Category: Edtech

Regardless of where you are on the world map, as of today, Skype announced via an official blog post that they’ll be rolling out a feature that will allow you to launch and hold Skype video calls straight from your …

If you’re integrating technology into your classroom (whatever stage you’re currently at is fine) then this visual step-by-step guide is your friend.

http://www.edudemic.com/the-teachers-guide-to-choosing-the-best-digital-content/…

A common practice for great teachers is to periodically check for student understanding throughout a lesson. Geddit seeks to provide an intuitive solution to this problem with an audience response system that allows students to “check in” with any internet …

For the past three decades I’ve been working to dispel myself of an illusion that’s hard to recognize and even harder to overcome. I call it the “Illusion of Understanding.”  It’s the false belief that we understand something but then …

The presentation includes visualizing a syllabus, using clues to make inferences for literacy practice, or to do simple character analyses.

http://www.teachthought.com/literacy-2/19-interesting-ways-to-use-word-clouds-for-learning/

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In their book “Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers”, Marilla Svinicki and Wilbert J. McKeachie include ten ways that you can spur on students’ motivation, help them engage in your course, and encourage them to …

Technology is great–when it works. While using technology for learning is easy, mastering it–using it to save time, reduce busy work, and ultimately increase student understanding–is another matter entirely.

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/46-tips-save-time-teaching-technology/

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Stoodle is a free, instant online classroom. Stoodle offers real-time collaboration on a virtual whiteboard with as many pages as are needed. With Stoodle you have the ability to use both voice conferencing and text chat for collaboration.

http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=5248

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Educators facilitate others’ learning experiences, but their own learning experiences are far from over. Through podcasts, educators can learn even more about their field and the forces impacting it — especially education technology.

http://www.edudemic.com/edtech-podcasts/

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Remixing the curriculum – compiling resources from a variety of sources such as free online texts, proprietary information from publishers, and self-created media such as podcasts – is starting to push its way into K-12 and higher education. Get ahead …

DisplayNote work as an overlay to the computer desktop and give you a bank of interactive tools that you can use from your computer or any interactive display.

http://teachingwithipad.org/2014/02/19/using-displaynote-to-collaborate-with-students-on-ipads-and-mirror-your-lessons/…

VLine is a free cloud video conferencing platform that enables easy, seamless video communication over a browser.

https://vline.com/

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