Cloud computing has been universally recognized as a critical component in the field of education. This is more so in the higher education sector where more advanced tools are necessary for data sharing, teaching, and protection, as well as for …
Top 12 Education Technology Blogs
The top twelve education technology blogs are packed full of thoughts from educators, health professionals, and technology experts dedicated to sharing information. These must-read blogs contain valuable insight into the tools and processes for technology in education.
A Plan for Technology Integration
Here are many approaches to adopting new technologies (or any educational tools, for that matter). Thinking about these approaches inspired me to create a possible plan for investing in and integrating new technologies.
http://www.schoolcio.com/article/a-plan-for-technology-integration/52492…
MIT and Harvard announce edX
Through edX, the two institutions will collaborate to enhance campus-based teaching and learning and build a global community of online learners.
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/mit-harvard-edx-announcement-050212.html…
7 Ways To Keep Students Focused While Using Technology
Here are seven ways that teachers can use to help students pay more attention when using technology.
http://edudemic.com/2012/05/7-ways-to-keep-students-focused-while-using-technology/…
Presentation of the Week: Power of Networks
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David Thornburg on the Evolving Classroom
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How Blogs, Social Media, and Video Games Improve Education
“Up until now, ‘technology’ has been an authority delivering the lecture which [students] memorized. If there is discussion, it’s mostly about performing for the teacher. Is it possible to make that more of a peer-to-peer activity? Blogs and forums and …
Cloud Technology Can Lift the Fog Over Higher Education
We are now more than a decade into the 21st century. However, for all the innovations that new technologies have brought to consumer affairs, business, entertainment, and government, one sector of society—education—remains stubbornly planted in the 20th century.
http://chronicle.com/article/Cloud-Technology-Can-Lift-the/131673/…
Growing Up Google: How Cloud Computing Is Changing a Generation
With kids as young as five and six immersed in Google’s product suite, which provider do you think they’ll choose when creating personal email accounts later on in life?
http://mashable.com/2012/04/30/generation-growing-up-google/…
Free Tools to Easily Record and Share Audio Messages with your Students
Sharing audio messages with your students on your blog or classroom website is an effective way to maintain communication with them and their parents. Here is a list of some awesome tools that can allow you to easily record a …
Coursera: The Latest Education Hero?
Previous heroic massive open online course (MOOC) efforts such as Khan Academy, MITx, and Udacity have been limited by their inability to embrace a full range of the types of courses offered on a traditional campus. Coursera is attempting to …
Taking Advantage of “Disruptive Technology” in the Classroom
While you will never prevent all interruptions in your classroom, a more subtle solution is to embrace this disruptive technology and incorporate it into your teaching. Here’s how.
Education Learning Management System Trends
Many in the education market are still in love with open source systems, such as Moodle. However, they often do not realize – until it is too late, that “free” isn’t really free because customization has to constantly exist, support, …
How to Choose Between Cloud Storage Services like Google Drive and Dropbox
With so many options on cloud storage services available, which ones should you choose? Here’s a rundown of the best cloud storage services, and why you should consider using them.