They range in purpose but are altogether a solid bunch of characters you should consider trying out and perhaps adding to your personal or classroom computer. Best of all, they’re free and all are pretty popular so they’re well maintained …
Skype’s Group Video Calls Now Free for Everyone
Skype’s group video call feature is now free for all users. The company introduced group video calls in 2010, supporting group video chats for up to 10 users at once. The feature was free for a few months during a …
8 Technologies That Will Shape Future Classrooms
Let us speculate on how these 8 up-and-coming technologies could potentially change education for the better.
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/future-classroom-technologies/
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5 Bad Technology Habits Teachers Can Fall Into
Here are a few bad tech habits many well-meaning teachers succumb to in the classroom (and how to avoid them).
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/5-bad-technology-habits-teachers-can-fall/
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5 Ways to Run Windows Software on a Mac
Macs have a thriving ecosystem of software, but some programs still only support Windows. Whether you want to use business software or play Windows PC games, there are many ways to run Windows programs on your Mac.
http://www.howtogeek.com/187359/5-ways-to-run-windows-software-on-a-mac/…
Gamify Learning: 20+ Resources
When we play video games we learn, build, collaborate, problem-solve, explore, discover, and achieve goals. We also are deemed heroes or champions for investing so much time playing. What if learning were more like playing a video game?
OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice: What’s the Difference and Which Should You Use?
OpenOffice.org was once the open-source office suite of choice, but it fractured into two separate projects — Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice. But what’s the real difference, and which is the best one?
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Presentation of the Week: Creative Commons V4.0 for Education
The best computer interface? Maybe … your hands
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10 Must Have Google Chrome Extensions
Chrome Extensions are little add ons to your Chrome Browser. Here are 10 that I learned about and have fallen in love with!
http://nesloneyflipped.blogspot.ca/2014/03/10-must-have-google-chrome-extensions.html…
15 Apps You Should Try with Your Students
This list contains only apps I have not included in similar previous lists. Also, because of the increasing number of requests I get from you concerning Android apps , I decided to include links to the Android versions of those …
How some colleges are offering free textbooks
Recent surveys by the National Association of College Stores suggest annual student spending on course materials is decreasing with the emergence of alternatives to retail, from textbook sharing and rentals to e-books and online resources.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/18/living/open-textbooks-online-education-resources/index.html
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Flipping the Flipped Classroom
Two of the hot topics in education in the last few years have been Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC’s) and the flipped classroom. I’ve been experimenting with both of them. Here’s the story of what we tried and what we …
Are Existing Tech Tools Effective for Teachers and Students?
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation just released a report detailing the results of 3,100 teacher surveys and 1,250 student surveys on the kinds of digital instruction tools that are useful and effective.
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/04/are-existing-tech-tools-effective-for-teachers-and-students/
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Where will teachers be in the classroom of the future?
It is their frustration, skepticism, enthusiasm and willingness to embrace new ways of learning that will help us all better understand the digital revolution that has arrived in some classrooms – and is bypassing others.
http://hechingerreport.org/content/will-teachers-classroom-future_15639/
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