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The 2 Hottest Educational Social Networks You’re Not Yet Using
There are two new educational social networks that have basically launched this week. Both have already existed for a few months but they’re essentially now open and easier to use, making them actually viable options for everyone.
http://edudemic.com/2012/09/the-2-hottest-educational-social-networks-youre-not-yet-using/…
Displaying iPad Screen Using a Classroom Projector
If you’re using iPads in your classroom, at some point you’ll want to be able to display your iPad screen to the entire classroom. Fortunately, a couple methods exist that allow teachers to do just that.
Learnist’s New iOS App: Teach Yourself About Anything
Want to learn something? There’s probably helpful stuff about it all over the web: videos, pages, digital books and more. If someone who already knew about the topic would put it all in one place, you’d be all set.That’s the …
5 Top Augmented Reality Apps For Education
Augmented reality apps are changing the way educational content is offered which helps to improve classroom learning through interaction. Let’s take a look at the 5 best augmented reality apps for education that you can try out.
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/augmented-reality-apps-for-education/…
Lore Gives Higher Ed a Next-Gen Social Network
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.