Universal Design Learning is a framework for learning that includes all students. Below is a handy visual that sheds more light on the principle of Universal Design Learning and provides some resources to help teachers integrate UDL in their classrooms.…
Two-factor authentication: A good first step after Heartbleed
Yes, you should switch your passwords for services affected by the Heartbleed security vulnerability. But you can do better than that. Some of today’s most popular web services let users enable a two-step, or two-factor, sign-on process that can apply …
Reading is different online than off, experts say
Researchers are working to get a clearer sense of the differences between online and print reading — comprehension, for starters, seems better with paper — and are grappling with what these differences could mean for understanding difficult material at work …
How Google Has Changed Student Research
The handy infographic below takes a look at how Google has changed student research with a special focus on graduate students. Google is not only the most widely used search engine, but they’ve developed a lot of education specific research …
Best Free Data Recovery Tools for PC, Windows, Mac, OS X
Losing your files and other data can be very frustrating. To help you combat such situations, we have compiled a list of the best data recovery tools out there, which should help you recover anything you lost with ease.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-free-data-recovery-tools/…
5 Tools That Help Students Organize Research and Create Bibliographies
Organizing and writing a bibliography can feel like the most tedious part of writing a research paper. The following five tools can help students organize and create their bibliographies.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/04/5-tools-that-help-students-organize.html
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19 Tips, Tricks and Apps for Classroom Management
If anyone tells you that an iPad is just for playing Angry Birds, this list of teacher tools is sure to change their mind. Check out these tips, tricks and apps for classroom management!
http://classtechtips.com/2014/02/20/19-tips-tricks-and-apps-for-classroom-management/
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5 Tools For Teachers To Create And Publish Apps Of Their Own
For those who lack the time, knowledge, or incentive to write their own code, there are any number of app publishing resources available. The free ones are somewhat limited in the degree to which you can customize the apps you …
The curly fry conundrum: Why social media “likes” say more than you might think
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Presentation of the Week: Creative Visualizations of Bloom’s Taxonomies!
15 Best Google Drive Add-Ons for Education
Gogle Drive has enabled Google Add Ons and there are some that you and your students will want to enable right away. Others may appeal more to professional developers or those who work remotely.
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/best-google-drive-add-ons/
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Web Literacy Learning Pathways
A couple of months ago my extraordinarily productive and talented colleague, Laura Hilliger, created something epic: a huge spreadsheet of dependencies and next steps for the Web Literacy Map.
https://dajbelshaw.makes.org/thimble/LTc3NjY2NzEzNg==/web-literacy-learning-pathw…
How I Ditched My Laptop for an iPad with a Few Apps and Accessories
Tablet computers have become so powerful and practical that you can almost ditch your desktop and go iPad-only for day-to-day tasks, and with a few useful apps and accessories, you probably won’t miss lugging that computer around. Here’s how I …
What We Really Need To Know About Ed Tech
Tech isn’t the Point of EdTech, EdTech is about Learning, EdTech is Exciting. But for those who’ve heard and read it all before, here’s a completely different take on that headline.
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/04/what-we-really-need-to-know-about-ed-tech/
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5 Apps To Supercharge Your Classroom Productivity
These 5 apps all perform a slightly different functions, and when you combine them together they can supercharge your classroom productivity. They keep you updated on your to-dos and keep all of your ‘stuff’ in one place. You’ll waste less …