The beauty of the Keyword Planner Tool is that it not only shows you what people on the entire Web are searching for, but it also shows you what people in different regions of the world are looking for on …
10 ways Google Classroom will Make Learning Better
Google has jumped into the learning management system world. There’s plenty of promise of streamlined, improved learning. Here are ways I think it will help.
http://ditchthattextbook.com/2014/05/15/10-ways-google-classroom-will-make-learning-better/
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10 things you need to know about e-learning
Internet-based education offers everything from a free maths lecture to a full course on ancient Roman history. But it has its critics.
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Movenote: Making Presentations more Fluid and Intuitive
Movenote is an online video presentation tool that is quick, easy to use and available to everyone. The idea in Movenote is that it lets you combine your slides with yourself presenting them with no extra hassle. You can add …
Help! I’m a Teacher…How Do I Get into Education Technology?
Here’s a guide on how teachers can get into education technology, written in partnership with four other educator-entrepreneurs who have found their own unique way to combine their love for education with their love for technology.
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-05-17-help-i-m-a-teacher-how-do-i-get-into-education-technology
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Presentation of the Week: Teaching 1 to 1 with Tablets
Explaining Connectivism
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The Best Google Chrome Extensions and Apps
Must-have Chrome extensions and apps that will improve your Google Chrome browser experience.
12 Ways To Share Almost Any File With Your Students
Though most of the tools below can share most files (mp3s, .movs, .mp4s, exe, .zip, .doc and .docx files, .pdfs, etc.), we focused more on documents, images, folders and software integration than incredibly detailed features that may make it overkill …
Citelighter: The fully automated bibliography, research, citation, and internet highlighting tool
Citelighter is an intuitive online research platform that enables students and professionals to quickly find and record facts, automatically cite sources, and write better papers/documents.
Academics Anonymous: student feedback is a waste of everyone’s time
Collecting feedback on courses benefits neither staff nor students – often it’s biased, sexist or simply unrealistic.
http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/may/09/student-feedback-waste-of-time
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Perfect Match: Brazilian Kids Learn English by Video Chatting With Lonely Elderly Americans
It’s such a great, simple idea: Young Brazilians want to learn English. Elderly Americans living in retirement homes just want someone to talk to. Why not connect them?
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3D Printing Explained for Teachers
Basically, 3D printing is a technology that allows users to turn any digital file into a three dimensional physical product. The two videos below will explain what 3D is all about and the different ways it operates.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/05/3d-printing-explained-for-teachers.html
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28 ways Google’s new add-ons can help teachers now
There’s a lot that educators can do with many of the add-ons. Here’s a selection of several of them (not an exhaustive list) with benefits, drawbacks and things you can do with them. We’ll start with add-ons for Documents and …
How to Choose the Right Photographs for Your Presentation
Many presentations incorporate photographs of some kind — though there’s an art to choosing and using them well. Here are 3 methods for doing so.
http://blog.slideshare.net/2014/05/12/3-ways-to-amplify-your-presentations-impact-with-photographs/
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