The handy infographic below takes a look at how Google has changed student research with a special focus on graduate students. Google is not only the most widely used search engine, but they’ve developed a lot of education specific research …
Best Free Data Recovery Tools for PC, Windows, Mac, OS X
Losing your files and other data can be very frustrating. To help you combat such situations, we have compiled a list of the best data recovery tools out there, which should help you recover anything you lost with ease.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-free-data-recovery-tools/…
5 Tools That Help Students Organize Research and Create Bibliographies
Organizing and writing a bibliography can feel like the most tedious part of writing a research paper. The following five tools can help students organize and create their bibliographies.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/04/5-tools-that-help-students-organize.html
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19 Tips, Tricks and Apps for Classroom Management
If anyone tells you that an iPad is just for playing Angry Birds, this list of teacher tools is sure to change their mind. Check out these tips, tricks and apps for classroom management!
http://classtechtips.com/2014/02/20/19-tips-tricks-and-apps-for-classroom-management/
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5 Tools For Teachers To Create And Publish Apps Of Their Own
For those who lack the time, knowledge, or incentive to write their own code, there are any number of app publishing resources available. The free ones are somewhat limited in the degree to which you can customize the apps you …
The curly fry conundrum: Why social media “likes” say more than you might think
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Presentation of the Week: Creative Visualizations of Bloom’s Taxonomies!
15 Best Google Drive Add-Ons for Education
Gogle Drive has enabled Google Add Ons and there are some that you and your students will want to enable right away. Others may appeal more to professional developers or those who work remotely.
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/best-google-drive-add-ons/
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Web Literacy Learning Pathways
A couple of months ago my extraordinarily productive and talented colleague, Laura Hilliger, created something epic: a huge spreadsheet of dependencies and next steps for the Web Literacy Map.
https://dajbelshaw.makes.org/thimble/LTc3NjY2NzEzNg==/web-literacy-learning-pathw…
What We Really Need To Know About Ed Tech
Tech isn’t the Point of EdTech, EdTech is about Learning, EdTech is Exciting. But for those who’ve heard and read it all before, here’s a completely different take on that headline.
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/04/what-we-really-need-to-know-about-ed-tech/
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How I Ditched My Laptop for an iPad with a Few Apps and Accessories
Tablet computers have become so powerful and practical that you can almost ditch your desktop and go iPad-only for day-to-day tasks, and with a few useful apps and accessories, you probably won’t miss lugging that computer around. Here’s how I …
5 Apps To Supercharge Your Classroom Productivity
These 5 apps all perform a slightly different functions, and when you combine them together they can supercharge your classroom productivity. They keep you updated on your to-dos and keep all of your ‘stuff’ in one place. You’ll waste less …
The Augmented Web: Simplifying Augmented Reality In Education
The ability to overlay digital content and information onto the real world, using triggers like images and locations opens up a world of rich learning opportunities. Students are using Augmented Reality to make their artworks interactive, solve complex mathematical problems, …
Populr.me: Create a page for anything in 5 minutes
Create web pages you can assemble as easily as powerpoint slides. With Populr, you don’t need a programmer or designer to make an impact on the web.
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The Classroom of the Future: Student-Centered or Device-Centered?
Are digital devices becoming central to the classroom—and coming to dominate the way we teach and learn? And how will this serve our students?
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2014/04/the_classroom_of_the_future_st.html
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