Articles by: David Andrade

David Andrade is a physics teacher and educational technology specialist in Connecticut. He is the author of the Educational Technology Guy blog, where he reviews free educational technology resources for teachers, discusses ways to use technology to improve teaching and learning, and discusses other issues in education.

10 Tech Skills Every Student Should Have

By David Andrade published 17 January 23

Every student should have these basic tech skills in order to be successful during their education and beyond

Technology I use on a Daily Basis - 2015 Version

By David Andrade published 24 July 15

In the past, I've written about the technology I use on a daily basis (see bottom of page for links).Here's my updated version for Summer, 2015.

Google Classroom Mobile Apps Get Even More Great Features!

By David Andrade published 22 May 15

Google Classroomis Google's learning management system, allowing teachers and students to share assignments and communicate online.

Padlet - free online multimedia notes and collaboration - great for projects

By David Andrade published 21 May 15

Padletis a free service that lets you create online "sticky notes" that you can share and collaborate on.

Filechat - collaborate on documents, pictures and videos in GDrive and Dropbox

By David Andrade published 18 May 15

Filechat is a new, free service that allows you to collaborate on documents, photos and videos in Dropbox or Google Drive.

Emaze - Beautiful Web-Based Presentation App

By David Andrade published 15 May 15

Emazeis a free, online presentation tool that is easy to use and has some beautiful features.

Chromebook Inventory Tool - must have for GAFE Admins

By David Andrade published 15 May 15

Andrew Stillman to the rescue - he has created theChromebook Inventory Tool, a free add-on to Google Sheets that works with a Google Apps Super Admin account.

Evernote Announces new Pricing Levels and Features (still has free version)

By David Andrade published 13 May 15

Evernote is an absolutely amazing tool that keeps getting better.

Livescribe 3 App now available for Android Devices

By David Andrade published 12 May 15

Edueto - Create Original Online Activities - great for formative assessment

By David Andrade published 12 May 15

PicMonkey - web based image editing - great for Chromebooks

By David Andrade published 1 May 15

PicMonkeyis afree, online photo editing service that has some great features and is a great tool for Chromebook users.

Tips for Troubleshooting Chromebooks and some typical issues

By David Andrade published 30 April 15

Here is some info about the Chromebooks and steps to take for issues/errors encountered.

GAFE and Chromebooks Admin Console Best Practices and Tips

By David Andrade published 29 April 15

Here are some tips and best practices for settings in the Admin Console.

14 Ways to Increase Google Apps Adoption at Your School

By David Andrade published 14 April 15

Datto collected some great tips and advice from some Google Apps experts, yours truly included, for a nicearticleande-bookfor schools looking to/already adoptingGoogle Apps for Education.

Important Skills Students Need for the Future that we need to help them learn

By David Andrade published 10 April 15

Paper vs Digital Notetaking for Students

By David Andrade published 9 April 15

Using Vernier Data Tools on a Chromebook

By David Andrade published 31 March 15

Chromebooks are very powerful, and very useful, devices. You can evenuse them with Vernier Data Tools.

Noodle releases list of 32 best free apps for Education

By David Andrade published 27 March 15

Mindmup - free mind mapping tool that integrates with Google Drive

By David Andrade published 26 March 15

It's easy to use, you can save your maps to Google Drive or Dropbox, you can use Rich Text, import images and export your files and even embed your map in a site.