When you die, you’ll leave behind a digital presence – dead data, or a graveyard in the cloud. What happens to this data? Learn reading this article.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tamlinmagee/2013/11/19/what-happens-to-your-data-after-youre-dead/
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Universal Design Learning Explained for Teachers
Universal Design Learning is a framework for learning that includes all students. In UDL students are allowed to express their learning in a variety of ways. Watch the video below to learn more about it.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/11/universal-design-learning-explained-for.html…
Interesting Chart Outlining the Differences between Pedagogy, Andragogy, and Heutagogy
It is widely believed that pedagogy as an educational method per see is no longer enough; teachers and educators need to embrace new methodologies that are more relevant to the exigencies of today’s learning. Andragogy and Heutagogy are probably the …
Top 13 Educational Tools Online that Every Teacher Should Know
The proliferation of web-based tools seems to be growing with an ever-increasing pace. In this article, we will make the process of selection easier by listing some of the most effective free web tools that advance the classroom environment.
Presentation of the Week: The Social Learning Revolution: What it means for Higher Education
Peter Doolittle: How your “working memory” makes sense of the world
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20 Education Technology Tools Everybody Should Know About
Educators should definitely start using some of the online solutions that are meant to promote modern education and take the classroom organization to the next level. In this article, we will cover 20 education technology tools that educators should start …
Google Earth Intros Tour Builder, A Cooler Way to Tell Stories
Google Earth already lets viewers travel virtually to places around the world, but a new feature could change the way users tell stories about their own real-life travels.
http://mashable.com/2013/11/17/tour-builder-lets-you-tell-stories-with-google-earth/
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25 Open Source Alternatives For Costly Applications
A great list of open source applications that are great alternatives for expensive office applications.
http://www.efytimes.com/e1/fullnews.asp?edid=121432
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How a choice of social learning networks can make us smarter
The secret to why some cultures thrive and others disappear may lie in our social networks and our ability to imitate, rather than our individual smarts, according to a new University of British Columbia study.
http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-a-choice-of-social-learning-networks-can-make-us-smarter…
Apple iPad Mini Retina Is the Best Mid-Sized Tablet
Virtually every good (and bad) thing you can say about Apple’s iPad Air is applicable to the new iPad mini with Retina display. The 7.8-inch tablet’s second edition is virtually identical inside and out to the 9.7-inch iPad Air, with …
5 Great Apps and Sites to Help Students Stay Organized
These tools will help students stay on top of their assignments, keep their notes in one place, and create multimedia presentations.
http://www.graphite.org/blog/5-great-apps-and-sites-to-help-students-stay-organized…
3 Excellent Tools to Sign Your Documents Electronically
Are you tired of printing out your document and scanning back in just to put your signature on them ? Well, you don’t have to anymore. There are now several ways to cut up on paper and start signing your …
14 Web Tools For Teaching Without Student Logins
Here is a list of great Web 2.0 tools that do not require these for teacher and student use.
http://www.edudemic.com/web-tools-for-teaching-without-student-logins/
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What is Open Pedagogy?
Hundreds of thousands of words have been written about open educational resources (OER), but precious little has been written about how OER – or openness more generally – changes the practice of education.
http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/2975
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