Category: Edtech

Has this happened to you? You spend hours rewriting an old lesson plan, incorporating rich, adventurous tools available on the Internet. You test it the evening before, several times, just to be sure. Learn how to deal with failures in …

Just-In-Time Learning is a simple concept: learn exactly what you need to know exactly when you need to know it, and apply it immediately.

http://munat.svbtle.com/justintime-learning-1

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Collaboration can take many forms in an educational context and you may want to consider different tools depending on your specific objectives. Here’s a list of some common collaborative activities and the tools and apps you might want to consider …

Most of us know you should read something out loud when proofreading, but we may miss critical errors. We insert words we think are there, but aren’t, because we wrote it. Using the text-to-speech function on your device will help …

South Korea and Finland are hailed internationally for their extremely high educational outcomes. What can other countries learn from these two successful, but diametrically opposed, educational models? Here’s an overview of what South Korea and Finland are doing right.

http://ideas.ted.com/2014/09/04/what-the-best-education-systems-are-doing-right/…

Here are five common myths about student online privacy that cause more harm than good.

http://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=141

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How do you coordinate knowledge, instructional practices, and technologies in order to positively influence academic achievement?

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/integrate-tech-keeps-changing-todd-finley

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If you haven’t tried out Autodesk’s fabulous Pixlr, a capable photo editor in the browser, you should. It’s good. And now, it’s available as a free desktop program for Mac and Windows.

http://gizmodo.com/so-long-photoshop-pixlr-is-finally-available-on-the-d-1628360391

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Florida Polytechnic University’s enormous facility promises to make many more books available for the students’ in digital form.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/29/bookless-library-new-us-university-florida-polytechnic-digital

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Google’s products are widespread, so knowing all of them are next to impossible. Here are 10 you might not know that can help your classroom or life.

http://ditchthattextbook.com/2014/09/01/10-great-obscure-google-tricks-for-school-life/

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