What do you get if you combine WiFi technology with SD card storage? You get a wireless SD card, obviously. But what benefit does that actually offer, and if you’re in the market for one then what should you be …
Strategies for using Moodle to Increase Learner Engagement
The hour long webinar covers modules, tips, tricks and suggestions to help your Moodle course become more engaging for learners of all ages.
63 Things Every Student Should Know In A Digital World
In an increasingly connected and digital world, the things a student needs to know are indeed changing. Technology is again changing the kind of “stuff” a student needs to know. Of course, these are just starters. Such a list really …
New App Turns a PC Into a Calling, Texting Virtual Phone
It links your smartphone to a PC or Mac via a website. And, using that website, you can send and receive standard texts with phones, regardless of what cellular network they are on, what operating system they use, or whether …
Here Are All The Sites You Should Enable Two Factor Authentication On
Two-factor authentication is one of the easiest ways you can dramatically boost security on your online accounts. But which sites actually support it? Fortunately, a new, community-driven list keeps a running list of all the big sites that have some …
Presentation of the Week: Understanding Digital Citizenship & Identity
E-Learning Conversations: Where Pedagogy and Technology Collide
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Kunerango Is An Edtech Toolset For Individuals To Sell Online Courses
Kunerango is a platform for instructors to create branded online schools where they can sell courses, reckons there’s room for not-so-massive alternatives.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/05/kunerango/
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11 Tips For Students To Manage Their Digital Footprin
If you’ve scratched your head over suggestions to manage your “digital footprint,” you aren’t the only one. A surprisingly large percentage of people have never even heard the phrase. We’ll talk about ways you can help students understand and manage …
10 URLs That Every Google User Should Know
Where can you get a list of every ad that you have clicked on Google? Where should you go if you don’t remember your administrator password? What are your interests as determined by Google? Here are 10 important links that …
Google Hangouts Guide for Teachers
Google Hangouts is Google’s free video-conferencing a. It’s a great way to connect your classroom with other classrooms anywhere in the world. This site will provide teachers with step-by-step directions how to get started on Hangouts.
https://sites.google.com/a/lsr7.net/hangoutsforteachers/
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$2,400 “Introduction to Linux” course will be free and online this summer
Earlier this week, The Linux Foundation announced that it would be working with edX, a non-profit online learning site governed by Harvard and MIT, to make its “Introduction to Linux” course free and open to all.
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Social Media for Teachers: Guides, Resources and Ideas
To help teachers navigate this ever-changing landscape of social media tools, here are some of the best guides on the web for four popular networks — Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/social-media-resources-educators-matt-davis
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7 Innovators of Edtech to Watch: SXSWedu 2014
SXSWedu is unlike any educational technology conference I’ve ever attended. There is no warehouse of booths at its core but a full schedule of lectures and discussions set amid a whirlwind of networking events. While some found the sessions lacking, …
How Much Money Can You Make Off YouTube
YouTube offers a Partner Program to help you easily monetize your videos on YouTube. Once you are accepted into the program, upload a video “that you have created” on to YouTube, enable advertising for that video and wait for the …