The ability to overlay digital content and information onto the real world, using triggers like images and locations opens up a world of rich learning opportunities. Students are using Augmented Reality to make their artworks interactive, solve complex mathematical problems, …
Populr.me: Create a page for anything in 5 minutes
Create web pages you can assemble as easily as powerpoint slides. With Populr, you don’t need a programmer or designer to make an impact on the web.
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The Classroom of the Future: Student-Centered or Device-Centered?
Are digital devices becoming central to the classroom—and coming to dominate the way we teach and learn? And how will this serve our students?
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2014/04/the_classroom_of_the_future_st.html
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How to choose the right iOS app for your note taking needs
With so many note apps in the app store it is hard to pick the right one. Making the correct choice depends on what you are looking for as the best note apps have features all their own.
http://gigaom.com/2014/03/29/how-to-choose-the-right-ios-app-for-your-note-taking-needs/
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Does distance education socialize students? A study from Québec
The Canadian francophone distance education network (REFAD) has published a very interesting research paper on socialization and distance education in francophone Canada. The report is in French.
http://www.refad.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Guide_sur_la_socialisation_en_FAD.pdf
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The Three-Step Strategy to Study Hard Without Burning Out
In this article, I’m going to share the strategy I used both when tackling the roughly four-fold pace of the MIT Challenge and currently, learning to speak Chinese over three months. What makes this strategy powerful is that it is …
Teach teachers how to create magic
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Presentation of the Week: Digital Age Learning – The Changing Face of Digital Learning
What Teachers Need to Know About ‘Networked’ Teens
The new book “It’s Complicated: the Social Lives of Networked Teens” takes a straightforward and evidence-based look at how kids “these days” communicate with each other and the world around them. And the book is structured to address the most …
10 Free, Open-Source Replacements for Commercial Tools
This is an overview providing 10 Linux open-source replacements for various commercial power tools, most of them available only on Windows.
http://www.tuxarena.com/2014/03/10-free-open-source-replacements-for-commercial-tools/
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Dukto Offers Cross-Platform, Drag-And-Drop File Sharing
Drag and drop a file; send it to the desktop of another computer on your network. Dukto makes local file sharing simple, regardless of operating system.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/share-local-files-just-clicks-regardless-os/
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This is How to Automatically Grade Quizzes Using Google Forms
Flubaroo is a free tool that helps you quickly grade assignments and email grading reports to your students.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/03/this-is-how-to-automatically-grade.html…
24 Useful Tricks for the iPhone And iPad Most People Don’t Know
Check out the following 24 tricks for the iPhone and iPad that you may not know, and let me know which one blows your mind.
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How to Get Started With Microsoft Office On iPad
Now that Microsoft Office is available on the iPad, it’s a runaway hit: The three apps in the mobile productivity suite are sitting solidly at the very top ranks of Apple’s App Store.
Here’s how to get started.
http://readwrite.com/2014/03/29/get-started-microsoft-office-on-ipad-word-excel-powerpoint
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Stanford Scientists Put Free Text-Analysis Tool on the Web
Ever wondered whether a certain TV show had a slant in favor of a political candidate?
Stanford computer scientists have created a website that gives anyone who can cut and paste the ability to answer such questions, systematically and for …