide variety of web tools and mobile apps you can use to create educational animations to use in your teaching. I have already covered several of these applications in previous posts.... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S8Lq4h

Here Is A Good Tool for Creating Interactive Maps with Students in Class

Mapme is a simple yet powerful tool students can use to create beautiful interactive maps that can be embedded on any website or blog. Students can enrich their maps by adding multimedia materials... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S8HrPP

4 Educational Google Forms Activities to Use with Students in Class

After we learned about the 10  lessons you can create using Google Docs,  in today's post I am sharing with you this collection of Google Forms-based lessons that you can use with your... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S8Bljx

Practical Google Sheets Keyboard Shortcuts for Teachers and Students

After covering Google Docs shortcuts, and Chrome shortcuts, today's post features a collection of practical keyboard shortcuts for Google Sheets. I compiled these shortcuts from Sheets Help and... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S85Qn8

Here Is A Helpful Video Search Tip for Teachers

Key Moments is a relatively new video search feature introduced by Google.With this functionality, videos appearing on Google search results are broken into various key moments, that is, specific... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S824kh

3 Google Drive Updates Teachers Should Know about

If you have missed them, the Google Drive updates below are worth checking out. The one I really like is the new Templates feature in Google Docs which allows you to easily generate documents from... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S7y5nT

This Is How to Use Google Drawings to Create Educational Comic Strips

Comic strips are powerful pedagogical tools that can be used in class for various educational purposes. As I explained in Comic Strips Guide for Teachers, students can use them in their digital... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S7y5lN

These 6 Educational Apps Are Free Today- Grab Them

In this week's apps gone free series, I am sharing with you this interesting collection of educational apps I curated from App Advice. All of these apps are on sale right now and only for a limited... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S7tYyd

TextBlaze- An Excellent Productivity Tool for Teachers and Educators

Each day as we work on our computers we perform thousands of keystrokes many of them relate to sentences and phrases we type repeatedly and often on a daily basis. You can definitely save yourself so... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S7syY5

10 Lessons To Teach Using Google Docs

Applied Digital Skills is a great resource from Google for Education that offers a wide variety of digitally-focused lessons to integrate in both in-class and distance instruction. Its library... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S7rbyL

3 Good Chrome Extensions to Help Students Become Better Writers

Below are three helpful Chrome extensions  to help students improve their writing skills and develop better writing habits.  Using these tools students will be able to access instant... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S7qXbx

Practical Google Docs Keyboard Shortcuts for Teachers and Students

If you are like me a big fan of Google Docs chances are you use it on a daily basis. I personally use Google Docs for almost anything that involves some form of lengthy writing from jotting down... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S7nsHq

6 Great Apps to Enhance Students Social Emotional Learning

Social emotional learning (SEL), as defined by EQ, is "the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S7mMx6

10 Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts Every Teacher Should Know about

If you use Chrome browser the keyboard shortcuts below will help you quickly navigate your browser thus enhancing your overall productivity and saving you much time that you can use doing more... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S7gCbq

Emojis in Education- Tools and Apps for Students

Emojis (😐😛😜😍😂😊) are semiotic representations of affection and feelings. They take the form of visual symbols used with text or without to express inner feelings, attitudes, and provide... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S7frKG

Here Is A Powerful Note Taking App for Students

NoteLedge is a digital notebook that allows you to visualize your thoughts and organize your notes in a single place. It offers three helpful functionalities that enable you to capture, organize, and... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S7bcwX

TeachingBooks Offers Resources That Bring Books to Life

Teaching Books is an educational platform that offers tons of reading resources to use with students in class. Its library hosts over 260.000 resources about children's and young adult's books. You... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S7Wz51

7 Educational iPad Apps free Today

Today's apps gone free series features 7 good educational iPad apps that are free today and only for a limited period of time. Some of the things you can do with these apps include: a smarter timer... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S7V2jD

Here Is A Good STEM Website to Use with Your Students in Class

Brilliant is an educational platform to use in your teaching to help students in their STEM learning. It offers hands-on and interactive lessons created by teachers and educators from MIT, Google,... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S7PXMr

Untold Provides Educational Video Content to Engage Students in History Learning

Untold is a platform that provides educational resources to engage students in history learning. The site offers a free collection of animated videos that shed light on alternative historical... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S7NQrW

Educational Resources for Teaching Cultural Diversity and Inclusiveness

Our classrooms are culturally diverse with students coming from different racial, linguistic, and ethnic backgrounds. Diversity is a pedagogical strength which we should draw on to prepare culturally... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S7GrpK

Free Literacy-based Templates to Celebrate Popular World Events with Students in Class

Cultural Moments is an excellent Google for Education resource featuring a collection of educational resources and activities that teachers and educators can use to celebrate various popular holidays... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S79k9B

Helpful Reading and Writing Resources to Use in Your Classroom

The Wide Open School has this excellent resource featuring a wide variety of educational materials to use in reading and writing activities. These include audiobooks, writing prompts, interactive... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S79k8f

A Great Google Drive Whiteboarding Tool for Real-time Collaboration across Teams

Google has recently announced its partnership with the popular online collaborative whiteboard Miro. This means that Miro is now integrated with Google Workspace thus providing  enhanced... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S74WxN

Calcvier- A Smart Keyboard Calculator for Students

Calcvier is a smart number pad that can be easily integrated into your mobile device keyboard allowing you to perform complex mathematical calculations while chatting with your friends. 'No need to... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S70z3X

Create Beautiful Newsletters for Your Class Using These Editable Ready Made Templates

A classroom newsletter is an important pedagogical tool that bridges classroom learning with school engagement. As a teacher, you can draw on the communicative strength of newsletters to extend... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S6ym7M

Time for Kids Offers Educational Reading Resources to Use in Your Class

Time for Kids is an online platform owned by TIME that provides educational reading materials tailored for young learners. You can use these materials with your students in class to engage them in... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S6sz4p

Here Is A Great Resource for Safe, Age-appropriate and Educational Videos for Kids (2-10)

Sensical is a new free streaming app for kids  recently released by Common Sense Media. The app provides age-appropriate educational and fun video content for kids (2-10). Videos are hand picked... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S6nPhp

New Google Drive Update: You Can Now Access Embedded Office Files in Docs, Sheets, and Slides

Google announced today an interesting new feature to Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides allowing users to view embedded Office files in their documents and/or  download or copy them directly to... ....read more http://dlvr.it/S6nPbx