This manual explores the amazing free power of Google Apps. Even if you don’t own a domain right now you just might find yourself buying one after reading this guide.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-google-free-email-domain/…
Tips for Preventing Plagiarism among College Students
For some students, a writing assignment takes weeks of research, writing and revisions. For others, the ingredients are more along the lines of Google, CTRL+C and CTRL+V. And for others still, the assignment is nothing more than a transaction with …
How Teachers Facebook & Tweet for Students
Facebook and Twitter are very different but social utilities just the same, so there are about as many ways teachers use them as there are teachers. And their creativity is truly inspiring.
20 Great Youtube Features And Tricks You Need To Know
Over the coming years we can expect Youtube to continue it’s growth especially on mobile and possibly even on to our smart TVs in the future to form a core part of our daily entertainment experience. Here is how you …
Glossary of Instructional Strategies to be Used in a Classroom
This is an excellent list of 1270 different instructional strategies to be used in a classroom. Have a look and see if any of these appeal to your own teaching style or to the learning styles of your students.
http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/2011/06/glossary-of-instructional-strategies.html…
10 Ways to Encourage Student Reflection
Optimal learning occurs when students are active participants in their own learning, rather than passive recipients of teacher-delivered content. For this to be effective, students really need to think about their learning. How do we encourage students to think about …
Google Public Data Explorer
The Google Public Data Explorer brings datasets to life with interactive exploration and rich, animated visualizations.
http://www.google.com/publicdata/home…
5 Myths About Digital Natives
A list of 5 myths about the digital natives, and why they don’t really make sense and deserve to be debunked.
http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/07/5-myths-about-digital-natives/…
Presentation of the Week: Google Apps in Classrooms and Schools
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Faculty Use of Social Media: When numbers say little
We know that instructors use technology, but how and why are they using social media, and, more importantly, are they using social media in a fashion that aligns with the philosophies behind social media?
http://www.veletsianos.com/2011/06/01/faculty-use-social-media/…
Acceptable Use Policies in the Web 2.0 and Mobile Era
Web 2.0 applications and mobile Internet devices have added new issues to the safety/access situation for schools. The purpose of this guide is to assist school districts in developing, rethinking, or revising Internet policies as a consequence of the emergence …
Teaching Social Bookmarking with Diigo Education
Social bookmarking in education is a new and exciting opportunity for teachers and students to connect and collaborate online. Using Diigo Educator accounts is one of the best ways to achieve this.
http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/62228.aspx…
Augmented Reality in Education
Augmented Reality (AR) is an environment that includes both virtual reality and real-world elements. This is a repository of useful information on how to use Augmented Reality in Education.
http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Augmented_Reality_in_Education…
How to make a Prezi – Rookie to Pro in 20 Minutes
Presentation tool Prezi is coming little by little use of teachers. Learning to Use Prezi is easy, just check these tutorials and examples and you are real pro in 20 minutes.