Most of the colleges that are imposing bans are located in Britain, including the University of London and London’s City University. Unfortunately for students with traditional timepieces, the way these schools implement their ban is by requiring that all watches …
45 best iPhone and iPad apps of 2015
We dig out the best free and paid-for apps on the App store right now.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/software/6893/45-best-iphone-and-ipad-apps-of-2015/page/0/1…
Nine Technology Trends happening in schools
There is no doubt technology plays a critical role in education today. With this comes the need for resources, management, and a game plan for putting all of this wonderful technology to use. With that in mind, I have seen …
The New 2015 Horizon Report on Emerging Technologies
The 12th edition describes annual findings from the NMC Horizon Project, an ongoing research project designed to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have an impact on learning, teaching, and creative inquiry in education. This report is also the …
Flipboard comes to the web, and it’s beautiful
Flipboard, the newsreading app that has amassed 50 million monthly users on mobile devices, arrives on the web. On the bigger screen, Flipboard is big, beautiful, and responsive. In moving to the desktop, Flipboard hopes to open up a big …
The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015 in Education
From inspiring life-long learning to empowering teachers, these organizations are taking the education business to school.
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Wikipedia should be ‘better integrated’ into teaching
Wikipedia is now an embedded feature of most students’ study and universities must do more to help them to utilise the user-generated encyclopaedia.
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A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: Learning Models & Technology
Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large.
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/learning-models-learning-theories-index/
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Five Google Chrome Extensions that Will Get Your Teachers Hooked!
This screencast will introduce you to five amazing Google Chrome extensions. Extensions make Chrome even better!
http://hightechfriday.blogspot.ca/2015/02/five-google-chrome-extensions-that-will.html
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12 Apps and Websites for Sharpening Study Skills
Studying: fundamental, but not usually fun. Nevertheless, sometimes students just have to roll up their sleeves and memorize information. Luckily, apps and websites can make this task a whole lot easier and — dare we say it — even fun!…
Radical wisdom for a company, a school, a life
Presentation of the Week: The MOOC Workshop
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Literacies for the digital age: Data literacy
This article will provide you with some ideas on how to infuse data literacy skills into the curriculum.
http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2015/02/01/dataliteracy/
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Tablets and smartphones may affect social and emotional development, scientists speculate
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine found that use of interactive screen time under 30 months could also impair a child’s development of the skills needed for maths and .
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Google Earth Pro Is Now Available For Free
Google has announced that Google Earth Pro is now available for free. Google Earth Pro used to cost $399 per year. Google Earth is a geospatial software application that displays a virtual globe, which offers the ability to analyze and …