20 Digital Learning Day Activities For Your Classroom
The following are simply some of our favorite digital learning activities we’ve written about over the past couple years. Each activity consists of either a web tool, app, or other useful methodology being used by teachers right now.
http://edudemic.com/2013/02/digital-learning-day-activities/…
Tech Meets Handwriting: Lernstift Pen Buzzes to Correct Your Spelling, Grammar and Penmanship
Remember handwriting? The old-timey art of transferring ink or charcoal to paper has been largely sidelined by technology, but a technology-infused pen is looking to bring handwriting into the current century.
Replacing Your Mac With An iPad: What Apps And Hardware You’ll Need
Can iPad really replace a “proper” computer? Can a ten-inch, 128GB tablet do the work of an eleven-inch 128GB MacBook Air? The answer is yes. Here’s our guide to replacing your Mac with an iPad. Specifically a Retina iPad, but …
Data for dummies: 6 data-analysis tools anyone can use
Not everyone is drowning in big data or has the know-how to deal with it if they were. Here are six free web services that help mere mortals analyze and visualize their own data.
http://gigaom.com/2013/01/31/data-for-dummies-5-data-analysis-tools-anyone-can-use…
Digital Ways to Engage your Students in their learning
These are a few apps or web-based programs to engage your students in their own learning.
How will schools look in 10 years?
How will the way kids learn change over the next 10 years as new technology takes over in schools? Futurist expert Neil Selwyn from the Faculty of Education, Monash University, gives his predictions.
20 Awesome Projects for Raspberry Pi Microcomputers
Raspberry Pi — a tiny, stripped-down $35 computer — hit the market just one year ago. Since then, almost one million have been sold, becoming the DIY gadget-maker’s go-to device. Tinkerers, hobbyists, educators and students and basically anyone who likes …
Online Education Is Replacing Physical Colleges At A Crazy Fast Pace
Educators knew the online revolution would eventually envelop the physical classroom, but a torrent of near-revolutionary developments in the past month are proving that change is coming quicker than anyone imagined.
Classroom Technology Faces Skeptics At Research Universities
Professors at research universities prefer teaching with old-fashioned whiteboards, one study says.
Augmented reality in education: teaching tool or passing trend
AR shouldn’t be another monster under the bed (or desk), saysJudy Bloxham – used intelligently, it provides new ways for learners to access content and knowledge.
Learn to use your iPad with TeacherCast
The course consists of over 20 videos that show demonstrations on different apps and techniques that will help you get the most out of your new gadget.
http://instructionaltechtalk.com/learn-to-use-your-new-ipad/…
Presentation of the Week: DNA of a 21st Century Educator Simplified!
Teaching Without Words (TED Talk)
Show What You Know Using Web & Mobile Apps [Infographic]
Take a look at some of the hottest online and mobile tools for showing, explaining, and retelling in this infographic, “Show What You Know Using Web & Mobile Apps.” These web and iPad apps can turn students into teachers and …