Constructive uses of social media in education is becoming an integral (and one might venture inevitable) part of the learning experience. Here’s a look at how so, at every stage of the game.
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7 Ideas for Going Digital without Devices
Here are seven ideas for how you can go digital – even without devices. All of the examples below can be done with a single computer and a projector, either as a whole-class activity or in small groups!
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8 Education Tools That Are Going Away
For every tool added, one that has been a mainstay of education for decades must disappear. Here are eight that you should wave goodbye to because within the next ten years, they’ll be gone:
http://fluency21.com/blog/2014/02/09/8-education-tools-that-are-going-away/…
A 3D Printing Fab Lab at Champlain College St-Lambert
Champlain College St-Lambert administration has recently decided to work with Vitrine technologie-éducation on the development of their own Fab Lab for 3D printing. Chris Reverd of VTE suggests the academic implications of this technology.
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The 6 Types of Creative Commons Licences Students Should know about
Creative Commons is a non-profit that helps sharing and reuse of creativity and knowledge via free legal and technological tools . These tools are not alternatives to copyright laws, rather they work alongside them.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/02/the-6-types-of-creative-commons.html
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Amazing Features of TED-Ed that Teachers Would Love to Know
TED-Ed, the newest of TED’s initiatives is committed to creating lessons worth sharing. It has an extensive library of lessons where carefully curated educational videos are available. The platform allows users to easily create customized lessons around educational videos.
100+ Teaching With the iPad Hacks: A Curated Playlist of Quick Start Resources
The Resources in This Playlist Contain Hundreds of Tips, Insights, and Suggestions for Getting up to Speed and off to a Good Start Teaching With the iPad.
Audio Notebook – Record Audio While Typing Notes
Audio Notebook is a handy iPad app for people who want to combine audio recording with their typed notes.
http://ipadapps4school.com/2014/02/10/audio-notebook-record-audio-while-typing-notes/
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Presentation of the Week: A Personal Learning Framework
Alex Wissner-Gross: A New Equation for Intelligence
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11 Signs That Technology Is A Key Part Of Education
The infographic below shows 11 signs that technology is playing an increasingly important role in and out of the classroom.
http://www.edudemic.com/technoogy-education-signs/
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Facebook’s Paper vs. Flipboard: Comparing Mobile News Apps
The app mixes curated news feeds with your Facebook timeline to create a platform that integrates news discovery and sharing into your timeline. With its tiled layout and gesture-based user interface, it feels very similar to Flipboard’s suite of apps. …
20 Collaborative Google Apps Activities for Schools
Google Apps is beginning to revolutionize education.With its highly collaborative, online/offline format — and its attractive price tag (free!) —many schools, businesses and other organizations are ditching their expensive, clunky software for this powerful suite of tools.
http://ditchthattextbook.com/2014/02/03/20-collaborative-google-apps-activities-for-schools/…
13 Best Free Audio Editors
Audio editing software can be expensive and difficult to use. That’s why we scoured the web to compile the 13 best free audio editing apps, for your creative — and frugal — pleasure.
http://mashable.com/2013/07/27/editor-audio-free/
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A Handy Dropbox Cheat Sheet for Teachers
Dropbox is one of the most popular cloud based platforms for hosting and sharing files. The cheat sheet created by Makeuseof which features handy Dropbox keyboard shortcuts, and some of its useful features and third-party tools. Have a look and …