Category: Edtech

What happens when a school throws out the textbooks and tells teachers that they are going to become authors themselves by creating curriculum in real time as the semester progresses? That’s what the String Theory School, a charter school …

Find tips, strategies, tools, and other resources to help new teachers successfully integrate technology to facilitate educational objectives in the classroom.

http://www.edutopia.org/article/new-teachers-technology-integration-resources…

A great list of PC software divided in categories.

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/applications/here-s-the-ultimate-software-list-for-pc-fanatics-1298202…

Teaching in the 21-century is an altogether different phenomenon; never before could learning be happening the way it is now — everywhere, all the time, on any possible topic, supporting any possible learning style or preference. But what does …

Leaders at the University of Adelaide sees the future in online learning, not stand-and-deliver instruction.

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2015/07/universitys-success-flipped-learning-began-phasing-out-lectures…

While using your iPad there are occasions when, while reading or composing an email or text, you might have the inclination to look up the meaning and/or spelling of an unfamiliar word.  If you’re never previously attempted to do …

Educational neuroscience burst onto the scene with the hope of explaining how we learn. But the jury is still out on whether it’s useful for classroom practice.

http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/jul/12/neuroscience-solve-mystery-how-students-learn…

It was almost a wake-up call for how dependent we are on .

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/03/06/turned-off-how-teens-respond-to-a-no-tech-challenge/…

Microlearning is a trending term that refers to bite-sized pieces of learning content, usually in video format, that learners can quickly access. My favorite examples of microlearning are meant to be used as performance support or to serve up quick …

Smartphones distracted students from school-related tasks in self-reported results of a one-year study of first-time smartphone users at a major research university in Texas.

http://www.kurzweilai.net/smartphone-not-so-smart-for-learning…

Wix just  launched  WixEd, a free online education program that teaches Wix users everything they need to know to launch their own website design business.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/10/wix-launches-wixed-a-free-online-school-for-website-design/…

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation unveiled a site called ‘Teachers Know Best‘ which features the results of a survey of teachers and students. They tried to identify the top 10 edtech products preferred by students and teachers. See the …