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The infographic embedded below details the most useful Google apps for the iPad. These are the apps that I find most useful not only for teachers, but any Google user.

http://www.shakeuplearning.com/blog/an-infographic-guide-to-google-apps-for-the-ipad

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What the videos and quizzes have done is help with tracking data, assigning practice exercises, and supplementing instruction into existing classroom structures. Researchers found a positive correlation with increased test scores, but little else to show that Khan Academy tools …

Entrepreneurial activity in the field of education technology (commonly referred to as ‘edtech’) is picking up, so we decided to shed some light on 15 European startups that are tackling this space.

http://tech.eu/features/2956/european-edtech-mooc-startups/

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The days of overly long, bored-to-tears lectures are drawing to an overdue end. There are so many tools and techniques at our disposal to make learning more active and encourage more student participation and ownership of learning.

http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/10/5-ways-not-to-teach-like-a-dinosaur/

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In a nutshell, teachers who use brain-based techniques do their “neuroscientist” hats and focus on creating experiences that cater to the inner workings of their students’ brains. The result: better learning experiences and better retention.

http://www.edudemic.com/brain-based-learning-techniques-classroom/

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Here’s a brief look at how a few of the web’s biggest user-driven platforms suggest getting in contact with them so you can gain control of a deceased loved one’s account or have shut it down completely.

http://webtrends.about.com/od/Social-Media-Evolution/fl/What-Happens-to-Your-Online-Accounts-When-You-Die.htm

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The internet powerhouses are using their billions to challenge in sectors far removed from their original business models.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/02/google-and-facebook-voracious-giants-that-can-create-our-future

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We took a hacker to a café and, in 20 minutes, he knew where everyone else was born, what schools they attended, and the last five things they googled.

https://medium.com/matter/heres-why-public-wifi-is-a-public-health-hazard-dd5b8dcb55e6

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Are you looking for ways to integration technology in your lesson plans and courses that provide for an engaging experience for you and your students?  With that in mind, here are 10 highly engaging uses of technology in the classroom, …

A list of Ten Hottest Disruptive Technologies in Higher Education from the latest EDUCAUSE conference.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vala-afshar/10-hottest-technologies-i_b_6089740.html

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A list of 21 of the more interesting (and academic-focused) presentations so that you can have a look-see. You can use them in your classroom for their content, or use them as models for students to see what’s possible.

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/21-creative-digital-essays-that-you-can-use-in-your-classroom/…

Can technology improve the way we learn and think? Google’s head of research argues we’re headed into a new era of education.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141022-are-we-getting-smarter

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