Episode 61: Freemium Edtech

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News & Followup

• Priority Drive is here...kind of…
  
• New feature: Access and edit Google Docs in WeVideo | WeVideo Blog
• Translate in Google Sheets via Jake Miller
• 2 New iPads from Apple - Yay!
• Apple Classroom now works with Mac OS 10.14.4 or later
• Remove.bg - upload any image not just people to remove the background
  
• Gmail is 15 years old!

Main Course: Freemium Edtech

• What are the hidden costs of free services?
• What is worth paying for?
  • Things you can’t already get for free from Google, Microsoft et
  • Services that give you something you can’t get anywhere else
• How much is too much?
• Who pays? Teacher or school?
• Good examples of freemium tools
  • Canva
  • Canvas
  • SeeSaw
  • Formative
    
• Does anyone get a digital subscription budget?
  
• How to get the money you want for a digital subscription
  
  • PTO
    
  • Donors Choose
    
  • Partnerships with local businesses
    
  • Ambassador programs
    

Tech Nuggets

• Nick Johnson (Got TECHed Podcast Ep: 29)
  
• Edji - Mindy's 20% Edji referral code for the Hero package - https://edji.it/#/?r=mp72j
• GIFit Chrome Extension (removed from the store?)
  
• Backpack Studio (disclaimer: Jonathan received a free copy of this app)
  
• K20 Learn Strategies
  
• This Person Does Not Exist
  
  • How it works
    

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