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Google Launches ‘Expeditions,’ An App For Shared Virtual School Field Trips
The app is aimed at giving students the ability to travel to places they otherwise might not had the opportunity to reach.
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Why Technology Alone Won’t Fix Schools
Technology’s primary effect is to amplify human forces, so in education, technologies amplify whatever pedagogical capacity is already there.
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/06/why-technology-alone-wont-fix-schools/394727/…
Udacity’s Sebastian Thrun: How Nanodegrees can democratize tech education
Nanodegrees aren’t much different than college; the end result of the education is pointing you toward a career. In the case of many Udacity students, it’s a second or third career.
Do MOOCs Work Best For Educated People?
If there is any overall pattern so far it is that students who are beginning students, more remedial students, they’re going to have problems.
http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/04/16/taking-stock-do-moocs-only-work-for-educated-people/…
Ten Things You Can Do This Summer To Prepare For Teaching In A 1:1 Classroom With Chromebooks
Here are ten things you can do this summer to hit the ground running in the fall, brought to you by a teacher who has been in your shoes.
How to Create Free Closed Captioning Text for E-Learning
We’ll explore a few simple ways to create free closed captioning text for your online training courses. We’ll work off of the assumption that you want closed captioning to sync with your audio narration or an inserted video on …
Photo Storage Showdown: Google Photos vs. Apple iCloud vs. Amazon Prime vs. Dropbox vs. Flickr
To take some of the edge off, several popular cloud-based photo storage services have popped up to help you store your precious moments. Here’s a look at five popular choices:
http://time.com/3911952/photo-storage-amazon-apple-dropbox-flickr-google/…
7 free tools for anyone who wants to become a better writer
There are plenty of resources out there that can speed the editing process up and make you more confident about the work you’re submitting. Use them all, and you’ll be a stronger writer faster than you can say, “How …
24 Google Docs Templates that Will Make Your Life Easier
If you use Google Docs, here are 24 time-saving templates that’ll let you get on with using the documents, rather than struggling with putting them together in the first place.
The templates below have been split into four sections; …
Intellectual Property Explained by Common Craft
Intellectual property is the topic of the latest Common Craft video. The video provides an overview of what intellectual property is and how it is protected by patents and copyright laws.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/06/intellectual-property-explained-by.html…
How to Get the Most Out of Student-Owned Devices in Any Classroom
Allowing students to bring their own devices to class can be a cost-effective way to quickly get access to the internet and to the many useful tools those devices carry. But students don’t always get the chance to use …
Presentation of the Week: Catapult into the 21st Century
This is what it’s like to teach in North Korea
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Big Data = Big Responsibility
We still need to define what should and should not be done with education data available in the cloud and elsewhere. Just because we can use it, does not mean we should.
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2015-05-27-big-data-big-responsibility…