How-to video for creating digital storybooks using custom animations in PowerPoint.
4 Simple Ways to Increase Engagement In The Classroom
Do you look out at your class and it seems as if only two or three students are listening to you? Here are some ideas that might help you stimulate your classroom.
http://edudemic.com/2012/11/increase-engagement-in-the-classroom/…
How tablets are invading the classroom
Tablets are launching a full scale assault on education. We take a look at the adoption of tablets in schools and which tablet will reign supreme in the evolving world of education.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/tablets-invading-the-classroom/…
The 5 Biggest Ways Students Actually Want To Use Technology
A fabulous new infographic spells out exactly how undergraduate students are using technology, what they prefer, and how they want teachers to use tech. In other words, this infographic is beyond useful and worth passing around to your colleagues.
50 Great Language Learning Podcasts
These language podcasts will help you hone your listening skills and increase your proficiency in no time!
http://edudemic.com/2012/11/50-great-language-learning-podcasts/…
Wibbitz – Convert Text to Video
Wibbitz is a text-to-video platform that can automatically turn any text-based article, post or feed into a short video. Using Wibbitz almost any article, post or feed on the web can be instantly turned into a short video clip.
15 Free Learning Tools You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Here we highlight just a few of these under-the-radar free learning sites, that run the gamut from providing full degree programs to simple job-skill training tools, offering a little something for every kind of learner.
http://www.teachthought.com/trends/elearning/15-free-learning-tools-youve-probably-never-heard-of/…
Canadian EdTech Teacher Survey: Infograph
Canada’s first-ever teacher technology survey to better understand the emerging needs of classroom teachers across Canada.
http://mindsharelearning.ca/2012/11/07/canadian-edtech-teacher-survey-infograph/…
100 Search Engines For Academic Research
Check out our new, up-to-date collection to discover the very best search engine for finding the academic results you’re looking for.
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/100-search-engines-for-academic-research/#…
How Big is Big Data?
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Presentation of the Week: Gamifying Classroom Learning
10 Ways To Use Technology To Teach Writing
Here, we offer just a few tech-focused ways to help students learn grammar, essay-writing, and, most importantly, why good writing is so important to their futures.
http://edudemic.com/2012/11/10-high-tech-ways-to-teach-writing/…
Social Content Curation for Learning Communities
An infographic I created for a MOOC at Stanford: Designing New Learning Environments. Made with too little space, too little skills, too little time and too little research. Lots of fun though.
Gates Foundation funds online university open access
Online courses provided by some of the top universities in the United States are going to be used by students at local community colleges, in a project funded by the Gates Foundation.
FreeFullPDF: Over 80 million of free scientific publications
A great repository of free scientific publications. The aim of FreeFullPDF is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific journals, theses, posters and patents. All scientific subjects are covered and all content are freely available …