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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How to choose the right iOS app for your note taking needs
With so many note apps in the app store it is hard to pick the right one. Making the correct choice depends on what you are looking for as the best note apps have features all their own.
http://gigaom.com/2014/03/29/how-to-choose-the-right-ios-app-for-your-note-taking-needs/
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Does distance education socialize students? A study from Québec
The Canadian francophone distance education network (REFAD) has published a very interesting research paper on socialization and distance education in francophone Canada. The report is in French.
http://www.refad.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Guide_sur_la_socialisation_en_FAD.pdf
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The Three-Step Strategy to Study Hard Without Burning Out
In this article, I’m going to share the strategy I used both when tackling the roughly four-fold pace of the MIT Challenge and currently, learning to speak Chinese over three months. What makes this strategy powerful is that it is …
Teach teachers how to create magic
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