Creating word clouds can be useful in promoting critical thinking, relationship building, and even as a great kick-starter. To help you get started with this wonderful tool, we’ve put together a few of our favorite ideas on how to get …
Presentation of the Week: Open Educational Resources Overview
Math is Forever
5 Top Trends in Education Technology 2015
Ed tech funding jumped 55 percent in 2014 with no signs of slowing down. With that in mind, here are five top trends in ed tech to keep on your radar screen in 2015 and beyond:
http://www.inc.com/aaron-skonnard/5-top-trends-in-education-technology-2015.html
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10 apps that will make your life infinitely easier
We get by with a little help from our apps. From smartphone apps that help get you places to those that remind you about morning meetings to those that give you life updates from friends, many basic tasks have become …
Measuring Efficacy in Edtech
With more and more technology in the classroom, the quest to find tools that effectively help educators and their students becomes increasingly important—and increasingly difficult. How can educators best identify the products that meet their classroom needs? And how can …
Here Is A Good Way to Grade and Annotate Google Drive Files
Looking for a good tool to help you annotate files on Google Drive? Chalkup lets you post discussion prompts, add comments to discussions, distribute announcements and assignments and view files. Chalkup also provides a very good functionality called MarkUp annotator …
Do mobile devices in the classroom really improve learning outcomes?
What do these mobile devices really add, though? Is there more to this tech trend than just grabbing the attention of students? Is mobile technology boosting classroom instruction, or is it all just a flashy way to accomplish the same …
Everything Teachers Need to Know about Evernote
Evernote is definitely a great utility to have in your EdTech toolkit. Evernote combines a bastion of powerful features all in one single platform: you can use it to create notes, add reminders to your notes, separate your notes into …
Twisted Wave – Create Audio Recordings Online to Save in Google Drive
Through TwistedWave you can create and edit spoken audio recordings from scratch. Your completed tracks can be exported to Google Drive and SoundCloud.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/03/twisted-wave-create-audio-recordings.html
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12 Must-Read Books on Education for 2015
Here are 12 books about education and learning you should look forward to reading this year:
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/12-must-read-books-on-learning-for-2015/…
Get The Most out of Google Maps with These Excellent Apps
Today, we are introducing you to 3 interesting extensions that you can use on your Chrome browser to get the most from Google Maps.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/03/ge-most-out-of-google-maps-with-these-excellent-apps.html
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Presentation of the Week: Digital Learning Futures
10 Most Powerful Uses of Technology for Learning
The following things have been identified by educational researchers and teachers alike as the most powerful uses of technology for learning. Take a look.
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Chromebooks + Google Apps for Education = Cloud-Friendly Classrooms
Schools find a cost-effective approach to collaboration by implementing Google solutions.
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