Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become a symbol of the status quo that supports administrative functions more effectively than teaching and learning activities. Personal learning environments offer an alternative, but with their own limitations. An open learning network helps bridge …
iPads Make Better Readers, Writers
In a research paper titled “Unlocking Literacy with iPad,” Ohio English teacher James Harmon found that state-compiled statistics indicate that those students with iPad access in the year leading up to the Ohio Graduation Test had a 6-percent greater chance …
Five Reasons Why YouTube Rocks the Classroom
Videos are, in effect, changing education and learning. We are now past the point of debate. Learn five reasons why you should consider using Youtube in your classroom.
http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/09/five-reasons-why-youtube-rocks-the-classroom/…
Top 10 Sites for Video Editing
Editing a video is a valuable skill to learn when dealing w/ 21st century technology. This is a great list of sites for editing a video which is a valuable tool for technology literacy.
http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2011/09/top-10-sites-for-video-editing.html…
How to Set Up Class iPads and iPods
The Apple Fairy has come to your classroom and given you some iPads and/or iPod Touches to use for learning? There are many different ways to set your iDevices up. Here is how I’ve done mine.
http://spicylearning.wordpress.com/2010/09/04/how-to-set-up-class-ipads-and-ipods/…
Technology – What Teachers Want
For the past couple of years I’ve wanted to move more towards the teachers being empowered to use technology to support teaching and learning without the need for an IT teacher to actually be leading the lessons. I’ve felt the
Turn your Google Docs into a Fax Machine
Learn about online services that lets you send faxes directly from Google Docs to any domestic or international fax numbers. You may also receive faxes into Google Docs.
http://www.labnol.org/internet/send-fax-from-google-docs/20055/…
Misha Glenny: Hire the Hackers!
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Presentation of the Week: 10 Tips for Making Beautiful Slideshow Presentations
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Back to School Apps for Teachers
It’s time to get your iPad ready for school. I suggest at least one grade, attendance, note taker and lesson plan app.
http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=2989…
How to Create Websites and Student Blogs with Weebly for Education
Classroom websites are a great way to give your class an online presence that you can be proud of, and you’ll be surprised at how easy it is to do. Weebly’s education accounts let you create secure student blogs, or …
8 Word Cloud Makers for Teachers
A word cloud is an attractive way of visualising a large chunk of text in a more pleasing way. It shows the most frequent words used throughout the text. It’s a good way of seeing which words are used the …
High-Tech Teaching in a Low-Tech Classroom
As 21st-century teachers, we are expected to help students master the technological tools they will use in college and the workplace. How can we best use limited resources to support learning and familiarize students with technology?
48 iPad Apps That College Students Love
Among these great apps, students will find help with everything from keeping homework organized to finding the perfect first date spot — and just about everything in between.
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2011/08/23/48-ipad-apps-that-college-students-love/…
Not ‘Natives’ & ‘Immigrants’ but ‘Visitors’ & ‘Residents’
Students cannot be usefully categorised as Digital Natives or Digital Immigrants. This distinction does not help guide the implementation of technologies it simply provides the excuse that “some people ‘just don’t get it’ which is why your new approach has …