See how the choice of iBookstore and iTunes means a chance to reach a wider audience that may find case studies useful.
30 Facebook Dos and Don’ts for College Professors
Privacy in the age of social media is almost an oxymoron. What’s acceptable to broadcast to each other and the world is constantly changing — and that’s especially the case in education. Check out these suggested Facebook guidelines for college …
68 Interesting Ways to Use Google Forms in the Classroom
A list of creative ways to better use Google Forms in your classroom.
How Current Brain Research can Improve Education
Learn more about cutting-edge research from leading neuroscience experts on how various activities affect the brain, and how these activities can help students improve their comprehension and memory.
http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/06/23/how-current-brain-research-can-improve-education/…
7 Best Practices For Educators Using Facebook
While schools continue to figure out policies about educators’ Facebook usage, some best practices are emerging. Here are seven, involving privacy settings and relationships with students — along with plain common sense.
http://www.allfacebook.com/7-best-practices-for-educators-using-facebook-2011-06…
Generation Facebook
Is Facebook changing humanity in a more fundamental way? What kind of citizens, voters, consumers, leaders will Facebook users grow up to be?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/opinion/global/24iht-June24-ihtmag-bennhold-22.html…
9 Places to Find Creative Commons & Public Domain Images
When students create multimedia projects they might be tempted to simply do a Google Images search and use the first images they see. But as educators we have a responsibility to teach students to respect copyright holders’ rights. One of …
Kinect in education…open for ideas and exploration with the new SDK
Since its release, there has been tremendous enthusiasm and fascination about Kinect as not only a tool to help navigation and interaction, but to help students to get even more engaged in learning.
How to Use Google Bookmarks
A great presentation on how to use Google Bookmarks by Richard Byrne.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/06/how-to-use-google-bookmarks.html…
Can Students be Curators of their own Information?
In a continuing pedagogical experiment we have had our students design and then construct their own textbooks. We collaboratively design and construct the e-texts for each group that comes through. See the results of this experiment:
http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/2011/06/can-students-be-curators-of-their-own.html…
How the Flipped Classroom Is Radically Transforming Learning
Learn how flipping the classroom has transformed our teaching practice.
The Google+: The New Social Network by Google
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Presentation of the Week: Teaching at the Age of Participation
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Five Projects That Use Technology to Improve Education
On Tuesday the Gates Foundation announced 19 winners of the second phase of its Next Generation Learning Challenges grant competition. While all 19 grantees are noteworthy, here are five that really stand out.
Ten Excellent Online Apps For the Innovative Teacher
Teachers for all levels of students today have so many more teaching aids than even just a few years ago. Here’s a list of some online applications, listed alphabetically, that we feel are excellent for teachers.
http://www.topeducationdegrees.com/online-apps-innovative-teachers…