A starting guide for teachers who want to use iPad in their classrooms.
http://learningwithipads.blogspot.ca/2012/04/quick-guide-to-using-ipads-for-learning.html…
Web Tools for Teachers by Type
A great resource of web tools for teachers divided by categories.
Flip Any YouTube Video into a Lesson with TED-Ed Tools
The folks at TED talks recently launched TED-Ed to serve the mission “of capturing and amplifying the voice of the world’s greatest teachers.” In addition to developing a library of instructional videos, they’ve just added a free set of tools …
Professor Anant Agarwal on MITx
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Presentation of the Week: Facebook for Facilitating
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After School: 5 Apps Your Students Are Using When You’re Not Looking
Students these days are discovering their own applications and tools to enhance their learning online. Not only do these applications reveal to us that students are discovering ways to use social media and web tools for more than entertainment, but …
6 Cloud-related Trends Impacting Higher Education
2012 will be the year that the cloud secures its foothold in higher education. As we dig our heels into the new year, here are some of the trends we can expect to directly impact how we interact with technology, …
Presentation of the Week: “Institutional Personal Learning Environments – Paradise or Paradox?”
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31 Great Ways Universities Are Using Google+
We’ve discovered more than 30 great ways universities are currently using Google Plus, along with several ideas for the future. Read on to learn about the amazing possibilities that Google Plus offers for universities.
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/04/31-great-ways-universities-are-using-google/…
Should Teachers and Students Be Facebook Friends?
Should students and teachers ever be friends on Facebook? School districts across the country, including the nation’s largest, are weighing that question as they seek to balance the risks of inappropriate contact with the academic benefits of social networking.
http://techland.time.com/2012/04/19/should-teachers-and-students-be-facebook-friends/…
5 Ways To Use StumbleUpon In Education
We’ve come up with a few handy ways to use the content discovery site to actually benefit teachers, students, and education administrators.
http://edudemic.com/2012/04/5-ways-teachers-can-use-stumbleupon/…
A New Web 2.0 App Store Just For Educators
Edshelf is a directory of websites, mobile apps, and desktop software that are rated & reviewed by educators, for educators. We decrease the friction of using and procuring effective technology into the classroom.
http://edudemic.com/2012/04/must-see-a-new-web-2-0-app-store-just-for-educators/…
Five great sites for finding web 2.0 tools
Here are five great sites that you can use to spice up your technology tool library.
http://historytech.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/five-great-sites-for-finding-web-2-0-tools/…
PicMonkey is Like Instagram on the Web
PicMonkey is a web-based image editor that doesn’t require any kind of registration. That lack of a registration requirement makes it perfect for use with students that don’t have email addresses.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/04/picmonkey-is-like-instagram-on-web.html…
Breezi Lets You Design An Amazing Website Without Writing One Line Of Code
An easy to use web-based website editor, Breezi is a full-fledged HTML5 website editor, which lets you control every little aspect of your website, design it just the way you want it to be, and get beautiful results.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/breezi-lets-design-amazing-website-writing-line-code/…