Most of us know you should read something out loud when proofreading, but we may miss critical errors. We insert words we think are there, but aren’t, because we wrote it. Using the text-to-speech function on your device will help …
What the best education systems are doing right
South Korea and Finland are hailed internationally for their extremely high educational outcomes. What can other countries learn from these two successful, but diametrically opposed, educational models? Here’s an overview of what South Korea and Finland are doing right.
http://ideas.ted.com/2014/09/04/what-the-best-education-systems-are-doing-right/…
5 Myths of Online Student Privacy
Here are five common myths about student online privacy that cause more harm than good.
http://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=141
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Audio Extractor – Extract sound from video online
Online Audio Extractor is a handy software for audio extracting. It can help you to extract sound streams from your favorite videos and save them as OGG, MP3, Wave or FLAC files.
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How You Could Make Your Own Google Maps Using A Drone
Imagine sending a drone to take pictures above your neighborhood, then compiling those photos into an extremely high-resolution, local map. A new piece of software, combined with improved drone technology, means this kind of arrangement is already cheaper than you …
Presentation of the Wek: Introduction to Data Visualization
5 Crazy Ways Social Media Is Changing Your Brain Right Now
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How to Integrate Tech When It Keeps Changing
How do you coordinate knowledge, instructional practices, and technologies in order to positively influence academic achievement?
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/integrate-tech-keeps-changing-todd-finley
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Pixlr, a Great Online Photo Editor, Is Now Free on the Desktop
If you haven’t tried out Autodesk’s fabulous Pixlr, a capable photo editor in the browser, you should. It’s good. And now, it’s available as a free desktop program for Mac and Windows.
http://gizmodo.com/so-long-photoshop-pixlr-is-finally-available-on-the-d-1628360391
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Bookless library opened by new US university
Florida Polytechnic University’s enormous facility promises to make many more books available for the students’ in digital form.
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Dropbox Pro Gives Subscribers 1TB of Storage as Cloud Wars Heat Up
The company’s new pricing matches similar moves by Google and Microsoft and makes Dropbox Pro one of the cheapest ways to get a terabyte of storage, though still more expensive than Microsoft OneDrive for Business.
http://mashable.com/2014/08/27/dropbox-pro-1-terabyte/
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10 great obscure Google tricks for school, life
Google’s products are widespread, so knowing all of them are next to impossible. Here are 10 you might not know that can help your classroom or life.
http://ditchthattextbook.com/2014/09/01/10-great-obscure-google-tricks-for-school-life/
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Educator’s Guide to LiveBinders
LiveBinder is your digital binder for all of your online content and learning. The aim of this article is to provide all the information you need to learn how to use Livebinder effectively for yourself and with your students.
Cloud Storage Showdown: Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud and More Compared
Cloud storage bigwig Dropbox just slashed the price of its plans, offering 1TB of storage for $10 per month. And it’s not alone. Over the last year, most of the major players have been cutting prices and upping sizes. So …
Readers absorb less on Kindles than on paper, study finds
Research suggests that recall of plot after using an e-reader is poorer than with traditional books.
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