We already know where the @ symbol came from, but what about every other strange glyph that appears across our gadgets and user interfaces?
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Slidebean: The simplest way to create beautiful presentation
The presentation software is hosted, so nothing to download. You can simply take an article and break it down into bite-sized chunks of information to quickly create a presentation There’s quality slide templates which have a nice, clean look.
5 Reasons Educators Should Use Google Plus
Google+ is the fastest growing social network, and offers some great ways to connect and learn with other educators that you cannot find on other platforms. If you are not using Google+, you are missing out on some great features, …
How to Set Up Your Own Online Classroom in 3 Easy Steps
Online classrooms help educators and their classrooms connect with one another in a way that enriches learning for everyone – despite geographical distances, and despite traditional learning boundaries. In three steps, you can set up your own online classroom quickly …
Analytics ‘helps engage students’
Universities have always tracked data through the analysis of grades. The trouble is by the time the student has taken the exam and received the grade it is too late to utilise the data and make an intervention if they …
Presentation of the Week: Preparing for the Impact of Web 3.0
Dave Cormier on How to Build Learning Communities
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What is the World Wide Web? And How Does It Work? – Two Good Explanations
Even though they use it everyday many of our students don’t understand how the World Wide Web works. A recently released TED-Ed lesson tackles the topic of how the Web works. In What is the World Wide Web? students can …
Flipped Classroom Certification for Teachers
Put the pencils down and transform your classroom environment with our Flipped Classroom Certification. Once you’ve finished the program, you’ll get an official certification certificate, and the knowledge that you’re taking your teaching game to a whole new level.
Within Reach: 6 Education Trends Driving Classroom Technology
Report sheds light on trends that are reshaping teachers’ roles, providing a glimpse into the classroom of the future.
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ZipGrade: Grade From Your Phone
Grading is still one of the most time-intensive processes for teachers. However, grading just got a lot easier. We had the chance to ask John Viebach about his company, ZipGrade, and how it makes teachers’ lives easier.
http://www.techfaster.com/zipgrade-interview/
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You Can Grab Software That Helped Pixar Make Wall-E For Free Soon
If you’re an aspiring animator, this might be the best news you’ll hear this month: Pixar is giving away—that’s right, giving away—a version of RenderMan, its in-house rendering software. Gratis. No catch. You’ll be able to download the program some …
Edcite: A Web Platform for Teachers to Create Assessments and Assignments
Edcite provides educators with a web-based platform to design interactive assignments, all while complying with Common Core Standards. We had a chance to ask Julia Sweeney, a member of the Edcite team, a few questions about their platform.
http://www.techfaster.com/edtech-edcite/
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3 Edtech Tools You Can Use To Gamify Your Classroom
Here are three game-based classroom solutions that can help transform your classroom into a dynamic learning environment. All three tools are completely free. Each platform is particularly strong in specific areas, therefore, depending on their needs, teachers can utilize one …
The Power of Student Data and Who Owns It
By now, it isn’t much of a secret that education is at the top of the data mining industry. While ominous data grubbers like Google and Facebook were called out on their greedy data hoarding, edtech companies came in through …