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Free eBooks for Kids at School, Cheap Home Access

by Lisa
Best free ebook deal for kids and teachers

Learn about an amazing free eBook website for schools, teachers, students, that also offers cheap home access for families. Think you can’t get anything good for free anymore? Then you must not be familiar with Epic eBooks. Want to learn how to take advantage of this free educational resource? Read on! My Epic Backstory As … Read more

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Conserving Media File Space for Bloggers

by Lisa
photo compression for bloggers a man with a camera and laptop

Learn how to easily compress images to save media file space and help your website to load faster. Want to get more blog traffic? Studies have shown that speedy page loading times make a huge difference in the number of visitors your website gets. Ready for some quick tips to speed things up? Let’s go! … Read more

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ReadingIQ Review: Free Ebook Site For Kids

by Lisa
reading iq review students reading an ebook

Looking for free ebooks for students? There is a little-known free ebooks site that offers home access to students, and you can learn about it right here. If you are an elementary teacher or a librarian, this site might be a great addition to your teaching toolkit. School accounts are free, and if a teacher … Read more

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Design Cap Review for Content Creators

by Lisa
design cap review with graphic designers designing on a computer

There are so many good graphic design programs out there. Most of them have a free option. Today I’d like to introduce you to another graphic design program that has a free version for you to use. What makes this graphic design program stand out? Is it worthy of inclusion in a graphic design toolkit? … Read more

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How to Make an Animated GIF from Scratch for Free

by Lisa
animated helicopter gif

Learn how to make animated GIFs the easy way. Best of all, you can make them using free tools. Get all you need to know about making animated GIFs for free right here! My Animated GIF Backstory During our season of distance learning, I was so impressed with the many ways teachers innovated and created … Read more

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Essential WordPress Plugins for Bloggers on a Budget

by Lisa
a blogger working with Wordpress plugins

Adding plugins to a WordPress blog adds functionality, but can cause slowdowns in website load time. Which WordPress plugins are best for bloggers on a budget? Which WordPress plugins are essential for a smoothly-functioning blog? In this post, we will explore the absolute best WordPress plugins for frugal bloggers. You will find out which plugins … Read more

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Increase Blog Traffic with the Ultimate Pinterest Guide

by Lisa
ultimate Pinterest Guide with Pinterest showing on a computer

I’ve made no secret of the fact that Pinterest drives a lot of traffic to my blog. I was very excited when the creator of the Ultimate Pinterest Guide provided me with free access to her e-course for review purposes. I was able to work through the course at my own pace, as it was … Read more

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How to Embed Video in a WordPress Website

by Lisa
a video icon representing how to embed video in a wordpress website

One way to keep visitors on your website longer is to include interactive elements, such as embedded video. I have experimented with many types of techniques when embedding a video in WordPress. Some turned out well (see my post about SEO secrets), others were pretty rough (you can’t see those because I deleted them). After … Read more

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VistaCreate Review for the Graphic Design Challenged

by Lisa
VistaCreate review screenshot of My Projects on laptop screen

Looking for an easy graphic design tool for non-designers? Learn about VistaCreate (formerly known as Crello), a simple graphic design tool for those of us who are graphically design challenged. Here you’ll find an overview of the program and tips for using it. It’s a snap to get started with a free account. Important Name … Read more

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Blog Organization Tips: Blog Smarter, Not Harder

by Lisa
blog organization tips sticky note on a laptop

How do bloggers stay organized? How does anyone stay organized? How does someone blog part-time while working full-time? Important: Even though this was written with bloggers in mind, many of these organizational tips and tools can be used for a variety of purposes. Now that I’ve been blogging for a while, I’ve been doing some reflecting … Read more

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Hi there! I’m Lisa Mitchell, a mom and school library media specialist who uses my job as an excuse to stay up far too late reading books and noodling around with tech tools. I wanted to design a useful space for teachers and students to learn, create, and innovate by getting ideas about books to read and technology tools to enhance instruction. Feel free to link the Activities page to your school site or online classroom to use as a resource, and have fun exploring!

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