We take a look at the six “key trends” picked out in theNMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition.
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How To Create A Custom Search Engine For Your Students
Below is an overview of the steps, from naming the search engine and choosing the sites you’d like students to select from, to customizing search features and sharing the link with students.
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/how-to-create-a-custom-search-engine-for-your-students/
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5 Web Tools to Add Comments and Questions to Educational Videos
If you are looking for web tools to create video lessons or platforms to help you flip your classroom , the tools below are probably what you need. These are the tools I have already covered in separate posts here …
The Complete Guide to Solid-State Drives
Adding a solid-state drive (SSD) to your computer is simply the best upgrade at your disposal, capable of speeding up your computer in ways you hadn’t thought possible. But as with any new technology, there’s plenty to learn. Here’s everything …
13 Gotta-Have iPad Presentation Tools
13 Gotta-Have iPad Presentation Tools
This list includes some of my favorite ways to use the iPad for student (and teacher) presentations. Whether you decide to have students make their own Tellagamis or try using SlideShare for PowerPoint inspiration, these …
10 Useful Web Tools for Creating Online Quizzes and Polls
A great compilation of web tools for creating online quizzes.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/02/10-useful-web-tools-for-creating-online.html
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6 Powerful Tools Teachers And Students Should Try Out
New tools that help improve the learning environment are being released regularly, and while some of them are really good, there are others that don’t quite make the cut. In this article, we are focusing on tools that are of …
What is Bitcoin and How it Works?
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Presentation of the Week: 14 E-Learning statistics you need to know for 2014
How to Share Your iPad Screen on Your PC, MAC, Projector or TV
There are actually several tools that you can use to mirror your iPad screen to your computer or projector, but from my own expeirence using iPad screen mirroring in my presentations in university, I find AirServer to be the best.…
29 Teacher Tools for Leveraging Technology
Here are some of the mobile tools, both old and new, on the market that can help teachers share educational resources and access school-related data directly from their smart phones or tablets.
http://teacherswithapps.com/blog-29-teacher-tools-for-leveraging-technology/
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How To Use Evernote To Manage Your Meetings
Did you know that the latest tools provided by Evernote make it a very useful application for managing meetings? The latest features for adding to-do lists, creating tables, sharing notes and notebooks, and attaching documents makes Evernote an ideal tool …
Social Media 101: Is There a Place For Social Media in Classrooms?
Constructive uses of social media in education is becoming an integral (and one might venture inevitable) part of the learning experience. Here’s a look at how so, at every stage of the game.
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8 Education Tools That Are Going Away
For every tool added, one that has been a mainstay of education for decades must disappear. Here are eight that you should wave goodbye to because within the next ten years, they’ll be gone:
http://fluency21.com/blog/2014/02/09/8-education-tools-that-are-going-away/…
7 Ideas for Going Digital without Devices
Here are seven ideas for how you can go digital – even without devices. All of the examples below can be done with a single computer and a projector, either as a whole-class activity or in small groups!
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