OpenOffice.org was once the open-source office suite of choice, but it fractured into two separate projects — Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice. But what’s the real difference, and which is the best one?
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DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
OpenOffice.org was once the open-source office suite of choice, but it fractured into two separate projects — Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice. But what’s the real difference, and which is the best one?
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Chrome Extensions are little add ons to your Chrome Browser. Here are 10 that I learned about and have fallen in love with!
http://nesloneyflipped.blogspot.ca/2014/03/10-must-have-google-chrome-extensions.html…
This list contains only apps I have not included in similar previous lists. Also, because of the increasing number of requests I get from you concerning Android apps , I decided to include links to the Android versions of those …
Recent surveys by the National Association of College Stores suggest annual student spending on course materials is decreasing with the emergence of alternatives to retail, from textbook sharing and rentals to e-books and online resources.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/18/living/open-textbooks-online-education-resources/index.html
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Two of the hot topics in education in the last few years have been Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC’s) and the flipped classroom. I’ve been experimenting with both of them. Here’s the story of what we tried and what we …
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation just released a report detailing the results of 3,100 teacher surveys and 1,250 student surveys on the kinds of digital instruction tools that are useful and effective.
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/04/are-existing-tech-tools-effective-for-teachers-and-students/
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It is their frustration, skepticism, enthusiasm and willingness to embrace new ways of learning that will help us all better understand the digital revolution that has arrived in some classrooms – and is bypassing others.
http://hechingerreport.org/content/will-teachers-classroom-future_15639/
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EdPuzzle allows you to add your voice and questions to educational videos. On EdPuzzle you can search for educational videos from Khan Academy and Learn Zillion.
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Poetica is a neat new service for collaborative editing of documents. The best feature of Poeticais its similarity to writing on a paper document.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/04/poetica-edit-documents-online-as-if-you.html
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The European Multiple MOOC Aggregator (EMMA) aims to showcase excellence in innovative teaching methodologies and learning approaches through the large-scale piloting of MOOCs on different subjects and in different languages.
http://www.openeducationeuropa.eu/en/project/emma-0
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Preso.tv is the first and only hassle-free way for anyone to present their Powerpoint, PDF, and Office documents on any device, anywhere in the world, in real-time.
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The growth of blended learning and Khan Academy go hand-in-hand. So it’s only fitting that Khan is now offering a Blended Learning 101 course, in partnership with the Clayton Christensen Institute and the Silicon Schools Fund.
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-04-21-khan-academy-offers-blended-learning-101
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