James Flynn: Why our IQ levels are higher than our grandparents
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Presentation of the Week: Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013
4 Important Tools to Track and Organize Educational Twitter Hashtags
If it happens that you want to start participating in educational Twitter chats, below are some practical web tools to help you stay updated about the things shared in these chats. You can also use them to organize your hashtags …
10 Free Google Chrome Extensions Teachers Should Try
A list of great educational Chrome plugins for teachers.
http://www.edudemic.com/free-google-chrome-extensions-for-teachers/
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6 Unexpected Ways You Can Use Dropbox
Dropbox is an awesome tool for teachers. Learn a few different ways that you can get even more out of Dropbox than you already are.
http://www.edudemic.com/dropbox-for-teachers/
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Transfer photos from your Android phone to your PC in a cool way
Cool Photo Transfer app lets you transfer your photos to PC via WiFi so you don’t need to struggle with USB cables anymore to transfer a photo.
http://www.coolphototransfer.com/
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The 10 Most Important Emerging Instructional and Education Technologies and Concepts
The 2013 Update to our Annual Look at the Technologies, Tools, and Techniques That Today’s Educators Should be Aware of.
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The 18 Biggest Education Myths
Many of these so-called ‘education myths’ are important to address – many of them hit some pretty hot-button topics in education (like teacher salaries, public vs. private schools, and class size).
http://www.edudemic.com/biggest-education-myths/
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Interactive Moodle Tool Guide (choose your way to the right tool in Moodle)
If you like Choose your Own Adventure stories then this version of the Moodle Tool Guide is a great way to explore different pedagogical scenarios to discover which Moodle tool you might use to achieve your goals in a course.…
Google Launches ‘Constitute’ Site for Exploring World’s Constitutions
Now you can read, search, and compare 160 constitutions from around the world thanks to Constitute, a website launched by Google on Monday.
http://mashable.com/2013/09/23/google-world-constitutions-website-constitute/…
The 5 Best Free Tools for Publishing Student Work
Publishing student work is not always as easy as taping an assignment on the wall. How do you go about publishing student work online so that it’s available to the world? Read on to find out the 5 best free …
Google Translate Updates Includes Handwriting Translation and Seven New Languages
Google this week posted a significant update to its powerful and easy to use Google Translate (Free) iOS app, to include handwriting input, seven new languages, and a modern redesign of the user interface.
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How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School
What would happen if social media were seen as a powerful tool rather than a threat to student learning? Schools are starting to put social media policies and guidelines in place to support this learning while taking appropriate precautions against …
The Pursuit of Ignorance (TED Talk)
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