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16 Free Resources for Schools Who are Closing Due to Coronavirus

The CoolCatTeacher

Listen to This Post I’ll also be sharing more resources this week on my blog, podcast, and social media accounts and in my newsletter. International Educator Shared Resources Google Doc Google has given Google Hangouts meet premium through July 1 which gives you a way to meet with your students and add video.

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How EdTech Can Encourage Healthy and Professional Social Media Use in Teens

EmergingEdTech

Today’s teens have never known a world without social media. While teens are pretty savvy regarding social media use, it can be a slippery slope if they aren’t educated on how to use it correctly and safely. As of 2022, it’s estimated that about 46% of teens use some form of social media almost constantly.

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Adobe announces major updates to Creative Cloud, including 3D

Educational Technology Guy

Adobe Creative Cloud is Adobe''s online suite of apps, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Read more below: Major update to Creative Cloud with new features across its core tools—Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe Illustrator CC and Adobe InDesign® CC—including 3D printing support in Adobe Photoshop CC.

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5 Easy Photo Skills For Your Class

Ask a Tech Teacher

One of our Ask a Tech Teacher contributors has ideas on photo effects that students will be able to quickly master and enjoy using: 5 Fun Photo Effects and Edits to Try Out With Your Class As a teacher, you might have noticed that your students love taking photos and posting them on popular social media platforms.

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5 Creative Ways to Connect Young Adults to Reading

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Librarian Karen Scott challenges us with some non-traditional practices to get kids interested in reading including organizing her library by genre and using social media and graphics to inspire a love of reading.

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Make This the Year That You Take On Ambitious IT Projects in Your School

EdTech Magazine

MORE FROM EDTECH: Creative applications such as Adobe Creative Cloud are helping students develop soft skills employers value. Test Adobe Spark, free for educators and a user-friendly tool for creating video, social media graphics and web pages. Here’s how. Get Creative with Digital Art Platforms. In the Beaverton (Ore.)

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

Communicate with parents through tech: Use digital resources (like apps, texts, or social media groups) to keep parents informed about class activities and upcoming assignments.[10]. The good news is this doesn’t mean teachers need to be intimately familiar with every new form of tech or social media platform. Adobe Blog.