In this episode I share five Google tools updates you might have missed, a new Microsoft Forms option, and a new mapping tool. As always, I answered a handful of questions from readers, listeners, and viewers like you. 

Bookmark this page for my Thanksgiving sale on professional development webinars https://practicaledtech.com/on-demand-pd/

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Practical Ed Tech Podcast - Episode #19 - November 15th 2019

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In this episode I shared a neat resource for teaching elementary school students about primary sources, shared two new presentation tools, and brought back a classic geography website. I also answered some questions about making videos with students, Google Drive layout, and random name pickers. Get the full episode show notes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KmzYND4ZdingmVD3MVGSVubWONZrWvfHB2zDFytx7Rw/edit?usp=sharing

In this episode I address some comments about Twitter chats, discuss copyright, and share my thoughts about having conversations  with students on topics that can be a bit touchy. As always, I also shared some news and notes from the world of ed tech and answered a handful of questions from viewers, readers, and listeners. 

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This episode features some news and notes from the world of educational technology, my thoughts after a trying week in my classroom, and answers to questions from readers like you. 

Show notes are available in this Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J9YhzybAvCyNbmKRPplqUV6J3HIQMQhBucg58vny_7M/edit?usp=sharing

In this episode of the podcast I talked with Mike Tholfsen. Mike is a Product Manager on the Microsoft EDU team. He works on Immersive Reader, OneNote, and Teams. In the podcast we talked about the many free accessibility tools that Microsoft offers and how those tools can help students and parents. 

Follow Mike on Twitter: twitter.com/mtholfsen

Learn more about Immersive Reader through this interactive guide: http://aka.ms/inclusivereader

Find all of the 3rd party services that utilize Immersive Reader: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/immersive-reader-partners-8ce56191-83cd-490f-9dfc-4e69d4bf5308 

In this episode I share a new Google Slides add-on, updates about Google Slides captioning, and answer a bunch of questions from readers and viewers like you. And I shared a reminder about my age that my students gave me today. Bonus! An easy way for teachers to save 10% when shopping at Zappos (no, that's not a paid placement). 

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In the first part of this episode of The Practical Ed Tech Podcast I shared some cool new things from Microsoft, a new way to build educational games for your students, and some good digital citizenship handouts. The second section of the podcast features my reflections on my third week of teaching computers. And to wrap-up the episode I answered a handful of questions from readers and listeners. 

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In this episode I shared some neat news and notes from the last week in ed tech, answered a handful of reader/ listener questions, and shared some reflections on teaching at 40 versus 25. 

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