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Google Vids: Fast, Polished Videos for Student Projects

In Episode 224, Shanna highlights Google Vids , a video creation tool inside Google Workspace that makes it easy for students and teachers to create polished videos quickly. Students can convert existing Google Slides into vi...

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Dec. 21, 2025

Google Vids: Fast, Polished Videos for Student Projects

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Dec. 14, 2025

Creative Classroom Time-Savers with HelloKids.com

In Episode 223 of the Tech Tools for Teachers Podcast , Shanna shares HelloKids.com , a free site full of creative classroom-friendly activities—step-by-step drawing guides, crafts, origami, masks, online coloring pages, and ...

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Nov. 23, 2025

Quick, Kid-Friendly Research with Ducksters

In Episode 222 of the Tech Tools for Teachers Podcast , Shanna revisits Ducksters , a kid-friendly research site that’s perfect for elementary and middle school learners. She shares how Ducksters supports history, biography, ...

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Nov. 9, 2025

Exploring Science

In Episode 221, Shanna spotlights two free science gems you can use across grade levels. Science News Explores offers up-to-date articles with audio, Power Words vocabulary, explainers, experiments, comics, and STEM career sp...

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Oct. 26, 2025

Civic Learning Made Easy

In Episode 220, Shanna shares two of her favorite civics education resources: iCivics.org , which offers free lessons, games, and simulations about government, and the Center for Civic Education , which provides state-specifi...

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Oct. 12, 2025

Measure Up! Fun Tools for Teaching Measurement

In Episode 219, we explore fun and free tools to help students practice and understand measurement. Try RulerGame.net for ruler and temperature games, Mr. Nussbaum Measurement Games for hands-on math challenges, and Marble Ru...

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About the Host

Shanna Martin

I’m Shanna Martin, host of the Tech Tools for Teachers Podcast. I’m a middle school teacher, technology coach and personalized learning coordinator for my district. I love helping educators learn how to incorporate new technologies into their classrooms and try to make their lives a little easier.

If you have a question or represent a technology that you would like me to review in my classroom and talk about on the podcast, please send me an email.

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