A great resource for staying informed about trends in education and trends in technology.
30 Simple Ways To Connect With Students
Below you’ll find a list of nearly three dozen awesome and simple ways to connect with students. From simply getting to know them, to listening to a student’s body language, to actually connecting with the world, there’s a lot of …
Flipping the Class with Explain Everything & Google Drive
If you are considering using iPads to create flipped videos, there are many tools. One of them is Explain Everything.
http://jonbergmann.com/flipping-the-class-with-explain-everything-google-drive/
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30 Incredible Ways Technology Will Change Education By 2028
What happens to technology in the next 15 years may not simply impact learning in a typical cause-effect relationship. Rather, it might be the case that one absorbs the other, where information access, socializing ideas, and creative collaboration may be …
14 Teacher-Recommended Classroom Management Apps
They aren’t a panacea and technology can only go so far, but having these tools in your arsenal will keep you better equipped. Included are popular tools like ClassDojo, noise monitors like Too Noisy, screen time managers like Screen Time, …
10 Specific Examples Of Emerging Educational Technologies
For over a decade, the New Media Consortium (NMC) has been charting the landscape of emerging technologies in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry on a global scale.
Here is a little inspiration from the people who are doing it right.…
Facebook Guide For Educators (PDF)
The guide is aimed at educators working with young people within schools, colleges, universities, work based learning, formal and informal learning settings.
http://www.ednfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/Facebookguideforeducators.pdf…
Master’s Degree Is New Frontier of Study Online
Next January, the Georgia Institute of Technology plans to offer a master’s degree in computer science through massive open online courses (MOOCs) for a fraction of the on-campus cost, a first for an elite institution. If it even approaches its …
How Google Glass Can Be Used in Education [Infographic]
Wearable technology refers to devices that can be worn by users, taking the form of an accessory such as jewelry, sunglasses, a backpack, or even actual items of clothing such as shoes or a jacket. The benefit of wearable technology …
22 Simple Examples Of Social Media In The Classroom
The following infographic includes 22 simple examples of what social media in the classroom might look like, from socializing thinking and publishing student work, to connecting with communities and offering reminders for important academic events.
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/22-simple-examples-of-social-media-in-the-classroom/
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Dr. Zachary Walker, 5 Questions for Today’s Educators
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Presentation of the Week: 7.5 Tips for Becoming a Brainstorming Genius
100+ Tips for New Teachers and Good Reminders for Veteran Teachers
A compilation of very useful tips for new teachers put together into a Google Slides presentation.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/08/100-tips-for-new-teachers-and-good.html…
How to take great notes – and then find them again
Chuck out the box files, students. Just drag and drop your notes into folders online.
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/aug/08/digital-tools-to-share-and-organise-work
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How To Use Google Forms To Create Your Own Self-Grading Quiz
Google Forms are amazing tools, allowing you to do some really advanced tricks with forms as the front-end and spreadsheets at the heart. Today we’ll look at how to create a self-grading quiz using Google Forms.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-use-google-forms-to-create-your-own-self-grading-quiz/
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