Cite websites, books, papers, articles, podcasts, songs, and much more using Citationsy. Perfect references and footnotes every time. Citationsy is perhaps the world’s best-referencing tool. This Chrome extension will let you cite any website with a single click. We support …
A Good PDF Annotating App for Teachers and Students
LiquidText is a great iPad app you can use to annotate your PDFs, gather and organize your information across all your documents and webpages. You can create your own workspace in LiquidText and start importing your documents from popular cloud …
The most popular social media networks each year, gloriously animated
See a graph that shows the number of monthly active users on each platform over the past 16 years. We created a bar chart race to find out the most popular social media networks of all time.
https://thenextweb.com/tech/2019/06/11/most-popular-social-media-networks-year-animated/…
How to Clear the Ambient Noise from a Podcast Recording
One of the things that can ruin an otherwise good podcast is an annoying hiss or similar ambient noise in the background. Fortunately, there are ways to remove or replace that noise in post-production.
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2019/08/how-to-clear-ambient-noise-from-podcast.html
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Massive List of MOOC Providers Around The World
If you’re looking for MOOCs from around the world (many in languages other than English), this list is our best attempt to catalog all the MOOC platforms that are out there. It includes 35 different platforms. It was updated and …
6 Learning Technology Trends That are Shaping the Future of Work
It is easy to be excited by the bright lights of new technologies, especially when they hold so much promise for personal and organizational development. But what is the best way to use these tools in optimizing learning for the …
Meet Generation Alpha, the 9-year-olds shaping our future
They’re tech heavy, extremely connected and the most senior among them is about 9 years old. Say hello to Generation Alpha.
https://www.axios.com/generation-alpha-millennial-children-63438b10-6817-483e-8472-38810df77880.html…
How to Use Creative Commons Search
One of the better places to conduct a search for images that have a Creative Commons licenses is on the Creative Commons search page. Through the Creative Commons search you can find pictures from a variety of services. The best …
5 Ways To Survive A Student Email Avalanche
When you teach online, your inbox is always overflowing with student email. What can you do to make sure you’re not snowed under by student email, answering message after message for hours on end?
Presentation of the Week: Using social media to support learning in higher education
How to tame your wandering mind
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Formal and Informal Learning: What’s the Difference?
Formal and informal learning are two opposing learning styles. One is pragmatic and organized. The other, casual and unstructured. So, let’s dive in, scrutinize each, and figure out which learning practice will work best for your organization.
https://www.learnupon.com/blog/formal-and-informal-learning/…
“The $300 textbook is dead,” says the CEO of textbook maker Pearson
“There’s a famous phrase: The first step in solving a problem is recognizing you’ve got one,” says Pearson CEO John Fallon. And for the education company Pearson, the problem is also one of its key products: the textbook.
10 Great Apps to Enhance Teachers Productivity
When it comes to organizing one’s workflow and enhancing productivity iPad can do wonders. There are a wide variety of wonderful apps you can utilize to transform your digital experiences and be more productive. The apps below can help facilitate …
How to ditch Google Chrome for Firefox
It might be time to break your Google Chrome habit. Though Google’s browser is the most popular browser by an overwhelming margin, there are some good reasons to switch, especially if you care about privacy.
https://mashable.com/article/how-to-switch-from-google-chrome-to-firefox…