Ed Tech Digest | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

Ten years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “Ed Tech Digest” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps.

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Here are this week’s choices:

Words To Time works like this:

How long will it take to read a speech or presentation? Enter the word count below (or paste in text) to estimate the reading time. The tool calculates both aloud and silent reading times based on slow, average, and fast reading speeds.

Noticed the new panel in Google Slides? On the right side, it gives quick access to images, templates, and best of all—Building Blocks. Drop in ready-made layouts like Agendas and customize them without starting from scratch. pic.twitter.com/L33W4TI0A2

— Tony Vincent (@tonyvincent) May 14, 2025

Banto TV has a bunch of games, some of which would be useful to students, particularly ELLs, that you can set up for play in private online rooms. I’m adding it to The Best Online Games Students Can Play In Private Virtual “Rooms”

One23PDF has lots of free PDF tools. I’m adding it to Not “The Best,” But “A List” Of Ways To Convert PDF & Word Documents.

Quiet View shows you webcams from six cities from around the world. I’m adding it to THE BEST TOOLS FOR TAKING STUDENTS “AROUND THE WORLD”

YoRecord is a screen recording tool.  I’m adding it to The Best Tools For Making Screencasts.