The new Google FieldTrip app probes the question: What digital information do you want to see overlaid on the physical world?
Presentation of the Week: Open & Connected Learning
Open Access Explained!
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10 Powerful Ways To Use Google In Education
Not only can educators and students use Google as a search engine, they can also utilize valuable educational resources. In fact, Google has an entire network dedicated to education – Google in Education. For the purpose of this article, we’ll …
Six Multimedia Timeline Creation Tools for Students
A good list on timeline creation tools by Richard Byrne.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/10/six-multimedia-timeline-creation-tools.html…
Using Dropbox Repository with Moodle
Learn how to set up Dropbox as an external repository for your Moodle files.
http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/2012/10/23/using-dropbox-repository-with-moodle/…
27 Ways to Learn to Program Online
A great list of resources to learn how to program online and for free!
5 Things To Know About The BYOD Trend
The Bring-Your-Own-Device trend makes sense. It’s cost-effective and lets students use the device they already know and love. While it may present some problems for your school or district’s IT department, it’s a great start to bringing in web 2.0 …
An Annotated List of Flipped Class Tools and Resources
We will keep a list of tools and resources we use and/or discover, help us grow this list using the form at the bottom of the page.
http://blog.peerinstruction.net/an-annotated-list-of-flipped-class-tools-and-resources/…
The 6 Hottest Teaching Trends (And How Teachers Are Adopting Them)
From flipping your classroom to deploying digital textbooks, there’s a lot of disruption happening in the classroom. The below infographic details the 6 hottest teaching trends and looks at how they’re being adopted.
http://edudemic.com/2012/10/the-6-hottest-teaching-trends-and-how-teachers-are-adopting-them/…
An Online University Reinvents What Learning Can Be
P2PU isn’t just revolutionary because it’s online, it’s revolutionary because it’s reshaping traditional educational models by replacing them with a community of people who are both teachers and students.
http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680741/an-online-university-reinvents-what-learning-can-be…
An In-Depth Report On Social Media’s Role In Education
Students, teachers, and parents have all gotten onto the social media train. But is everyone happy they’re on board? A study from Dell sheds some light on just how much support social media has among teachers, students, and parents.
http://edudemic.com/2012/10/an-in-depth-report-on-social-medias-role-in-education/…
Free Online Certificate Courses from Great Universities: A Complete List
Below you can find a list of free online courses offered by leading universities. Most of these free courses offer “certificates” or “statements of completion.”
Presentation of the Week: New pedagogies; New technologies: Disruptive Threats to open Universities
Stop Stealing Dreams
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