Using the Research Tool is easy to use. Here is a quick overview of the tool:
http://edtechnut.blogspot.ca/2015/05/google-drive-research-tool-overview.html…
How Students Can Use Social Media for Research
Over the years, social media has evolved from being a mere social platform where people would connect with their long-time friends to a platform where people conduct real business, in addition to just making connections.
http://globaldigitalcitizen.org/how-students-can-use-social-media-for-research…
Create a Flipped Video Lesson with TedEd
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Presentation of the Week: The Business of Content Curation
Download Skype Translator Right Now, No Invite Required
Skype Translator is one of those technologies that makes you stop and say “woah, future.” A mythical service that can translate your speech in seamless real time, with accompanying transcripts, could eventually surmount the language barrier. But until then, …
A Teenager’s View on Education Technology
It’s time for teens to talk. Let me tell you what my friends and I really think about technology in the classroom. Some of it’s great, but for those EdTech enthusiasts out there, well, hold on because the truth …
The Teacher’s Guide to Using Google Drive 2.0
Teachers will find new relevant information in this updated copy to how classrooms are using Google.
http://blog.chalkup.co/the-teachers-guide-to-using-google-drive-2.0…
Teacher Apps for Creating Time-lapse and Slow Motion Videos
We have handpicked for you today a list of some very good iPad apps that you can use with your students to create time-lapse and slow motion videos. Time-lapse is a cinematographic technique that involves compressing several photos (or …
The Educators’ Guide To Web Browsers
Web browsers directly impact our user experience on the web, and often we’ll blame a web site for problems without realizing the issues may actually be caused by our browser. This is what I’ve learned over the years when …
The Best Way to Organize a Lifetime of Photos
Apple Photos, Adobe Lightroom, Shoebox, Lyve and Mylio put your entire picture library in your pocket.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-best-way-to-organize-a-lifetime-of-photos-1429637857…
A Fourth Moodle Day Full of Activity at Dawson
The fourth edition of Moodle Day, which can now be considered a kind of annual tradition was made possible by a grant from the Entente Canada-Québec (and the dynamic nature of the Moodle community). The event, which was held at …
How To Actually Be More Productive, By The Guy Who Designed Facebook’s Productivity Tool
Here are the tips that I’ve found essential to my creative output. Each tip relates to optimizing one of three areas: your environment, your mind, and your process.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/18/productivity-tips-asana-facebook_n_7302766.html…
Gates Foundation Launches ‘Teachers Know Best’ Site for Ed-Tech Entrepreneurs
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation this week launched Teachers Know Best, a new website for companies that want to know what educators are looking for in digital resources
The Best Interactive Web Tools for Educators
These web tool can save you a lot of daily hassles that you might not even realize you have been tolerating. Whether you want to move the class newsletter online or try out a flipped classroom, we’re sharing the …
The Online Paradox at Community Colleges
Students more likely to fail online classes, but finish their degrees if they take them.
http://hechingerreport.org/the-online-paradox-at-community-colleges/
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