-Follow our Instructor, Ben Sondgeroth on Twitter @Mr_Sondgeroth One of the most powerful features of Chrome OS is the integration of third-party Chrome extensions. By definition, Chrome extensions extend the power of Chrome and perform functions not built directly into the browser. …
Book Creator has long been one of my favorite iPad apps to use with students. The versatility of the iPad app was second to none – allowing students to curate and showcase the many capabilities of the iPad. Now the clean, easy-to-use …
Posted by EdTechTeacher Instructor Ben Sondgeroth, @Mr_Sondgeroth As the Chromebook perforates classrooms across the country, students have the ability to express themselves in ways that may not have been possible in a traditional classroom setting. Chromebooks offer so many ways to engage students …
-Post by Instructor, Ben Sondgeroth @Mr_Sondgeroth What is Apple Classroom? In 2016 Apple released iOS 9.3, an update that holds major implications for schools using iPads in the classroom. One of the marquee features for teachers in iOS 9.3 was the introduction …
Google My Maps offers teachers and students across disciplines an ability to bring map-making into the classroom. For an in-depth look at how to create a Google My Map, please check out my previous post: Bring Map Making to Any Classroom using Google …
As a former history teacher, maps were an essential part of my curriculum. From showing locations of battlefields, to explaining territorial expansion, maps help put historical content into perspective. Many of my classroom activities involved using paper maps as visual references, allowing …
In social studies classrooms around the world, teachers use documents and images as a daily part of their curriculum. History is built on the analysis of first hand accounts. The interpretation of the meaning behind the words and images is archived for …
Over the past two years, Google Classroom has become a popular learning platform for many teachers using G Suite for Education. With its ability to seamlessly integrate G Suite tools such as Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets, Gmail, and Google Calendar, …
Google Drawings, available in G Suite for Education, offers a wide range of possibilities for student creation. Though often overlooked in favor of the core G Suite apps like Docs, Slides and Sheets, Google Drawings offers a wide range of opportunities for …
This fall, as part of our #ETTchat series, Communications Editor James Daley will be chatting with our EdTechTeacher instructors about some of their favorite tools, apps, and strategies for the classroom. In this post, he chats with Ben Sondgeroth about why teachers should be using Google …