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)
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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 …
The Antivirus Era Is Over
Conventional security software is powerless against sophisticated attacks like Flame, but alternative approaches are only just getting started.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428166/the-antivirus-era-is-over/…
Programming savvy is the new digital divide, Berners-Lee says
Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee says all students should be given some hands-on experience of programming, to provide a critical mass of enthusiastic and competent programmers to stem the current shortage of developers.
The Future of Higher Education and Cloud Computing
For 2013, cloud computing has become one of the most buzzed-about tech trends and solutions that improves IT and operational efficiency for businesses. From marketing strategies to technology-focused operations, the needs of educational institutions don’t differ too much from enterprises.…
Ways we are Using Google Drive in our Classroom
Here are some of the many ways teachers are using Google Drive in their classroom.
http://tworeflectiveteachers.blogspot.ca/2013/01/ways-we-are-using-google-drive-in-our.html…
NMC Horizon Report 2013 – Higher Education Edition
The tenth edition describes annual findings from the NMC Horizon Project, a decade-long research project designed to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have an impact on learning, teaching, and creative inquiry in higher education.
http://www.nmc.org/publications/2013-horizon-report-higher-ed…