The Importance of Creative Commons

As a teacher you're always on the look out for resources your students can use legally and responsibly. Learn how Creative Commons licenses can help address some of these challenges. Learn more. 

5 Video Tutorials to Teach about Online Safety

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning compiled this list of videos from the Google Safety Center. They can be very quick and useful ways to remind students of how to be safe online. Read more. 

Do We Need to Teach Students to Use Technology?

This is a good article titled Do We Need to Teach Students to Use Technology? Take a minute and read.

Newsela for today's news

Little known start-up @Newsela is a great way to keep students (and adults) informed about today's news! Read more here. Visit Newsela here.

Annotate PDFs, images, and more with Google Classroom app

Recently, Google added the ability to annotate on Google docs, images, PDFs and MS Office documents to its Google Classroom mobile app. This is awesome news for teachers and students wanting to annotate, especially from iPads, Google tablets, and both Android phones and iPhones. Read more:

• Richard Byrne from FreeTech4Teachers
• Google Classroom Help

Finding Fair Use Photos - Teacher Resource

An educator, JFloodEdu, created this Tackk resource for teachers use with students to help explain Fair Use Photos. 

Alternatives for TechSmith's Snag-it, Knowmia, Screenchomp

Richard Byrne at FreeTech4Teachers has come up with a list of alternatives for TechSmith's discontinued Snag-it's Chrome extension, and Knowmia & Screenchomp iPad apps. Click to read.

TED Talks: Math in Unexpected Places

I found this TED Talk playlist of 8 videos on Math in Unexpected Places to be quite interesting!

Keyboard Shortcut: Lock

Don't forget to LOCK your computer every time you walk away! 
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#SeriousAcademic

This is a good discussion of what it means to be a “serious academic” and how social media is now an integral part of academia. Tammy Turner originally found the article and I thought you may find it interesting.

The 10 Best EdTech Blogs for Teachers to Follow

If you're looking for more EdTech related ideas, I highly recommend you check out this list of The 10 Best EdTech Blogs for Teachers to Follow. There are a lot of good suggestions on the list!