An interesting looking at exactly what MOOCs are and what they offer from a technical perspective.
Which Tablet Computer is Right for You?
Apple is launching its latest iPad into a market flooded with different tablets. Here’s a brief guide to what you can buy and what they do.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2013/oct/20/which-tablet-computer-right-for-you
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How To Use The 5 Best Free Collaboration Tools for Teachers
In an increasingly connected world, it’s imperative for individuals to be able to work together on projects. Utilize these 5 Best Free Collaboration Tools for Teachers to collaborate effectively with colleagues or to encourage your students to come together and …
PDF Zen: Free Online PDF Editor
PDFzen is a free online PDF editor that lets you edit & share your PDFs without leaving your browser. Fill out PDF forms, sign documents, highlight text, leave comments, and even draw on the PDF.
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Scrawlar: Cloud-based Word Processing for Education
Scrawlar has been developed to provide classrooms with a safe space to write, collaborate and share ideas without using email. Scrawlar allows students write, edit, collaborate and share work with each other as well as yourself.
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Colleges Mine Data to Help Students Stay on Course
Companies use ‘predictive analytics’ to guide student choices. When students register for classes each semester, they see a list of classes that are ranked on a scale of one to five stars, based on how useful each course is likely …
7 Tips For Writing Effective Multiple Choice Questions
One of the main ways that ExitTicket accelerates student achievement is by identifying misunderstandings while the learning is occurring, and engaging students in a conversation about those misunderstandings.
http://exitticket.org/7-tips-writing-effective-multiple-choice-questions/
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The Differences Between Digital Natives And Digital Immigrants
All of our young digital natives are being taught by “digital immigrants”, or, folks who didn’t grow up with the internet.
http://www.edudemic.com/digital-natives-digital-immigrants/
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9 Tools for Creating Great Animations
These web-based applications will have you creating animations in no time.
http://www.creativebloq.com/animation/tools-animations-10134750
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Presentation of the Week: Best of the Web 2013
Using Google Docs for 21st Century Learning
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Helping Teachers See the Benefits of Social Media
A great list of articles showing the benefits of using social media in education.
Tackk: Create Simple Webpages for Assignments and Announcements
Tackk is a free service that you can use to quickly create simple webpages. Using Tackk you can create a page to announce an important event, to advertise an event, or to show off your best digital works.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/10/tackk-create-simple-webpages-for.html
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New Tool Lets You Visualize Just About Anything in 5 Minutes (Maybe Less)
A new open source tool called RAW makes it remarkably easy to visualize any data that you can copy and paste from a table.
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The Best Web Publishing Tools and Services
The best tools, web apps and resources for any independent web publisher.
https://web-publishing.zeef.com/robin.good
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