The below five tools are not just a starting point to help your students manage and maintain their online privacy, they should be the beginning of an ongoing discussion detailing the importance, consequences and risks associated with online privacy and …
Google Greatness: 9 Google tricks I had never seen
Google tools can make classrooms more efficient, effective and interesting. Here are nine tricks to add to your repertoire.
http://ditchthattextbook.com/2015/04/16/google-greatness-9-google-tricks-i-had-never-seen/
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20 Features of a Great Paperless Classroom
Going paperless in the classroom has many benefits: a greater audience, more accessible materials and more. Take your first step today.
http://ditchthattextbook.com/2014/02/20/20-features-of-a-great-paperless-classroom/
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How to Use OneNote at School: 10 Tips for Students & Teachers
The notetaking member in Microsoft’s suite is a cross-platform productivity application. There are many unique ways to use OneNote, and using it to change the way you teach or study could be the best one.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-onenote-school-10-tips-students-teachers/
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Presentation of the Week: How to Reach Teacher Zen with Google Tools and Apps
5 ways to kill your dreams
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New Research Shows Free Online Courses Didn’t Grow As Expected
One of the biggest MOOC platforms, edX, is run jointly as a nonprofit by Harvard and MIT. And researchers at both schools have been poring over the data from everyone who participated in 68 courses over more than two years. …
Education Technology and the Twenty-First-Century Skills Gap
The requisite twenty-first-century skills fall into three broad categories: foundational literacies, competencies, and character qualities.
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Should all university lectures be automatically recorded?
Universities across the world are considering whether to start automatically recording lectures. And the IT industry has created some seductive products to record lectures, a process also known as “lecture capture”. Some onlookers expect a hesitant response from the higher …
How Can Social Media Help Students Find a Job
Social media sites have been playing a vital role in helping students to find their dream job. Yes, social media sites not only allow you to get connected with others but also help you in finding potential jobs.
http://edtechreview.in/news/1806-how-can-social-media-help-students-find-a-job
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16 Popular Alternatives to WordPress
There are WordPress alternatives that you can use to build your website. In this article, we will show you 16 popular alternatives to WordPress.
http://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/wordpress-competitors-23-popular-alternatives-to-wordpress/…
Instructor-Facilitated Online Learning: How to Maximize Your Virtual Student Engagement
Below are some strategies that can help maximize student engagement in the instructor-facilitated online learning and teaching environment.
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The Benefits of Students Teaching Students Through Online Video
When students explain it and they have a way to make it extremely relevant to your life and show you how this actually relates to you specifically, that can make the material really exciting.
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The Best Tools for Finding Information When Google Isn’t Enough
Google is so entrenched when it comes to finding information on the internet, we named the act after it. However, there are a ton of other tools and tricks that can get you answers to your question when Google doesn’t …
Making OneNote Class Notebook a ‘killer app
It’s very difficult to improve on something when it’s really good! OneNote Class Notebook has really become a ‘killer app’ in our school, with teachers making the most of the technologies available within Office 365 to enhance teaching and learning …