If you’re wondering what MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are about, here’s a brief overview. All in 1 minute. For fast readers.
25 Free Android Apps to Get You Started
A smart phone won’t get you too far without at least a few great apps, and Android’s no exception. As you customize your new phone to your liking, here are 25 of the best (and free!) Android apps to get …
Presentation of the Week: Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012
The Classroom of 2030
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New Crowdfunding Site Lets You Choose Which Authors Get Published
U.K.-based Unbound is a new way for you to play a critical role in the publishing of books. It’s a familiar layout on the site and shows how far along each book / project is in terms of fundraising.
3D printers: gimmick or game changer?
Are they the ‘next big thing’ or merely an expensive way to produce lots of ‘small, useless, plastic things’? Apart from adding considerably to planetary waste, what impact will 3D printers have in learning?
http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.ca/2012/10/3d-printers-gimmick-or-game-changer.html
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The Teacher’s Guide to Facebook
A great list of best Facebook practices to help teachers better use Facebook.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers Who Use Technology
We’ve all heard about Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Some teachers out there may have heard of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers. Below are our 7 habits of highly effective teachers who use technology:
http://blog.alwaysprepped.com/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-teachers-who-use-technology/…
10 Things You Didn’t Know Dropbox Could Do
Dropbox is a simple service, but you may not realize there are several ways to amp up the user experience. Check out some useful ways you can get more out of Dropbox.
The 7 Best Places For Online Education
In the below infographic from Online Universities, you can see how each online course provider differs, what they currently offer, and even find out what they’ll cost you. Whether you’re a teacher, student, parent, or simply a lifelong learner … …
A Great Tool to Create Classroom Magazines
Youblisher is an excellent publishing platform for teachers and students. It provides a wonderful visual method for users to easily upload their PDFs and turn them into online magazines with page turning effects. As a teacher, you can use this …
Apple keeps pushing education revolution with iPad Mini and new iBooks Author
The new iPad Mini and the iBooks Author are a great duo for Education.
Learning in the Digital Age: The Reality and the Myth
A great article on learning on the digital age by Stephen Downes.
http://halfanhour.blogspot.ca/2012/10/learning-in-digital-age-reality-and-myth.html
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Chrome Remote Desktop Leaves Beta to Allow You to Offer Tech Help Remotely
Using the Chrome Remote Desktop App you can grant access to your computer to another person who also has the Chrome Remote Desktop App installed. If you want to share your desktop just click “share now” and Chrome Remote Desktop …
The World Is Not Enough: Google and the Future of Augmented Realit
The new Google FieldTrip app probes the question: What digital information do you want to see overlaid on the physical world?