Good questioning may be the most basic tenet of lifelong learning and independent thinking that school offers students. Taking the time to activate curiosity doesn’t have to mean abandoning learning standards, nor is it necessarily a waste of time.
6 EdTech Companies That Are Disrupting Higher Education
Now that almost everyone is technologically literate, tech companies have found their place in the higher education market and are slowly but surely changing the way we approach self-improvement. Looking to better yourself after high school or in between jobs? …
9 Web Tools for Creating Digital Magazines
Creating a digital magazine easy nowadays. With web tools, students can layout their writings, pick from hundreds of cool fonts, and add their own images or choose from a library of stock images. Some web tools allow students to embed …
14 Signs of Cyberbullying in the Classroom
Like traditional bullying, there are warning signs for teachers to watch for in their students. These signs can help you identify a victim or a cyberbully and step into the situation. Cyberbullying can be quite harmful to the well-being of …
What Happens in an Internet Minute in 2018?
In your everyday life, a minute might not seem like much. But when it comes to the vast scale of the internet, a minute of time goes much further than you ever could have imagined. That’s because the internet has …
Presentation of the Week: Learning Analytics in MOOCs: Can Data Improve Students Retention and Learning?
Why you should make useless things
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How These 26 Teachers and an Author Are Redefining Today’s Student-Centered Classroom
Everything we do starts with teaching and learning, and then we figure out how to put the technology in there.
Emergent EDU: Complexity and Innovation in Higher Ed
Guided by the principles of complexity science and working collectively, innovation leaders can and should develop the frameworks that both speak to academic values and help all of us in higher education adapt to a changing context.
https://er.educause.edu/articles/2018/5/emergent-edu-complexity-and-innovation-in-higher-ed
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Google will make its paid storage plans cheaper
Google is rolling out new changes to its storage plans that include a new, low-cost storage. Google One will get a new $2.99 a month option that gets you 200GB of storage. The 2TB plan, which usually costs $19.99 per …
6 ways Quizzes in Google Forms are getting smarter
Google just announced six new features based on valuable feedback from teachers and designed to help educators continue using Quizzes in Google Forms in creative ways.
https://blog.google/topics/education/6-ways-quizzes-google-forms-are-getting-smarter/…
A Must Have Tool for Creating Class Newspapers
Printing Press, from ReadWriteThink, is one of the most popular web tools for creating classroom newspapers, informational brochures and flyers to use in your instruction. It has been designed specifically for K-12 students to help them unleash their creative writing …
10 Reasons to Become a Google Certified Educator
What are the benefits to becoming a Google Certified Educator?” So I put together this handy infographic and video to talk about that.
https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/10-reasons-become-google-certified-educator-infographic-video/…
Educators incorporating personalized learning in classrooms
Teachers in an Alaska borough are embracing a different approach that allows students to choose what and how they learn.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/13/educators-incorporating-personalized-learning-in-c/…
Everything Is a Subscription Now and It’s Too Much
Netflix. Spotify. Newspapers. Office365. Dropbox. Everything is a subscription now, but how many services can people afford? The free internet is under siege from adblockers on one side and declining ad rates on the other, so it makes sense that …