Kunerango is a platform for instructors to create branded online schools where they can sell courses, reckons there’s room for not-so-massive alternatives.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/05/kunerango/
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10 URLs That Every Google User Should Know
Where can you get a list of every ad that you have clicked on Google? Where should you go if you don’t remember your administrator password? What are your interests as determined by Google? Here are 10 important links that …
11 Tips For Students To Manage Their Digital Footprin
If you’ve scratched your head over suggestions to manage your “digital footprint,” you aren’t the only one. A surprisingly large percentage of people have never even heard the phrase. We’ll talk about ways you can help students understand and manage …
Google Hangouts Guide for Teachers
Google Hangouts is Google’s free video-conferencing a. It’s a great way to connect your classroom with other classrooms anywhere in the world. This site will provide teachers with step-by-step directions how to get started on Hangouts.
https://sites.google.com/a/lsr7.net/hangoutsforteachers/
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$2,400 “Introduction to Linux” course will be free and online this summer
Earlier this week, The Linux Foundation announced that it would be working with edX, a non-profit online learning site governed by Harvard and MIT, to make its “Introduction to Linux” course free and open to all.
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7 Innovators of Edtech to Watch: SXSWedu 2014
SXSWedu is unlike any educational technology conference I’ve ever attended. There is no warehouse of booths at its core but a full schedule of lectures and discussions set amid a whirlwind of networking events. While some found the sessions lacking, …
Social Media for Teachers: Guides, Resources and Ideas
To help teachers navigate this ever-changing landscape of social media tools, here are some of the best guides on the web for four popular networks — Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/social-media-resources-educators-matt-davis
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How Much Money Can You Make Off YouTube
YouTube offers a Partner Program to help you easily monetize your videos on YouTube. Once you are accepted into the program, upload a video “that you have created” on to YouTube, enable advertising for that video and wait for the …
10 New Educational Web Tools to Try Out
These are basically tools other teachers and edubloggers have reviewed in their websites and blogs and which I think are worth sharing with you and keeping you posted about the latest in the world of educational technology.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/03/10-new-educational-web-tools-to-try-out.html
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Student Films about Technology in Education
For this year’s White House Student Film Festival, students were asked to submit videos about how technology is used in their classrooms and how it will change education for kids in the future. Of the 2500 video submissions, 16 were …
Getting Started in Writing an Open Textbook
Learn how to use PressBooks, a derivation of WordPress that outputs in html, pdf or e-pub formats.
http://www.tonybates.ca/2014/03/03/getting-started-in-writing-an-open-textbook/
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Presentation of the Week: The MOOC of One
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The Myth of Average: Explaining Universal Design for Learning (TED Talk)
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Curriculet: Build interaction around digital text
Curriculet enables teachers to deliver customized, Common Core aligned learning and digitally create and share their curriculum and lesson materials.
Get Your Own Personal Cloud With PClouds
PClouds is a personal cloud service that, instead of using a third-party cloud server, it links and uses all of your already existing devices and storage. Why opt for this model over traditional third-party cloud storage solutions? Firstly, the security …