Here are three dead-simple ways to control your home computer from anywhere—your laptop, phone, or even a friend’s computer—as though you were sitting directly in front of it.
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7 Creative Apps That Allow Students To Show What They Know
While there are so many iPad apps that deliver content, one of the best uses for technology in education is to make something with what you’re learning.
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/7-creative-apps-that-allow-students-to-show-what-they-know/
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50 Reasons It’s Time For Smartphones In Every Classroom
There are many ways to use a smartphone in the classroom, but it continues to be a touchy subject. See 50 reasons that show it’s time to start embracing them into our classrooms.
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/50-reasons-smartphones-belong-classroom/
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How Google Is Changing Your Memory
Technology has brought more information to our fingertips, but does it also make us forget things more easily? The handy infographic below takes a look at how Google and its tools have changed how we find and retain information.
Top 100 Apps of the Year
The app explosion continued through 2013, with digital storytelling and math being some of the most popular topics covered.
http://www.techlearning.com/magazine/0007/top-100-apps-of-the-year/54558
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50 Education Technology Tools Every Teacher Should Know About
You want some great ed tech tools to use in your classroom? You got em’—50, to be exact! This article written by the folks from Edudemic features an extensive list of some of the most awesome technological tools you can …
Presentation of the Week: 20 Warning Signs That you are Falling Behind the Times with Technology as a Teacher
Anant Agarwal: Why massively open online courses (still) matter
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How to Create MP3 Files from Wikipedia Articles
If you travel a lot, you may want to listen to Wikipedia articles. Pediaphon provides a way to do this.
http://www.howtogeek.com/178730/how-to-create-mp3-files-from-wikipedia-articles/…
How 3D Printing Can Really Be Incorporated into Schools
3D printing really does sound more like a plot point in a science fiction film than an implementable educational tool, but it’s swiftly becoming an accessible option to educators everywhere.
http://www.avatargeneration.com/2014/01/how-3d-printing-can-really-be-incorporated-into-schools/…
10 Best Tools for Teachers and Students to Use in 2014
I’ve chosen some of the most useful tools to present in this list, which will hopefully be implemented in the teaching techniques of an increased number of educators during this year.
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/10-best-tools-for-teachers-and-students-use-2014.html
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NSA’s Top Secret Technology can Tap/Infect Computers Even When not Connected to the Internet
The NSA has used secret technology to input and alter data in computers even if they are not connected to the Internet, according to NSA documents provided by Edward Snowden, computer experts, and American officials.
98 Free Online Courses For February 2014
Whether you’re interested in an accounting degree course, a course on Buddhism and Modern Psychology,something more artistic–maybe comic books?–there is great diversity here.
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/free-online-courses-january-2014/
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7 Great Examples of Simple But Effective Content Curation Services on the Web
Finding great content isn’t getting any easier. Search engines do what they can, but for many of us they’re not always adequate. And that’s where curation comes in.
http://www.instigatorblog.com/curation-of-the-web/2014/01/10/
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TED Introduces TED-Ed Clubs to Get Kids Talking About Big Ideas
TED recently introduced a new initiative called TED-Ed Clubs. TED-Ed Clubs provide a framework for getting students together on a regular basis to talk about their big ideas.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/01/ted-introduces-ted-ed-clubs-to-get-kids.htm…