It’s time for teens to talk. Let me tell you what my friends and I really think about technology in the classroom. Some of it’s great, but for those EdTech enthusiasts out there, well, hold on because the truth …
The Teacher’s Guide to Using Google Drive 2.0
Teachers will find new relevant information in this updated copy to how classrooms are using Google.
http://blog.chalkup.co/the-teachers-guide-to-using-google-drive-2.0…
Teacher Apps for Creating Time-lapse and Slow Motion Videos
We have handpicked for you today a list of some very good iPad apps that you can use with your students to create time-lapse and slow motion videos. Time-lapse is a cinematographic technique that involves compressing several photos (or …
The Educators’ Guide To Web Browsers
Web browsers directly impact our user experience on the web, and often we’ll blame a web site for problems without realizing the issues may actually be caused by our browser. This is what I’ve learned over the years when …
The Best Way to Organize a Lifetime of Photos
Apple Photos, Adobe Lightroom, Shoebox, Lyve and Mylio put your entire picture library in your pocket.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-best-way-to-organize-a-lifetime-of-photos-1429637857…
A Fourth Moodle Day Full of Activity at Dawson
The fourth edition of Moodle Day, which can now be considered a kind of annual tradition was made possible by a grant from the Entente Canada-Québec (and the dynamic nature of the Moodle community). The event, which was held at …
How To Actually Be More Productive, By The Guy Who Designed Facebook’s Productivity Tool
Here are the tips that I’ve found essential to my creative output. Each tip relates to optimizing one of three areas: your environment, your mind, and your process.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/18/productivity-tips-asana-facebook_n_7302766.html…
Gates Foundation Launches ‘Teachers Know Best’ Site for Ed-Tech Entrepreneurs
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation this week launched Teachers Know Best, a new website for companies that want to know what educators are looking for in digital resources
The Best Interactive Web Tools for Educators
These web tool can save you a lot of daily hassles that you might not even realize you have been tolerating. Whether you want to move the class newsletter online or try out a flipped classroom, we’re sharing the …
The Online Paradox at Community Colleges
Students more likely to fail online classes, but finish their degrees if they take them.
http://hechingerreport.org/the-online-paradox-at-community-colleges/
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Presentation of the Week: Pedagogy and School Leadership – Developing Agile Approaches in a Digital Age
My daughter, my wife, our robot, and the quest for immortality
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Free Augmented Reality app for education
The first free augmented reality (AR) app for universities has been launched by AR agency, Campus Interactive.
http://edtechnology.co.uk/Article/free-augmented-reality-app-for-education…
How Technology is Transforming Homework and Classrooms
Technology has changed the way we operate in our day-to-day lives. The classroom has not been exempt from changes in technology.To learn more about how technology is transforming the classroom, checkout the infographic below created by the University of …
Sir Ken Robinson: ‘The education system is a dangerous myth’
In an exclusive extract from his new book, Sir Ken Robinson argues that our approach to teaching is wrong – and hundreds of years out of date.