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Alternative credentials can be valuable to a hiring manager who is looking closely at a small pool of candidates. Anybody can write on a résumé that he or she knows the programming language HTML5.  Faking an HTML5 badge from the …

A great list of apps and tech tools that are organized based on the task you want students to accomplish.

http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.sg/2014/04/great-list-of-app-based-on-task-you.html

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Here are all the Twitter tools we’ve found helpful and many more that we’re excited to try.

https://blog.bufferapp.com/free-twitter-tools

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New technology has had a big impact on life at university, but students and institutions alike should be sure to take full advantage of what’s out there.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/student-life/11256382/How-technology-has-changed-student-life.html

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Creating charts and infographics can be time-consuming. But these tools make it easier.

http://www.creativebloq.com/design-tools/data-visualization-712402

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Not all students need the same thing at the same time. It implies choice, multiple pathways to learning, many ways to demonstrate competency and resists the notion that all students learn the same way.

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/11/step-by-step-designing-personalized-learning-experiences-for-students/…

Where can you find free, good quality images that are cleared to use for your blog posts or social media content? In this post, we’ll break down more than 50 different sources and tools for visual content.

https://blog.bufferapp.com/free-image-sources-list

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In the age of the split-second Google search, it’s more critical than ever to train students to distinguish between primary and secondary sources.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/11/24/google-like-pro-678/

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Below is an infographic looking at Google Apps within the SAMR (Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition) framework.

http://googleappsaction.com/?p=51…

He talks how data is providing opportunities that teachers and educators can’t, why his latest ‘new-look’ MOOC has its critics and where he sees e-learning headed in the future.

http://www.online-educa.com/OEB_Newsportal/george-siemens-moocs-elearning-online-educa-berlin/

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Should we allow digital devices in the classroom? Now that they’re here, how can we prevent digital devices from becoming a distraction?” Let’s take a look.

http://www.edudemic.com/7-ways-deal-digital-distractions/

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The tip is about adding subtitles to videos in Google Drive.This time it is not an extension or third party tool to add to your Drive but simply a short text file that you will have to tweak a bit …