A great list of Education blogs by Teach100, a web service that ranks and scores hundreds of education blogs. It uses a complex set of algorithms to rank education blogs based on a number of data including social media popularity …
Sir Tim Berners-Lee speaks out on data ownership
The inventor of the web says data must be owned by its subject, rather than corporations, advertisers, and analysts.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/08/sir-tim-berners-lee-speaks-out-on-data-ownership
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Excellent Guides To Help Students Make Appropriate Citations and Bibliographies
From citing a tweet to how to evaluate websites, these resources cover almost everything students need for developing their citation skills. Check them out below.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/04/excellent-guides-to-help-students-make.html
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8 Ways to Prevent Cheating in the Classroom
Here are a few practical things you can do to help prevent cheating in your classroom.
http://teach4theheart.com/2014/10/13/8-ways-to-prevent-cheating/
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Create Surveys and Graded Quizzes with Google Drive
Using Google apps such as Google Forms and Google Sheets (spreadsheet similar to Microsoft Excel) is free and easy. These tools combine to provide and excellent way to receive feedback and even distribute self-graded quizzes.
http://teachamazing.com/create-surveys-and-graded-quizzes-with-google-drive/
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Today’s Teens Can Be Adept Multitaskers, Study Suggests
A new study conducted by high school students finds that some youngsters do equally well on tasks when moving between their laptops, smartphones and other devices, compared to less media-obsessed teens.
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Big Data and Education: the Power of Transformation
How we can harness the wealth of information to help meet the key challenges facing society in the 21st century, while addressing concerns about the privacy and security of personal data, and the legal and ethical issues this raises.
http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=1720…
Why Privacy Matters
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Presentation of the Week: The Future of Education
3 things every teacher should be doing with web 2.0 tools
Web 2.0 technology has changed the way the world operates. In the hands of educators, it can become a powerful catalyst for changing the way students learn.
http://www.iste.org/explore/ArticleDetail?articleid=46
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10 Steps to Creating the Perfect Educational Twitter Account
Learn some great techniques to start using Twitter for educational purposes.
http://mrkempnz.com/2014/09/10-steps-to-creating-the-perfect-educational-twitter-account.html
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How To Make Windows 8 or 8.1 Look Like Windows 7 or XP
Love the speed and security of Windows 8, but miss the transparent look of Windows 7? Or maybe the blues and greens of Windows XP? Here’s how to make Windows 8, or even 8.1, look like your favourite version of …
8 Daily Rituals You Can Create To Boost Your Geeky Productivity
Habits are hard to hack. Daily rituals are way easier. You keep at something (good or bad) for several days in a row and it turns into a habit. You fall into the bad habits with ease. You have to …
8 Things You Should Consider Hiding on Your Computer
Your computer knows an awful lot about you, and in a few clicks someone else can, too. It’s more important than ever to keep your digital life as hidden as possible. From password-protected files to folders with misleading names to …
Building the University of the Future
Georgetown University has launched a five year modernization strategy to tie all of the disruptive technologies that are occurring into the University today as they build the University of the Future.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vala-afshar/building-the-university-o_b_5889016.html
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