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45+ Teacher Recommended Educational Apps
A great list of the best educational apps for teachers.
http://teacherswithapps.com/blog-45-teacher-recommended-educational-apps/…
The Many Benefits of Using iBooks in Education
Apple’s electronic books are an excellent compliment to their tablets and to the needs of education. iBooks hold the potential to not only make the educational system more streamlined, but also more exciting and effective.
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2013/09/the-many-benefits-of-using-ibooks-in-education/
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The Best Ways to Edit and View Microsoft Office Docs on your iPad
Microsoft made a native iOS Office app, but it’s for the iPhone. Here’s a roundup of your best options when it comes to accessing and editing your Office documents on an iPad.
http://gigaom.com/2013/06/19/the-best-ways-to-edit-and-view-microsoft-office-docs-on-your-ipad/
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Google Joins Top Universities in Quest to Fulfill Potential of Online Education
Google is joining forces with edX, a collaboration of 29 top universities offering 72 online courses, to build an open source online education platform. The new platform, called Open edX, will allow anyone—from universities, to corporations, to individuals—to build and …
A Must Read Guide Entitled ” Facebook for Educators and Community Leaders”
A 15-pages PDF document to help inform educators about the educational use of Facebook and also help adults be supportive partners so that teens make safe, smart and responsible choices throughout the online world.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/09/a-must-read-guide-entitled-facebook-for.html
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3 Free Cool Tools to Curate Content
Content curation is a great way to find, organize and share useful knowledge efficiently. Here are three efficient and effective content curation tools that can help educators manage web content and embrace technology.
http://gettingsmart.com/2012/08/3-free-cool-tools-curate-content/
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Useful Resources On Copyright
Learn five myths and facts on Internet copyright infringement.
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/09/29/useful-resources-on-copyright/…
Create Your Rubric Using Google Forms
Here’s a tutorial on how to create an online rubric with Google Forms.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1ASnCt0wZI&feature=youtu.be
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Research Tools For Students To Diversify Their Approach To Data Seeking
There are many free digital tools available to help students efficiently sift through an overwhelming abundance of web content to find the relevant and reliable information they need. This post will explore some digital resources to provide educators with tools …
Send Large Files: 10 Of The Best Services for Sharing Big Files
Here are ten of our favourite services to share files too big for email.
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Over 7,000 Free Audio Books: Librivox and its New Look!
Can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to help bring books in the public domain to life through podcasting?” The answer is yes. Thanks to the help of many, LibriVox has made tremendous progress in producing and distributing free …
James Flynn: Why our IQ levels are higher than our grandparents
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Presentation of the Week: Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013
4 Important Tools to Track and Organize Educational Twitter Hashtags
If it happens that you want to start participating in educational Twitter chats, below are some practical web tools to help you stay updated about the things shared in these chats. You can also use them to organize your hashtags …