Google has quietly been pursuing its marketplace ambitions under the auspices of a new platform that leverages its increasingly powerful cloud services to power live, real-time commerce.
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In Connectivism, No One Can Hear You Scream: a Guide to Understanding the MOOC Novice
This article is an attempt to address a possible gap in Connectivist thinking, and its expression in cMOOCs. It’s to do with the experience of technology novices, and unconfident learners in cMOOC environments.
http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/Journal/files/Guide_to_the_MOOC_Novice.html…
The Best Browser Extensions that Protect Your Privacy
There are a ton of browser extensions that promise to protect your privacy. In this guide, we’re going to look at the most popular browser extensions that promise to protect your privacy online, and give you our recommendations.
http://lifehacker.com/the-best-browser-extensions-that-protect-your-privacy-479408034…
Game-Based Learning: What it is, Why it Works, and Where it’s Going
The emerging truth: the same factors that make well-designed games highly motivating also make them ideal learning environments.
http://www.newmedia.org/game-based-learning–what-it-is-why-it-works-and-where-its-going.html
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The Facebook Guide for Teachers
How do I properly use Facebook in the classroom? What are the golden Facebook rules for teachers? How can as a teacher utilize Facebook in the classroom? These are some of the questions that you will be able to answer …
The 10-Minute Guide To Bloom’s Taxonomy
The aim of this video is to provide a 10-minute overview of the Taxonomy for all the 3 domains: Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor. The video is not aimed at scholars of educational psychology, but at professionals in the educational and …
10 Great Tutorials to Create Interactive eBooks Using iBook Author
The general process behind creating these interactive ebooks is pretty basic; however, there are certain features and tips teachers need to pay heed to in order to tap into its full potential. The tutorials below are made for this purpose.…
10 Resources To Help You Become A Great Teacher
What makes an effective teacher? It’s difficult to tell, but when you’ve had one, you know. Margaret Danielson is an expert on this subject and the creator of a popular rubric which explores excellence in the classroom.
http://www.edudemic.com/2013/07/become-a-great-teacher/
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Top 10 Sites/Apps for a Flipped Classroom
This list is in alphabetical order. Khan Academy is not included in this list due to the assumption that a “Flipped Classroom” and Kahn Academy go hand-in-hand.
http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&entryid=6225…
14-Year-Old Prodigy Programmer Dreams In Code
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Presentation of the Week: Surviving the Day of the MOOCs
Sebastian Thrun on the Future of Learning
Udacity cofounder and CEO Sebastian Thrun says more Artificial Intelligence is coming to online education, but we’ll still need humans to grade our English essays.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/517181/sebastian-thrun-on-the-future-of-learning/
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A Fabulous Flow Chart on How Students Should Use Images from The Web
The graphic below is a wonderful flow chart created to help teachers teach their students about how to properly credit images they use.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/07/a-fabulous-flow-chart-on-how-students.html
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The Technology That Could Save Schools Thousands
This startup could save schools thousands with technology to make aging computers run like new.
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/227320
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Khan Academy Trains Teachers to Use Its Videos and Tools
Khan Academy, best known for its free online library of video tutorials, is using the summer months to offer in-person teacher trainings in places like Chicago, New Orleans, and Redwood City, California. The workshops are integrating what teachers and Khan …