This week I highlight some news from the world of educational technology and answer a bunch of questions from readers and listeners like you.

New and Neat Things You Might Have Missed

Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning - Scott McLeod and Julie Graber
New fonts in Google Docs, Slides, Sheets
- Lexend fonts: designed to improve reading speed.
Import existing OneNote content into Class Notebooks in Microsoft Teams
- https://support.office.com/en-us/article/set-up-a-class-notebook-in-teams-using-existing-content-0a8c3b96-7784-4323-9931-09747c124e7d
YoPuppet - AR app that lets kids control digital puppets with their hands.
Quizizz adds new options for making math questions, open response questions, and audio questions.
EduTwitter is a site developed by Tristan Kirkpatrick. The site provides a searchable index of educators on Twitter.

Questions from Readers Like You

Do you have plans to make your podcast available through Pocket Casts?

~Jim

Hi Richard,

Enjoy your site. Thanks for everything you do. Quick question for you, what do you use make the circle appear in your screencast videos?

~Scott

Hey Richard,

I’ve made a playlist of YouTube videos that I plan to use as part of my unit on metaphors. Is there a way that I can show the videos in class without having to fast forward to the parts that are important?

~Angela

I watched your videos about making Google Earth files but I must be missing something. When I make the tour in Google Earth on my laptop it looks fine. I followed the directions for viewing it on Chromebooks but it doesn’t render correctly. Not all the placemarks are displaying full screen. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for any help you can offer.

~Bob

Hi Richard,

You know a lot about Google so I want to get your opinion on an issue that’s come up in our district. We’ve been a Google school for four years. I’ve heard from our IT director that our new superintendent wants to switch to Microsoft environment because “that’s what the business world uses.” Do you have any information that we could share with that could help persuade him not to make a switch next year?

Thanks.

~Kelcey

Hi Richard,

Thanks for all of the great resources you share. I have seniors this year and I’ve been tasked with helping them create portfolios that they can take with them after they graduate. I was wondering if you knew of any apps or online tools that would work for this purpose?

Keep up the great work!

~Steve

The Practical Ed Tech Podcast - Episode 40 - For Real This Time

The Practical Ed Tech PodcastBy Richard ByrneApr 03, 2020