Teaching with Technology: From Technophobe to Technophile

Explore how shortcut-based text expansion tools like Fast Keys, Keyboard Maestro, and Text Expander speed up emails, signatures, and instructions by automatically expanding short keystrokes into full text.

Learn to use OCR tools to convert text in images or scanned PDFs into editable text, enabling extraction, editing, and creating searchable PDFs with website or Acrobat Pro workflows.

Use your phone as a scanner to capture book pages, save them as images or text documents, and share them with your learners using a tested scanning app.

Learn to take notes on your phone with Google Keep, sync them to your PC, and use reminders, labels, colors, images, drawings, and checklists for sharing with students.

Discover how Pushbullet syncs links, notes, and files between your phone and PC, with Chrome, Edge, or Firefox extensions. Use it in class to display notes on the classroom screen.

Explore how to share large files using services like WeTransfer, using send email transfer or get link transfer, uploading a file or folder, and distributing a link.

Learn to shrink video files up to 85% without sacrificing quality using HandBrake, preserving mp4 format while adjusting dimensions, video and audio quality, subtitles, and chapters.

Learn how to use any device as a second screen with Space Desk, connecting a main PC to a phone, tablet, or old laptop over wifi.

Learn to sign up for Zoom, download the software and apps, sign in, and schedule meetings with a shared link, passcode, and waiting room on the free plan.

Master Zoom screen sharing by configuring who can share, selecting entire screen or apps, sharing audio for videos, using whiteboard, and sharing files from cloud drives.

Explore Zoom settings for managing accounts and meetings, including audio and video controls, breakout rooms, waiting room, screen sharing, chat, and recording options.

Learn to manage Zoom participants by admitting from the waiting room, muting and renaming, assigning co-hosts, and controlling chat, breakout rooms, and view layouts for smooth, organized meetings.

Learn to create and manage breakout rooms in Zoom as a host, including automatic or manual assignment, participant options, and room-specific recording behavior.

Practice Zoom features like sharing screens and managing breakout rooms using multiple devices and browsers. Schedule a meeting and join from phone or browser to test with participants.

Explore how to use Zoom apps inside your meetings, browse the marketplace education category, add and authorize a timer, and manage apps to boost engagement.

Explore free whiteboard tools, test before you buy, and share boards with students using mind maps, flow charts, emojis, images, and export options to image or pdf.

Learn to create QR codes using QR code monkey, selecting type (URL, text, email, location, Wi‑Fi, video, bitcoin), customizing logo, eye color and shape, and downloading as pdf or spg.

Create surveys for free with free online surveys dot com, manage projects and pages, preview and test, then share the link with students via chat, email, or board.

Learn to create screencasts for education by recording your screen and audio, with optional webcam, using a free tool, configuring region, aspect ratio, audio quality, and sharing options.

Record audio on the fly to give quick instructions or feedback, then share via a link, QR code, or embedded player using the free Vaccaro dot com tool.

Host your videos and images with free 25 gigabytes of storage, using drag-and-drop uploads and a media library with folders. Share links to reach learners on blogs or learning platforms.

Learn to take screenshots on Windows 10 with snip and sketch and on Mac with shortcuts, then crop and annotate with pen or highlighter before sharing.

Organize online slides by using screenshots of exercises, presenting one item at a time, and embedding audio or video, with the answer key on the next slide.

Learn to create engaging slides quickly with slide scope's free templates, offering thousands of options, infographics like timelines and charts, and easy Google Slides or PowerPoint downloads.

Learn how to use Google Docs for online and in-person teaching, creating and uploading documents, and enabling real-time collaborative worksheets that students can edit together.

Automate attendance with dynamic QR codes using easy check me for hybrid classes in real time. Run sessions via the app or web, and view attendance records.

Explore how to gamify exercises with Bamboozle, using ready-made games and a free plan; run team-based quizzes with points, a timer, and power-ups.

Turn any exercise into a fun quiz with Jeopardy Labs. Create customizable games, edit questions, and share or embed them for classroom use and quick assessment across subjects.

Create comics on Brixton, select backgrounds and characters, add dialogue, and customize settings for classroom activities, then sign up students and share or download.

Explore creating word clouds with online tools and apply them in class to predict topics, identify unfamiliar words, reconstruct song lyrics in pairs, and spark a get-to-know-you activity.

Explore how to use Kahoot to create, share, and play learning games, add media to questions, view reports, and assign quizzes as homework.

Learn to create and study vocabulary sets on Quisling dot com, customize terms with images, and use live class and varied study modes to track student progress.

Create engaging classroom activities with learning apps.org, a free multilingual tool offering templates like matching pairs and text with audio or image, plus ready-made activities to share.

Explore Wiser to create interactive worksheets with ready-made options, automatic feedback, and multiple task types, then edit, assign, and share via a link for your class.

Create groups and topics on the platform, invite students by email or join code, and have them respond with videos, comments, and attachments while moderating content and providing feedback.

Explore how to use multiple citation websites to help students generate in-order references for assignments, using any referencing site with a consistent workflow.

Create a classroom wiki with Slim Wiki, turning your class into a mini Wikipedia. Sign up, build pages with text, images, and videos, invite students, and manage access and collaboration.

Explore four writing tools—classic tool, scribbler, Make Beliefs Comics, and Toasted Cheese—that spark ideas for diverse learners with theme prompts, adjustable length, comics, and calendar prompts.

Place Canva at the center of engaging activities and projects, enabling students to create posters, infographics, diagrams, and book covers, including get-to-know-me posters, with easy editing and shareable outputs.

Use QR codes to deliver extra reading, organize station-based activities, and provide answer keys in your class, reducing printing while guiding students to text-to-speech options and related online resources.