Visual recording is what it sounds like it’d be. As opposed to recording audio, visual recording captures visuals, though not necessarily in photographic form. The process of visually capturing ideas with the iPad isn’t terribly complex in concept. If you …
Amazon Glacier – The Most Affordable Online Backup Service Ever!
Amazon Glacier is a new online backup service where you can store your files for as little as1¢ per GB per month. This is the cheapest storage plan offered by any cloud storage vendor even and Amazon promises 99.999999999% durability …
Are kids really motivated by technology?
You can’t motivate students with technology because technology alone isn’t motivating. Worse yet, students are almostalways ambivalent toward digital tools. While you may be completely jazzed by the interactive whiteboard in your classroom or the wiki that you just whipped …
The Top Educational iPad Apps Every Teacher and Student should Know about
When it comes to searching for educational apps to install on your iPad it feels like you get drowned in an avalanche of apps and resources from which you emerge empty-handed.Thankfully, there are many trusted educational resources where educators and …
6 tech tools to bring out the A student in you
For the students out there, the closing of summer means a change of scenery, from beach and bonfires to classrooms and textbooks. To ready yourself into study mode, we’re highlighting six tech products to bring out the A student in …
Free Online Course Will Rely on Multiple Sites
A group of online-learning ventures is collaborating on a new kind of free class to be offered this fall, known as a mechanical MOOC (for “massive open online course”), that will teach a computer-programming language by patching together existing resources …
5 Alternatives to Aviary for Creating Audio Online
Here are five online tools that you and your students can use to create audio files online.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/08/5-alternatives-to-aviary-for-creating.html…
10 Fun Tools To Easily Make Your Own Infographics
So what if you could make your own infographics? What would you make it of? It’s actually easier than you think… even if you have zero design skills whatsoever.
Below are my two favorite infographic-making web 2.0 tools that I …
YouTube Digital Citizenship Curriculum
…
Presentation of the Week: Multi-Generation Pedagogical Innovations
5 Must-Know Tips For Deploying iPads In Your Classroom
If you’re looking to deploy iPads in education, you may think that it’s just a matter of expense and storage. Those things are big, but they’re not the biggest problems you’ll face. In fact, this is one of those situations …
What Does It Mean to be a Great Teacher? (Ten Ideas)
What does it mean to be a great teacher? Here is a compilation of ten items.
http://www.educationrethink.com/2012/08/what-does-it-mean-to-be-great-teacher.html…
Why Educators Should Spend 15 Minutes a Day on Social Media
Keep reading to find out why two educators make digital connections a priority and how they do it.
http://www.convergemag.com/training/Why-Educators-Should-Spend-Time-Daily-on-Social-Media.html…
50 Must-Download Apps For Lifelong Learners
Those with a lust for learning who happen to also enjoy testing the limits of what the iPad offers definitely don’t have to worry about finding resources to pique their fancy. Hundreds, if not thousands, of apps are out there …
10 Ways To Get To Know Your Students with Technology
As an educator, I often find myself repeating the same icebreakers each year, trying to quickly get to know my students through “Two Truths and a Lie” or a “Getting To Know You” fact sheet. In an effort to bring …