What kind of awesome free tools are available, you ask? Good question! Here is a handy roundup of the various tools along with a great introductory video that explains what Google Search Education is all about and how it helps …
8 Steps for Students to Remove Their Digital Footprints
Students need to know that whatever they do or create online leaves behind a trail or digital breadcrumbs that others can trace. This “others” can be anyone from prospective employers, to college admission boards, anything you do online should be …
Frequently Overlooked Google Search Tools and Strategies
Here is a list of accessible search tools and strategies that students often overlook.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/09/frequently-overlooked-google-search.html
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Google Drive for Education: The 21st century backpack for students
Google has just announced Drive for Education, an infinitely large, ultra-secure and entirely free bookbag for the 21st century.
http://googleforeducation.blogspot.ca/2014/09/announcing-drive-for-education-21st.html
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Online Learning is Just as Effective as Traditional Education, According to a New MIT Study
Massive open online courses are not only effective, researchers have discovered, they are as effective as what’s being traditionally taught in the classroom — regardless of how prepared or in the know students are.
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The Top 5 Blended And Flipped Classroom Tools
Blended and Flipped Classrooms can give students more control over their learning path. Technology plays an important role in blending the classrooms. User-friendly technology ensures that the student has more control over the time, place and pace of the curriculum. …
What’s next in 3D printing
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Presentation of the Week: The Future of Wikipedia in Education
5 Inspiring TED Talks for Teachers
These short, powerful talks are considered one of today’s most popular places to expand one’s learning on the Web, and fortunately for us, the majority of their topics are focused on education and technology – two of our favorite things! …
DocExplore: Generate presentations that you can easily put on the web
DocExplore is a free, open-source, cross-platform software suite enabling anyone to create rich interactive digital books.
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My Three Weeks With Google Classroom
Google Classroom is the latest addition to Google’s popular apps for education, and like anything new, there’s a learning curve that must be conquered, but persistence usually pays off.
http://thepluggedinportable.com/2014/09/22/my-three-weeks-with-google-classroom/
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Bloom’s ‘Digital’ Taxonomy – Printable Reference Table
The below overview shows the progression of Bloom’s Taxonomy, how each thinking skill applies in practice, and examples of activities using digital tools.
https://www.fractuslearning.com/2014/08/18/blooms-digital-taxonomy-overview/
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The power of YouTube in the classroom
YouTube brings the power of video and audio to your classroom and for those of you worried about the videos and comments, there are lots of ways to make the videos safer.
http://ictevangelist.com/power-youtube-classroom/
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Learn Principles of Ed Tech and Game Design with EdX online MOOC
In early October, the team at MIT will kick off a series of Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on EdTech and Game Design. Two of the four courses in the series are now open for registration: Design and Development of …
5 Tools for Helping Students Find Creative Commons Images
To help students (and teachers) navigate and understand the often confusing space that is digital copyright, here are five tools that we recommend using to to search, reference, attribute and download Creative Commons images.
https://www.fractuslearning.com/2014/09/22/students-find-creative-commons-images/
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