When you are expecting dozens, or even hundreds, of responses in your Google Forms, it is always a good idea to have some rules in place and respondents data should be matched against these rules even before they submit the …
How to Build a Successful School Technology Program
Technology is a catalyst. Certainly, it has the potential to make good instruction better, but it can quickly make bad instruction even worse. As any good technology director, curriculum director, or superintendent can tell you, instruction begins and ends with …
Best Education-Related Videos of 2014
They all, in some way, address the mind, heart, and spirit of education. Each touched me in some way to help illuminate the purpose and core of education.
http://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2014/12/18/best-education-related-videos-of-2014/
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Presentation of the Week: Future Of Learning And Technology 2020: Preparing For Change
Creative problem-solving in the face of extreme limits
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Google to revamp its products with 12-and-younger focus
Beginning next year the tech giant plans to create specific versions of its most popular products for those 12 and younger. The most likely candidates are those that are already popular with a broad age group, such as search, YouTube …
A Great iPad App to Turn Physical Notes into Digital Notes
Post-it Plus is a great iPad app that you can use to digitize your physical sticky notes. The way it works is pretty simple: install the app in your iPad and then use it to snap an image of the …
Microsoft’s presentation app Sway gets Bing Image Search to help find content and offer suggestions
Microsoft has integrated Bing Image Search into its Office presentation app Sway. The addition not only lets you search for images and add them to your Sways without leaving the app, but it also improves the app’s Suggested Source feature.…
HSTRY – Create Multimedia Timelines in an Online Classroom
HSTRY is a multimedia timeline creation tool that will work on your laptop, Chromebook, iPad, or tablet.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/12/hstry-create-multimedia-timelines-in.html…
Gmail now lets you edit Microsoft Office documents from your inbox
Google has added a new feature to Gmail inboxes that allows users to edit Microsoft Office documents sent as email attachments.
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Moving Beyond the Textbook
There are a lot of misconceptions around the transition from textbooks into the world of digital content delivery. The biggest mistake schools can make is simply changing out one medium of delivery for another without ever assessing or changing the …
What Students Do (And Don’t Do) In Khan Academy
This brief analysis has revealed that Khan Academy students are doing two primary kinds of work (analysis and calculating) and they’re expressing that work in two primary ways (as multiple-choice responses and as numbers).
http://blog.mrmeyer.com/2014/what-students-do-and-dont-do-in-khan-academy/
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16 new provost-funded courses to ‘flip’ classrooms with technology
“We can assess, for instance, in some of the courses, the right length of video that will have maximum impact for a specific course or discipline.”
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Evernote gets lots of upgrades and new features
Evernote has gotten some great new updates recently. It is especially powerful for teachers, students and administrators – lesson plans, lesson resources, lesson materials, class notes, notes on students, class work, schedules, teacher evals, etc. All in one place, accessible …
A Good Visual On Bloom’s Taxonomy Vs Depth of Knowledge
Bloom’s taxonomy and Depth of Knowledge are two popular conceptual learning frameworks. They both approach the learning process from relatively different stands:Bloom’s taxonomy seem to emphasize the categorization of tasks in a way that corresponds with students thinking levels. Depth …