A startup named Lore is on a mission to do the same for higher education, and potentially re-shape the way teachers and students communicate.
Make Interactive Maps with StatSilk Software
Creating Interactive Maps and impressive visualizations for presentations is something that many presenters may wonder how-to in order to impress the audience.
http://www.free-power-point-templates.com/articles/make-interactive-maps-with-statsilk-software/…
8 Great New Educational Web Tools for Teachers
Here is a wrap-up of this week ‘s educational web 2.0 tools we have discovered in several other blogs and websites and because of our time constraints we could not review them in single posts.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/09/8-great-new-educational-web-tools-for.html…
The 3 Biggest Ways Technology Is Disrupting Education Forever
Here are a few disruptive things happening right now that will changed education as we know it.
http://edudemic.com/2012/08/education-technology-disruption/
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Global, Creative, and Entrepreneurial: Defining High-Quality Education
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Presentation of the Week: Designing and Running a MOOC
50 Apps Students Will Be Using In Your Classroom
Androids, iPhones, and the like might be pricy, but they definitely pay off. Read on to check out our picks for the very best smartphone apps that can help students this back-to-school season.
http://edudemic.com/2012/08/smartphone-apps-students-will-be-using-next-month/…
Artificial intelligence tells students what they’re doing right, wrong
A tool that evaluates students’ writing submissions by comparing the paper’s content to a predetermined answer outline designed by the instructor or professor.
MOOC pedagogy: the challenges of developing for Coursera
See the perspectives on the planning and development of a large scale open course, what challenges the MOOC presents for delivering a worthwhile educational experience, and what questions this type of course format provokes for a team already teaching and …
Dropbox’s Two-Step Authentication Out of Beta, Enable It Now to Further Secure Your Data
Dropbox just announced the beta version of its two-step authentication yesterday, but it’s now available for everyone.
13 Must-Have Gadgets and Apps for Educators
From apps to gadgets, here are some must-haves for educators.
http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/08/27/must-have-apps-and-gadgets-from-fetc-tech-shootout.aspx…
The Problems with Coursera’s Peer Assessments
When I wrote about the launch of online education startup Coursera back in April, one of the things that most intrigued me most was the description that founders Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng gave of their plans for a peer-to-peer …
10 Excellent Free Social Studies Resources for Teachers and Students
Over the last couple of weeks, Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has been working diligently to compile lists of free resources and websites pertaining to different subject matter. Check out the resources below.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/10-awesome-free-social-studies.html…
How to measure if your students are learning in a flipped class
How can I tell if Peer Instruction is really working? As a beginning instructor, I was skeptical of teaching approaches that seemed to delegate teaching responsibilities to the student.
10 Reasons Twitter Works In Education
See why Twitter could be a valuable tool for your classes.
https://www.teachthought.com/technology/10-reasons-twitter-works-in-education/…