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.
Quick guide to using iPads for learning
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/…