Creative | Tech & Learning

May the 4th Be With You: Best Free Star Wars Teaching Ideas

By Diana Restifo published 26 April 22

With Star Wars Day, May 4th, just around the corner, it’s a great time to turn the magical allure of the Star Wars movie franchise into fun and fascinating lessons

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Top 10 Free Sites for Creating Digital Art

By Diana Restifo published 25 September 20

These free digital art creation sites range from simple web apps for preschoolers to sophisticated software for advanced students, educators, and professionals.

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Adobe Premiere Rush: Powerful Visual Creation Tool

By TL Editors published 27 March 20

Adobe Premier Rush is a multi-platform video editing app

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Communication: Facilitating and Assessing the 21st Century Skills in Education

By Michael Gorman published 28 February 20

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Creativity: Facilitating and Assessing the 21st Century Skills in Education

By Michael Gorman published 16 January 20

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein

Decorate a Christmas Tree with Google Slides

By Eric Curts published 9 December 19

This is a great way for students to be creative and to work on their writing skills by describing or writing about their holiday traditions, plans, or memories.

Scribble Press, A Kid-Friendly Book Creation and Publication App

By TL Editors published 27 November 19

In the classroom, this app is an excellent tool for kids of widely varying levels of writing enthusiasm and skill.

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Teach Reading, Writing, Vocabulary and Design With Comic Life

By TL Editors published 24 October 19

The program is intuitive, but a help pop-up is available with additional information.

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Piktochart Helps Kids Create High Quality Infographics, Reports and More

By TL Editors published 23 October 19

Combining charts, graphs, text, and built-in graphics, teachers and students can easily assemble and present information using the drag-and-drop interface.

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Emojis. Cause they’re good for kids and fun to use. What’s not to like?

By Glenn Wiebe published 30 September 19

One of my fave conversations centered on the idea of using emojis as a way to help kids make sense of social studies and incorporating them as part of a quality lesson that can help improve student thinking and literacy skills.

Graphic with clipboard and pencils: 5 Tips for Creating Infographics with Students

Class Tech Tips: 5 Tips for Creating Infographics with Students

By Monica Burns published 17 September 19

For student consumers and student creators, infographics are an absolute must-have.

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Film It: Free Filmmaking Lessons For Any Classroom

By TL Editors published 5 September 19

The free Film It site consists of a set of filmmaking lessons that give students the training to make their own short films without feeling intimidated.

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A Template to Help Students Tap Into Their Genius Potential

By Shelly Terrell published 5 September 19

Best Mind Map Software of 2019

By TL Editors published 29 August 19

Software can aid in brainstorming, but not every mind map software will fit the bill for educators.

An Excellent Tool For the Novice Digital Designer

Canva - Photo Editor & Design: Top Tool For Novice Digital Designer

By Tech & Learning published 7 August 19

Use Canva as your go-to creation tool for class projects.

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TES Teach with Blendspace: Create and Share Multimedia Classroom Lessons Easily

By TL Editors published 2 August 19

TES Teach with Blendspace is an easy-to-use multimedia lesson creation platform that students can access via website, Chrome app, or iPad app.

This Video Editing Tool is Ideal for Apple Classrooms

By TL Editors published 22 July 19

iMovie is an iOS app for video production that works on iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.

Go On Incredibly Fun Learning Adventures With These Amazing Green Screen Ideas!

By Shelly Terrell published 8 July 19

Teens gather around a laptop computer with delighted expressions.

New Updates to Adobe Spark for Education

By TL Editors published 21 June 19

The Adobe Spark team announces new features to increase users' creative expression, collaboration, and the option to work in local languages.

Gizmos & Gadgets Lets Kids Create, Control and Share Electronic Projects

By TL Editors published 31 May 19

Gizmos & Gadgets is an app for the littleBits platform that uses electronic building blocks that can be combined and recombined to make endless inventions.