The thing about Twitter is that, while it has a huge potential in education, yet many teachers and educators ignore the great arsenal of tools that can be used to get the maximum out of this tool. It is no …
5 Reasons to Allow Students to Use Cell Phones in Class
In today’s post I’m going to explore five reasons why banning cell phones in schools is bad policy and detrimental for our students.
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.fr/2012/07/5-reasons-to-allow-students-to-use-cell.html…
20 Exciting Teaching Tools of Tomorrow
Read on to learn about just a few of the websites, programs, and amazing technologies of the future teachers and students alike will soon be using.
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/07/20-exciting-teaching-tools-tomorrow/…
35 Sources for Curated Educational Videos
There are some great websites and services that take the guesswork out of finding and sorting educational video content. Here is a list of some of the curated video sites we’ve come across in our work.
http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2012/07/35-sources-curated-educational-videos/…
Open Letter to Canadian Universities
An open letter to Canadian universities by George Siemens, professor and researcher at Athabasca University.
http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2012/07/06/open-letter-to-canadian-universities/…
How the iPad Can Transform Classroom Learning
We now have iPads in classrooms that will not only improve it, but it has the potential to change the business of learning in schools. The question is, “Are teachers ready to adjust their teaching for this new learning revolution?”…
40 Open Education Resources You Should Know About
A great list of free open educational resources for teachers.
http://edudemic.com/2012/07/40-open-education-resources-you-should-know-about/…
The Revolution:Top Ten Disruptors of Education
We are in the midst of a revolution that will bring high-quality education to hundreds of millions of people who have never had access to this level of learning before.
These tools will reach those in developing cities and countries …
25 Ways Teachers Can Connect More With Their Colleagues
There are many ways that teachers can reach out and connect with their colleagues and build a more collaborative atmosphere in their schools. We’ve come up with just a few here, but feel free to share your own experiences and …
The 20 Features Teachers Should Know about The 21st Century Classroom
We have been talking a lot about the 21st century skills teacher need to have but what about the 21st century classroom ? Do we know how it looks like ? How much of technology is used there and why …
Advice to Young Scientists (TED Talk)
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Presentation of the Week: OER: It’s not the artifact, it’s the process
OER: It’s not the artifact, it’s the process (Mark McGuire, U of Otago)
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50,000 (And Counting) Education Apps Worth Knowing Abou
Edudemic and FindTheBest have built a robust directory of, as of this writing, about 56,000 education apps. A great resource for teachers!
15 Ways To Become A Better Self-Learner
Not every possible technique will necessarily stick with all self-motivated learners, of course, but the only way to find out is to test them. Try some of the following and experiment with what works in a more independent educational setting.…
What multitasking does to our brains
We all know this and have heard it hundreds of times. To work efficiently we have to single task. No multitasking. See the reason why.
http://blog.bufferapp.com/what-multitasking-does-to-our-brains#more-5202…