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No matter how clever its functionality, a smart device is a tool like any other, and has to be applied and used skilfully to do the job well.

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/how-to-make-technology-a-successful-partner-in-teaching-22-aug-2014

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Learning coding is becoming a necessary skill that kids needs to master in order to thrive in tomorrow’s job market.  To this end, I am sharing with you this list of excellent resources to help students learn about the 10 …

See how a teacher is flipping her classroom using VideoScribe, a web-based platform that allows you to create your own whiteboard-style animations with no design or technical know-how.

http://www.sparkol.com/blog/award-winning-teacher-flips-her-classroom-with-videoscribe/

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Google Hangouts can be a great tool for teachers to enhance their classes. Here are four ways that teachers can use Google Hangouts to improve their teaching practices.

http://www.edudemic.com/4-ways-enhance-class-google-hangouts/

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Trello is an amazingly simple and visual tool for tracking tasks and managing people and projects. Used by companies such as Google, Microsoft, Adobe and The New York Times, the free Web and Mobile App digitizes the concept of cards …

Otus is a free online learning environment that was originally designed to be a service for teachers to distribute assignments, quizzes, polls, reading materials, and essential information from their iPads to their students’ iPads. Otus has expanded to support use …

Student-centered learning is a process of learning that puts the needs of the students over the conveniences of planning, policy, and procedure. Here are 4 principles of student-centered learning to consider as you design curriculum and instruction.

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/4-principles-student-centered-learning/

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Here are 40 maps that will help you better understand the internet — where it came from, how it works, and how it’s used by people around the world.

http://www.vox.com/a/internet-maps

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Geddit is a free, web based student response system, available on any device, that allows teachers to quickly gauge student understanding. Students use the app and indicate their level of understanding on a 1-5 scale. This formative assessment lets teachers …

Tagul is a web service that allows you to create gorgeous word clouds.

http://tagul.com/

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Below we’ve compiled a list of extremely useful social media feed aggregators where you can view all your social feeds in one place. It means that you can check out all your status updates from Facebook, tweets on Twitter, posts …

Google Classroom provides a viable option that strikes a balance – blending tight integration with Google Drive, an intuitive interface and advanced features that experienced Google Drive users are looking for.

http://www.edudemic.com/introduction-google-classroom/…