Primary resources can help bring history to life for students. Make the most of first-hand accounts and other primary source content with tools such as the National Archives’ Digital Vaults, video tour included.
Top Tools for Upgrading Your Resume | Cool Tools
By on March 18, 2013 1 Comment
It’s spring, a time when students start looking for summer jobs or internships—and that requires some attention to their resumes and portfolios. In this month’s “Cool Tools,” Richard Byrne taps the best applications for creating an online showcase of your best work.
Mobile Apps Make Student Assessment Easy and Interactive | Cool Tools
By on December 17, 2012 2 Comments
Regardless of what curriculum areas we teach, observing and assessing our students is something that we all do every day. Thanks to mobile devices like iPads and Android tablets, recording our informal observations and formal assessments has never been easier.
Free Web Tools Make Classroom Management Fun
By on November 19, 2012 3 Comments
Web applications that make it easy to create records in appealing formats for sharing, selected by Richard Byrne, School Library Journal’s Cool Tools columnist.
Cool Tools: The Best Free Web Applications for Reaching Out to Parents
By on October 29, 2012 1 Comment
From maintaining a blog to texting updates from the classroom, free web apps can help educators foster those important school-home connections.
Making the Most of Video in the Classroom
By on August 28, 2012 Leave a Comment
From Vialogues and SynchTube to TED-Ed, free tools for hosting conversation around videos.
Summertime and the Reading Is Easy: Kick back with a good ebook app or two
By on July 25, 2012 Leave a Comment
Handy tools for reading and ebook discovery that you can enjoy using yourself and perhaps put them to use with students in the classroom or library.
Ebook toolkit: Cool Tools for Multimedia Publishing
By on May 23, 2012 Leave a Comment
When it comes to creating media-rich publications, iBooks Author is just one of many great options.
The Best Sites for Collaborative Online Studying
By on May 4, 2012 4 Comments
These tools enable students to connect, share notes, and work through difficult problems together.
Master the Web with Browser Add-ons
By on March 28, 2012 1 Comment
Handy extensions and add-ons will help you perform multi-step tasks with ease.
