All of the tech tools featured in this post are free, user friendly, and (likely) will be available on your school’s network.
http://www.edutechchick.com/teachers-tech-tool-kit-top-picks-for-2015/…
Citelighter- An Indispensable Tool for Academics and Student Researchers
Cite lighter is a very good web tool for student researchers, teachers and academics. It combines both the features of an academic search engine and an organizational framework for helping students with their research papers writing. Citeligther allows you to …
A New Tool for Turning Webpages Into Whiteboards
Whiteboards is a Chrome app that enables you to draw on top of webpages using things such as a stylus, trackpad, mouse…etc. The app is particularly useful for annotating and illustrating content on a webpage.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/07/a-new-tool-for-turning-webpages-into-whiteboards.html…
23 Tools For Students To Publish What They Learn
Students now have a well of opportunity to express their thoughts and ideas with the added chance of getting global feedback on those insights. Here is a list of some of the best online publication tools that students can …
What Wearable Tech Could Mean for the Classroom
The 2015 Horizon Report agrees, predicting the widespread use of wearables throughout the entire spectrum of modern education. Still, considering our senses are already overloaded with 1s and 0s, reluctance to embrace yet another digital medium is understandable. However, …
How to Create a Moderated Classroom Backchannel
81Dash is a free service for creating moderated classroom backchannels as well as shared task lists.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/07/how-to-create-moderated-classroom.html…
Presentation of the Week: ISTE 2015: The Very Best Twitter Quotes
The Benefits of a Bilingual Brain
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Insights- A New Educational Tool for Creating Paperless Interactive Lessons
Insights is designed to help you engage your students, improve grades, and save valuable time. You can use Insights for a variety of purposes including: Formative Assessments: create tests, quizzes, and lesson reviews; Digital Homework: assign a lesson, track …
How to turn Evernote into a handy read-it-later service
Evernote is an incredibly useful service for storing notes and clipped items from the web, thanks to its powerful search function and helpful tag system that puts all your saved data at your fingertips. But did you know you …
The best way to manage all your photos
With great photos becoming a lot more valuable and attainable in this day and age, where do you turn when it comes to keeping them safe and sharing them most efficiently?
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/06/how-to-find-the-best-way-to-manage-all-your-photos…
10 awesome technology nonprofits you should know about
There are a plethora of nonprofits out there dedicated to making technology more affordable, accessible, and secure. Let’s take a look at 10 of them.
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/10-awesome-technology-nonprofits-you-should-know-about/…
The Best Free Tools for Making Your Own Video Games
Before you can really dig into most of these tools, you’ll need at least a foundation in programming. Not all of these tools even require coding skills, so you might be able to jump right in.
http://lifehacker.com/the-best-free-tools-for-making-your-own-video-games-1689905461…
Forget Disrupting Education, This Startup Wants To Disrupt Exams
By integrating video conferencing technology with external smart devices, ProctorExam creates a 360° secure examination environment anywhere.
One of the World’s Top Universities Is Offering All of their Courses Online, To Anyone, For Free
For learners who don’t want to invest in a full residential college ride, or who want to avoid the massive amounts of debt associated with university studies, a program called MITx could be a viable alternative.
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/download-full-courses-worlds-prestigious-universities-free/…