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An important part of an effective integration of technology in your instruction besides knowing the ‘pedagogical whys’ behind the tech choices you make is finding out the appropriate web tools to enhance your teaching.  And this is where curated lists …

MoodleCloud enables an individual who does not know how to install Moodle themselves, or does not have the money to spare, to get a small Moodle site that they can test out with their training group or class.

http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/2015/07/07/5-things-to-know-about-moodlecloud/…

There’s no one plan you have to follow to properly backup your data, but there are tools you can use to get everything secured. We’ve laid out a few of them below, highlighting our personal recommendations for each category …

Teaching students how to conduct smart search queries online is an important part of cultivating a digital citizenship culture within your classroom.  We are sharing with you this collection of video tutorials from Google Help featuring some essential Google …

TED-Ed asked a few of our favorite educators to weigh in on the best books in their subject — for students, teachers and lifelong learners alike — to crack into during 2015. Here, find a list of their top …

No single approach is going to completely solve Canada’s skills training gap, but continuing education can play a huge role in easing the burden for both employers and employees. Continuing education providers must deliver strong professional development opportunities to …

Despite the apparent benefits of paper, Mangen and other reading researchers caution the screen-reading vs. traditional reading question has nuances that scientists have yet to fully understand. http://www.fastcodesign.com/3048297/evidence/everything-science-knows-about-reading-on-screens…

Thanks to Kalev Leetaru, a Yahoo! Fellow in Residence at Georgetown University, you can now head over to a new collection at Flickr and search through an archive of 2.6 million public domain images, all extracted from books, magazines …

It offers a mobile app (currently Android, with iOS to follow soon) that promises to monitor an array of online accounts for suspicious login or attempted login activity.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/16/logdog/…

Slides from de Mobo is a very good app that allows you to remotely control your presentations using your iOS or Android device. Slides works best with presentations on Google Drive, Prezi, Slideshare, Scribd, Speakerdeck and Issuu. To be …

Brain based learning is an innovative technique of teaching students lessons. The principles are based on scientific research about the connection of the brain’s ability to absorb more information by applying non-traditional techniques.

http://topeducationboard.com/discover-brain-based-learning-and-how-to-use-it-in-your-classroom/…

Plagiarism detection software from vendors such as Turnitin is often criticized for labeling clumsy student writing as plagiarism. Now a set of new tests suggests the software lets too many students get away with it.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/07/14/turnitin-faces-new-questions-about-efficacy-plagiarism-detection-software…