What do we know about what works, and what doesn’t (and how?, and why?), when planning for and implementing such projects, what the related costs and benefits might be, and where might we look as we try to find answers …
Keith Hughes Explains How to Make Flipped Classroom Videos
In I Flip, You Flip, We All Flip Keith Hughes explains the concept behind flipped classrooms, equipment for creating great videos, and how to use iMovie to produce and publish your flipped lessons. If you have any interest in making …
7 EdTech Companies To Watch This Year
There are a lot of education technology / edtech companies to keep track of nowadays. From online learning to clickers to project-based learning apps, there’s no shortage of insane company names and ideas making the rounds. Below is a list …
Presentation of the Week: Digital Assessment
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Simone’s Story: School of Thought – A Vision for the Future of Learning
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40+ Tools to Create Infographics with Your Students
Here is a comprehensive list of some very good tools for making infographics. The list features more than 40 applications so you have a wide variety of options to choose from.While some of these tools are pretty basic and you …
5 Best Practices to Consider When Using Facebook with Students
Innovative educators realize that to run for office, run a business, or change the way things are run where you work or play, being savvy with the use of social media is important.
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.ca/2013/07/5-best-practices-to-consider-when-using.html…
Meet Helpouts, Google’s Secret Project That Turns Hangouts Into A Commerce Platform
Google has quietly been pursuing its marketplace ambitions under the auspices of a new platform that leverages its increasingly powerful cloud services to power live, real-time commerce.
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In Connectivism, No One Can Hear You Scream: a Guide to Understanding the MOOC Novice
This article is an attempt to address a possible gap in Connectivist thinking, and its expression in cMOOCs. It’s to do with the experience of technology novices, and unconfident learners in cMOOC environments.
http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/Journal/files/Guide_to_the_MOOC_Novice.html…
The Best Browser Extensions that Protect Your Privacy
There are a ton of browser extensions that promise to protect your privacy. In this guide, we’re going to look at the most popular browser extensions that promise to protect your privacy online, and give you our recommendations.
http://lifehacker.com/the-best-browser-extensions-that-protect-your-privacy-479408034…
Game-Based Learning: What it is, Why it Works, and Where it’s Going
The emerging truth: the same factors that make well-designed games highly motivating also make them ideal learning environments.
http://www.newmedia.org/game-based-learning–what-it-is-why-it-works-and-where-its-going.html
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The Facebook Guide for Teachers
How do I properly use Facebook in the classroom? What are the golden Facebook rules for teachers? How can as a teacher utilize Facebook in the classroom? These are some of the questions that you will be able to answer …
The 10-Minute Guide To Bloom’s Taxonomy
The aim of this video is to provide a 10-minute overview of the Taxonomy for all the 3 domains: Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor. The video is not aimed at scholars of educational psychology, but at professionals in the educational and …
10 Great Tutorials to Create Interactive eBooks Using iBook Author
The general process behind creating these interactive ebooks is pretty basic; however, there are certain features and tips teachers need to pay heed to in order to tap into its full potential. The tutorials below are made for this purpose.…
10 Resources To Help You Become A Great Teacher
What makes an effective teacher? It’s difficult to tell, but when you’ve had one, you know. Margaret Danielson is an expert on this subject and the creator of a popular rubric which explores excellence in the classroom.
http://www.edudemic.com/2013/07/become-a-great-teacher/
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