We get by with a little help from our apps. From smartphone apps that help get you places to those that remind you about morning meetings to those that give you life updates from friends, many basic tasks have become …
Here Is A Good Way to Grade and Annotate Google Drive Files
Looking for a good tool to help you annotate files on Google Drive? Chalkup lets you post discussion prompts, add comments to discussions, distribute announcements and assignments and view files. Chalkup also provides a very good functionality called MarkUp annotator …
Do mobile devices in the classroom really improve learning outcomes?
What do these mobile devices really add, though? Is there more to this tech trend than just grabbing the attention of students? Is mobile technology boosting classroom instruction, or is it all just a flashy way to accomplish the same …
Everything Teachers Need to Know about Evernote
Evernote is definitely a great utility to have in your EdTech toolkit. Evernote combines a bastion of powerful features all in one single platform: you can use it to create notes, add reminders to your notes, separate your notes into …
Twisted Wave – Create Audio Recordings Online to Save in Google Drive
Through TwistedWave you can create and edit spoken audio recordings from scratch. Your completed tracks can be exported to Google Drive and SoundCloud.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/03/twisted-wave-create-audio-recordings.html
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12 Must-Read Books on Education for 2015
Here are 12 books about education and learning you should look forward to reading this year:
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/12-must-read-books-on-learning-for-2015/…
Get The Most out of Google Maps with These Excellent Apps
Today, we are introducing you to 3 interesting extensions that you can use on your Chrome browser to get the most from Google Maps.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/03/ge-most-out-of-google-maps-with-these-excellent-apps.html
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Presentation of the Week: Digital Learning Futures
10 Most Powerful Uses of Technology for Learning
The following things have been identified by educational researchers and teachers alike as the most powerful uses of technology for learning. Take a look.
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Can we create new senses for humans?
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How to Add Annotations to YouTube Videos
Adding annotations to YouTube videos is a good way to add little bubbles of information to a video or to create a series of choose your own adventure videos.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/03/how-to-add-annotations-to-youtube.html
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5 Things You Did Not Know About Google Forms
A few tricks to make Google Forms even better for you and your students.
http://www.alicekeeler.com/teachertech/2015/03/21/5-things-you-did-not-know-about-google-forms/
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3 Tools to Easily Participate in Twitter Chat
Popular chats move quickly and it can sometimes be overwhelming to keep up or get involved. There are several tools that exist that can make participating easier. All are free and they are in no particular order.
http://instructionaltechtalk.com/3-tools-easily-participate-twitter-chats/
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The Best Websites to Learn Coding Online
Gone are the days when you had to enroll in expensive computer training classes as now exist a plethora of web-based courses that will help you learn programming at your own pace in the comfort of your web browser.
5 Ways to Help Your Students Become Better Questioners
Here are some suggestions (based on input from question-friendly teachers, schools, programs, and organizations) on how to encourage more questioning in the classroom and hopefully, beyond it.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/help-students-become-better-questioners-warren-berger…