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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5 Reasons Why Great Edtech Products Don’t Succeed
As a former teacher and edtech sales and marketing consultant, I’ve been on both sides of the table. As I strategize with emerging edtech companies on their launches from the minds of creators into the hands of educators, I keep …
Talking QR Codes!
QR codes are such a fantastic resource for students – especially those who need a little extra support. QR voice is a free web tool that truly makes your QR codes start talking!
http://classtechtips.com/2014/04/23/talking-qr-codes/
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25+ Apps to Make your Everyday Life Easier
We asked the TED staff what apps they can’t live without. And beyond the classics—Instagram, Google Maps, Spotify, Uber, Seamless—we found some great apps that might help you too.
http://blog.ted.com/2014/09/19/25-apps-to-make-your-everyday-life-easier/
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New Google Docs Feature: Editing Student Documents Just Got Easier!
Now, any user with “can comment” access to a document can make suggested edits to the document. These suggestions are marked by a green bracketed box and a comment is automatically attached.
http://catlintucker.com/2014/09/new-google-docs-feature-editing-student-documents-just-got-easier/
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Big data is better data
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