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Technology is great–when it works. While using technology for learning is easy, mastering it–using it to save time, reduce busy work, and ultimately increase student understanding–is another matter entirely.

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/46-tips-save-time-teaching-technology/

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Stoodle is a free, instant online classroom. Stoodle offers real-time collaboration on a virtual whiteboard with as many pages as are needed. With Stoodle you have the ability to use both voice conferencing and text chat for collaboration.

http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=5248

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Educators facilitate others’ learning experiences, but their own learning experiences are far from over. Through podcasts, educators can learn even more about their field and the forces impacting it — especially education technology.

http://www.edudemic.com/edtech-podcasts/

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Remixing the curriculum – compiling resources from a variety of sources such as free online texts, proprietary information from publishers, and self-created media such as podcasts – is starting to push its way into K-12 and higher education. Get ahead …

DisplayNote work as an overlay to the computer desktop and give you a bank of interactive tools that you can use from your computer or any interactive display.

http://teachingwithipad.org/2014/02/19/using-displaynote-to-collaborate-with-students-on-ipads-and-mirror-your-lessons/…

VLine is a free cloud video conferencing platform that enables easy, seamless video communication over a browser.

https://vline.com/

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Glean is a new service designed to help teachers and students locate educational videos. As a teacher you could have all of your students watch a video and enter their their questions in the margin next to the video.

https://glean.co/…

Sometimes those little pieces of bitmapped magic need just a wee tweaking before they’re ready for prime time in an email or on Tumbr.

http://www.techhive.com/article/2061966/how-to-edit-gifs-without-resorting-to-photoshop.html#tk.nl_down

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What’s the single most important consideration in working to ensure a successful technology-enabled presentation?

http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/02/the-most-important-thing-to-know-to-prevent-technology-problems-during-a-lecture-presentation/

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So what technology trends might you see if you walk into tomorrow’s classroom, today? If your school is lucky enough to have the required funds, these would make it cooler than James Bond dropping you off at the school gates.…

The handy infographic below takes a more in depth look at connected learning. What are the main concepts, and why is it good in our classrooms? Simple and to the point!

http://www.edudemic.com/connected-learning/

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