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 …
How To Use The Google Research Tool
The Google Research Tool is a nifty little search bar that appears along the right-hand side of your document. When you first open it, it offers suggestions for things you might find useful based on what you are writing about.…
Google Docs Adds-Ons For Students: These 5 Will Help You Write A Paper
Word-processing for students has long been the domain of Microsoft Word. The recent release of add-ons is making Google Docs an appealing free option. The five add-ons we are about to meet have the potential to become quick favorites for …
Facebook Favorite For Chrome Is A Private Way To Save Posts For Later
Facebook itself only has “Like” and “Share” buttons, both of which publicly tell people what you think. But what if you want to save a post for later without broadcasting or endorsing it? Meet Facebook Favorite for Chrome.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/facebook-favorite-for-chrome-is-a-private-way-to-save-posts-for-later/
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Powerful Free Infographic Tools To Create Your Own Infographics
Infographics are everywhere, and we can’t get enough of them! By presenting information in a compact and creative format, infographics are able to quickly convey knowledge and engage its viewers. Below you will find a set of tools you can …
Could future devices read images from our brains?
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