How does the pedagogy need to adapt to seize the moment and equip our students for success in this world? The journey is underway. Access to certain technology through which learning can be enhanced, means students can be interactive; enquiring, …
How to Setup a Google Hangout On Air
Learn how to create a Google Hangout and communicate with your students in real time!
http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2015/03/01/how-to-setup-a-google-hangout-on-air-march-2015/
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Creating Dynamic Lessons using Microsoft Office Mix
Office Mix is a free add-in for PowerPoint that lets you use PowerPoint to create and share interactive web videos. It’s an easy way for teachers to turn their existing PowerPoint lessons into flipped and blending learning resources. With Office …
10 Free Resources for Flipping Your Classroom
The following 10 amazing (and free!) resources will further ensure your flipped classroom is as successful as can possibly be.
http://www.edudemic.com/10-resources-for-flipped-classroom/
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Two Powerful Google Drive Tools for Signing Your Docs and PDFs
We believe these are among the best Chrome tools teachers can use to electronically sign their documents. Both of these apps are integrated with Google Drive so you can work seamlessly on the files hosted there.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/03/two-powerful-google-drive-tools-for-signing-docs.html
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How Teachers Will Change the Future of Tech
We often write about how technology can help teachers, but sometimes it’s useful to take a step back and consider how teachers influence technology. A tech-savvy nation starts with tech-savvy teachers.
http://www.edudemic.com/teachers-will-change-the-future-of-tech/
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14 Virtual Tools for the Math Classroom
Here are some apps for iPads — along with a few other tips — that can transform your daily lessons and are definitely worth checking out!
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/11-virtual-tools-math-classroom-monica-burns
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The problem with “trickle-down techonomics”
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Presentation of the Week: Get Them Learning with Digital Icebreakers
16 Startups Poised to Disrupt the Education Market
Colleges and universities are facing new competition for customers–students and their parents–from startups delivering similar goods (knowledge, credentials, prestige) more affordably and efficiently. Here’s a rundown of some of those startups.
http://www.inc.com/ilan-mochari/16-startups-that-will-disrupt-the-education-market.html…
A Very Good Google Doc App for Helping Students with Their Learning
Texthelp Study Skills is a very good Google Doc add-on. Students can use it to help them with their studies. It allows them to select, highlight, and group content for review and learning.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/02/a-very-good-google-doc-app-for-helping.html
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An Easy and Quick Way to Grade Quizzes on Google Drive Using Super Quiz Tool
Super Quiz is an excellent Google Sheets add-on that allows teachers to add some amazing functionalities to the quizzes they create through Google Forms.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/02/easy-way-to-grade-quizzes-using-super-quiz-tool.html
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5 Browser-based Tools for Creating Audio Recordings – Videos on How to Use Them
Creating short, unedited audio recordings is a good way for students to record and share their reflections on things that they have learned and observed in your classroom. The following five tools can all be used for creating and sharing …
What Millennials Want from Work, Charted Across the World
As more Millennials assume leadership positions around the world, organizations are becoming increasingly concerned with how to ensure their success. However, most existing research on those born between the early ‘80s and late ‘90s is skewed toward understanding what a …
The First Books From Amazon’s Crowdsourced Publishing Platform Arrive March 3
Amazon has been using reader feedback to find and publish new titles via Kindle Press, using the Kindle Scout program it introduced back in October of last year. The Scout platform uses votes from readers to select what books get …