Author: Rafael Scapin

Let’s examine which features of society (and media) have changed and then consider what we can do in education to use it as an advantage for learning.

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/03/how-real-world-technology-use-has-inflitrated-change-classrooms/

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The web tools are all listed (and clickable!) in the below presentation. Be sure to click on the above-right chart to get a sense of Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy a bit more as well. Always useful for a refresher!

http://www.edudemic.com/70-web-tools-organized-for-blooms-digital-taxonomy/

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Facebook is working on extending its network beyond the social realm and into the professional world, according to the Financial Times, citing anonymous sources.

http://mashable.com/2014/11/16/facebook-at-work-2/

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While Glass may find some specialized, even lucrative, uses in the workplace,“its prospects of becoming a consumer hit in the near future are slim, many developers say.”

https://time.com/3588143/google-glass/

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Now there’s another way you can get to Skype – via a Web browser. The Skype team said Friday it is rolling out Skype for Web, in beta.

http://blogs.microsoft.com/firehose/2014/11/14/now-you-can-use-skype-via-a-web-browser-without-downloading-an-app/

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Keeping students on task can be a challenge. And putting Internet-ready devices in all of their hands may seem daunting. But there are a number of techniques I’ve used in my classroom that can make technology work for you.

http://exitticket.org/7-tricks-keep-tech-productive-class/…

In the light of Edward Snowden’s revelations last year, interest in truly secure ways of communicating online has been on the rise. OneOneis a new app for Android and iOS that offers “private and untraceable” text messaging.

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2014/11/18/oneone/

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The program needs to be trained with captioned images, but it produces much more intelligible output than you’d get by picking out individual items.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/18/google-natural-language-image-description/

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Had enough of Facebook and Twitter? It may be time to switch up your go-to social network. These newer platforms could be working on the next big thing, so you’ll want to keep an eye out

http://mashable.com/2014/07/28/social-networks-on-the-rise/

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Public Wi-Fi networks—like those in coffee shops or hotels—are not nearly as safe as you think. Even if they have a password, you’re sharing a network with tons of other people, which means your data is at risk. Here’s how …

A new study shows for the first time that playing action video games improves learning capabilities more generally, not just the skills taught in the game.

http://www.kurzweilai.net/playing-action-video-games-can-boost-learning

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Google for Education is an ecology of digital tools from Google designed to host and distribute digital documents, communication, and collaboration through cloud-based technology.

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1088024-all-that-you-need-to-know-about-google-for-education-video/

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