When it comes to learning, many educators know banning is the easy way out, but there are a number of reasons why students are not paying attention. If you’re a student or you have a child in a school that …
Guidelines for the Use of Copyrighted Material – Released by The Canadian Association of University Teachers Releases
The Canadian Association of University Teachers has released a new comprehensive guide to the use of copyrighted materials in schools. The guidelines assess the current state of fair dealing in Canada and provide assistance for those with questions on their …
12 Fabulous Flip Camera Alternatives For Education. A Must Read!
Enjoy this list of 12 alternatives dedicated to sustaining all of those amazing classroom activities that the Flip Camera has made possible. Ever since the Cisco announcement to discontinue the manufacturing of the Flip on April 12, 2011, I have …
The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators: Free E-Book
Download the ebook with the 30 challenges and all the information and details you need to incorporate these strategies into your classroom and teaching life. It is EXCELLENT, and thought provoking!
Big Thinkers: Howard Gardner on Digital Youth
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Presentation of the Week: Teaching in the Age of Participation
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The Future of E-book
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Pogoplug Software Creates a Personal Computing Cloud
Pogoplug started its life as hardware — plug a USB drive into it and access files from anywhere. Now, there’s a software version of Pogoplug, substituting your Windows, Mac or Linux machine for that hardware and letting you share pictures, …
Using VoiceThread to Promote Learning Engagement and Success for All Students
This article shows how a web-based learning tool can boost the learning skills and motivation of these students and many others as they work with multimedia to explore subject areas, express their ideas, and share information—and all at their own …
How Schools can get Better Media Coverage in the Digital News Ecosystem
According to a new study by the Brookings Institution, Americans want more news coverage of their public schools. But to improve the media’s coverage of public education, school leaders must learn how to navigate the new digital news ecosystem.
6 Web-Based Instant File Sharing Sites You’ve Never Heard Of
Send large files to your friends without any hassle. There are a wide variety of file sharing sites that make it possible for you to send any file to anyone else without having to create a user account. If you’ve …
8 Ways to Support Teachers Integrate Technology
What teachers would like to change to make their work life better? These are some of their responses.
http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-support-teachers.html…
Edmodo: The Total Classroom Solution
There is one, free, Web 2.0 app that brings everything together that you need for your classroom, including a social learning environment. The app that does all of this is called Edmodo.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/05/edmodothe-total-classroom-solution.html…
Stop the Cloud, I Want to Get Off!
Jason Cross, from Yahoo News, on Cloud Computing: “Remember when the “cloud” was just called the “Internet?” This absurd fascination with naming online services after suspended atmospheric condensation is kind of driving me nuts.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20110501/tc_pcworld/stopthecloudiwanttogetoff…
15 Fantastic Ways to Use Flipboard
Flipboard is a phenomenal reading app for the ipad. However, because so little content is really produced FOR the flipboard, you have to know how to add it. You only get two screens of content (for now) so use it …