Udemy has launched the Teacher Tech Initiative, a program designed to make computer technology courses available to K-12 teachers in the United States for free and at reduced cost.
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Udemy has launched the Teacher Tech Initiative, a program designed to make computer technology courses available to K-12 teachers in the United States for free and at reduced cost.
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We hear a lot about blended learning from an instructor’s perspective, but what about from a student’s perspective? In what ways can students use technology to support learning inside and outside their course sessions?
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/blended-study/
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Finland is about to embark on one of the most radical education reform programmes ever undertaken by a nation state – scrapping traditional “teaching by subject” in favour of “teaching by topic”.
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Here are some very useful educational web tools we have curated over the last few weeks. We only feature the recent trending tools which we think would be a valued addition to teachers technology toolkit.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/03/10-new-educational-tools-for-teachers.html
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You don’t have to download an office suite to build great-looking presentations for work, a talk, or school. There are plenty of online options that work well from any computer with a web browser, whether it’s your desktop, a PC …
If you deal with paperwork often, you’ll love this: SignEasy just launched an extension for iOS that lets you sign documents and send them out without having to switch between apps.
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Just because a site is reputable doesn’t mean you’re completely safe on it – and YouTube is no exception. 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute, a staggering statistic. Combine this with the over one million advertisers …
Can issuing students with iPads instead of textbooks make a difference to their education? Rhiannon Williams visits the Danish institutions looking to the future.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/11470850/How-the-iPad-is-changing-the-way-we-learn.html
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Trello is an awesome project management tool that makes collaboration easy and, dare I say, even fun. But this visual list tool can do so much more, whether you’re organising work projects, family chores, travel plans or just about anything …
The book contains 47 pages of lesson ideas for using Book Creator for iPad, divided into 8 subject categories.
http://www.redjumper.net/blog/2015/03/get-your-copy-of-the-book-creator-teacher-guide/
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The following 7 online website builders are my favourite picks, in no particular order. As you may expect, they are advertised predominantly with business owners in mind, but they will all work superbly as immersive classroom applications.
https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/7-awesome-website-tools-for-students
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One of the biggest obstacles most instructors report facing, however, is simply learning how to use Wikipedia to the point where one feels comfortable enough to teach with it.
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The following is a comprehensive guide of tips, tricks and hacks that’ll help you make better use of Google services you use. Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned expert, you’re likely to find something here that you can add …