Google released a new collaborative feature called ‘See new changes’. This is particularly useful for co-writing documents. Now when working on a document with other collaborators, you will be able to see the changes added to the document as …
5 Essential Apps For The Organized Teacher
These are apps that allow teachers to store files, manage class rosters, share student work, and consolidate everything into a single, synced calendar.
http://www.teachthought.com/apps-2/best-organization-apps-for-teacher/…
Facebook Takes a Step Into Education Software
The Silicon Valley company announced that it was working with a local charter school network, Summit Public Schools, to develop software that schools can use to help children learn at their own pace.
3 Classroom Tools to Measure Student Learning
Formative assessment is vital to teachers in any classroom environment. Teachers have been formatively assessing students for years, because we must know what our students know in order to help them understand what they do not know.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/classroom-tools-measure-student-learning-bethany-petty…
Google Docs now lets you type without typing at all
Google Docs now supports voice dictation from Chrome and the Docs iOS and Android app. When the feature is enabled (from the Tools menu in Chrome), you can dictate documents using the microphone icon from Docs on Chrome, or …
How to get and use free images the RIGHT way in class
Images can bring presentations, reports and other student work to life. Students should learn to use images responsibly. Here’s what you need to know to help them.
http://ditchthattextbook.com/2015/09/04/how-to-get-and-use-free-images-the-right-way-in-class/…
Is Plagiarism Down? Depends on How You Define and Measure It
Does the Internet encourage plagiarism? A study published in the Journal of Academic Ethics suggests otherwise, finding that instances of academic plagiarism actually decreased.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-09-09-is-plagiarism-down-depends-on-how-you-define-and-measure-it…
Why Aren’t More Schools Using Free, Open Tools?
A district in Pennsylvania is flying in the face of the trend towards closed systems, instead choosing open source devices and software whenever possible. “We sometimes feel like a pirate island because this is unusual,” said Charlie Reisinger, technology …
OneNote: creating digital textbooks
I decided to shift to MS OneNote. Why? Because the tools is free and because it seemed to offer a solution. To my opinion: it also offers more structure to your content than Word does.
http://www.zelfstudie.be/blog/en/onenote-creating-digital-textbooks…
A New Model for Coding in Schools
Computational thinking is typically associated with coding and computer programming, but it’s also more than that, involving “solving problems, designing systems, and understanding human behavior,” according to Carnegie Mellon University.
http://www.digitalpromise.org/blog/entry/a-new-model-for-coding-in-schools…
The Teacher’s Guide to Using YouTube in the Classroom
YouTube is one of the most popular websites on the planet and a vast resource for educational content. The site is home to over 10 million videos tagged as educational, many of them submitted by your fellow teachers. A …
Presentation of the Week: Journey Into Openness in Education
The future of Moodle: Keynote, Martin Dougiamas
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Build a Responsive Classroom With Social Media
A responsive classroom integrates students’ social and emotional growth into their academic learning. This is done through social interaction and explicit instruction of skills during lessons.
http://globaldigitalcitizen.org/build-a-responsive-classroom-with-social-media…
One-Third Of Schools Are Using This App You’ve Never Heard Of
Clever is an application that makes it easier for schools to manage their other applications.