by David | Apps, Gear, Technology, Tips
Today, I want to share some of my experience in using Google Chromecast in the EFL very young learner classroom. For a long period of time, in my private classes, I was mirroring the screen on my Mac to a television monitor via an HDMI cable in order to play YouTube...
by David | Software, Technology, Tools
In the next few articles, I’m going to outline the simple consumer hardware, technology, and workflows I have been using to create my own ‘interactive white board’ (IWB) for the classroom, without any of the cost of actually buying one. For me, it...
by David | Apps, Reviews, Technology, Tools
Readers of this website will know that I’m a BIG fan of fonts. Beyond simply making your worksheets, presentations and other materials more attractive, appropriate font selection, can make it easier for very young learners to read printed text for the first...
by David | Technology, Tips, Tools
Many EFL and ESL very young learners workbooks include within them, images for children to trace in order to develop their pencil control skills. It’s actually quite easy to create this art yourself, all you need is a vector image you like, and then software (or...
by David | Technology, Tips, Video
Following a big payout last year for not doing enough to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, YouTube made changes to the features available on content made for children. That basically includes the majority of videos you might want to watch...
by David | Software, Technology, Tips
Image Used Under Creative Commons 3.0 License (Jojo Mendoza) Sometimes I’ve had the need to open Microsoft Publisher files my colleagues made, to either view or edit them on a Mac. There are a few ways to handle this workflow. First, you can buy apps for the...