Planning and mapping out your project is a crucial step in creating your idea. Our five favorite mockup tools are below along with more info so you can decide which is best for you.
Bill Gates’ classroom of the future
If you fast-forward a decade, classrooms and lessons might look a little different, according to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates.
http://money.cnn.com/2013/03/08/technology/innovation/bill-gates-education/index.html…
Hacking the Classroom: Beyond Design Thinking
Design thinking is an approach to learning that includes considering real-world problems, research, analysis, conceiving original ideas, lots of experimentation, and sometimes building things by hand.
http://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/hacking-the-classroom-beyond-design-thinking/…
25 Ways Google Can Help You Become A Better Teacher
The sheer diversity of Google products might make them a more natural fit in the classroom in lieu of the iPad’s gravity. Below we’ve listed 25 ways teachers can get started using Google in the classroom.
http://www.teachthought.com/featured/25-ways-google-can-help-you-become-a-better-teacher/…
More pedagogic change in 10 years than last 1000 years
Presentation of the Week: Blending the University: Beyond MOOCs
7 Must Read Blogs for Teachers
With blogging websites designed specifically to host educational blogs now boasting tens of thousands of accounts, the web is full of e-learning blogs, written by teachers, students and education companies. Here are some of the best.
http://www.fractuslearning.com/2013/02/22/blogs-for-teachers/…
Flubaroo: Automated Google Docs Self-Grading Quizzes
Flubaroo is a free and user friendly script that automates the steps of manually creating the self-grading quiz and adds additional functionality to the process.
http://d97cooltools.blogspot.fr/2013/03/flubaroo-automated-google-docs-self.html…
In Cisco’s Classroom Of The Future, Your Professor Is Just An Illusion
New telepresence software could let you take a class from anywhere and appear as if you’re in the classroom.
How to Create Your Own Search Engine
One of the reasons that some teachers like to create their custom search engines is so that they can control which websites appear when their students search. You can also control how many sites appear in a search result by …
The Future Of Education Eliminates The Classroom, Because The World Is Your Class
Massive Open Online Courses might seem like best way to use the Internet to open up education, but you’re thinking too small. Technology can turn our entire lives into learning experiences.
Can Technology Disrupt Education?
Technology won’t solve all of the problems of education. But in the hands of creative, talented and caring teachers and learners, it can help.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/can-technology-disrupt-ed_b_2793028.html…
The Best Sites for Collaborative Online Studying
Students like to study together. Thanks to the Web, they don’t have to be in the same room to work together. Let’s take a look at some platforms that help students connect for online study sessions.
http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/05/k-12/the-best-sites-for-collaborative-online-studying/…
Khan Academy Launches First State-Wide Pilot In Idaho
Online tutorial site will work with 47 schools and educational programs to make Khan videos a routine part of K-12 learning.
Why Tablets Will Kill Smart Boards In Classrooms
Tablet computing opens a whole new world to faculty and students, a world that’s within reach financially.
http://www.informationweek.com/education/mobility/why-tablets-will-kill-smart-boards-in-cl/240145886…