Apple has just announced its new iBooks2 and authoring app created big waves in education circles. But smart educators don’t necessarily need Apple’s slick devices and software to create their own books. Here’s how to create a digital textbook and …
Seven Tools for Creating Data Visualizations
A list of seven great tools hat students can use to build data visualizations.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/01/seven-tools-for-creating-data.html?m=1…
Kinect for Windows is now Available
Microsoft just released version 1.0 of their SDK. This will enable companies to start to deploy their solutions.
Harvard Uses Vimeo To Bring Students’ Course Choice To Life
Harvard University has taken an innovative approach to producing course syllabuses by producing videos of professors speaking in detail about the syllabus for the semester, and uploading them to Vimeo.
http://www.simplyzesty.com/technology/harvard-uses-vimeo-to-bring-students-course-choice-to-life/…
Get More Out Of Google: Tips and Tricks for Students Conducting Online Research
A great list of tips and tricks on how students can get more of Google.
http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2011/11/23/infographic-get-more-out-of-google.html…
How to use Google Scholar
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Presentation of the Week: Student-Centered Interactive E-Portfolios with Google Apps
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Ten Tips for Personalized Learning via Technology
To challenge and support each child at his or her own level, the educators of Forest Lake Elementary deploy a powerful array of digital-technology tools. Discover what your school can learn.
http://www.edutopia.org/stw-differentiated-instruction-ten-key-lessons…
Apple: iBooks 2 will ‘reinvent textbooks’
Although price is likely to be a barrier, the software will let students watch videos and take notes inside the virtual books.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/19/apple-unveils-ibooks-2-textbooks-ipad…
iPad a solid education tool, study reports
More and more schools are jumping on the digital bandwagon and adopting iPads for daily use in the classroom. A pilot study using an iPad text for Algebra 1 courses found that 20% more students (78% compared to 59%) scored …
3 Super Handy Page Highlight Tools For Annotating Online
Here are three tools that will help your class organize, highlight, note and share their annotations on the web.
http://www.fractuslearning.com/2012/01/23/page-highlight-annotating-online/…
Learning Technology Trends To Watch In 2012
So while last year’s list of learning technology trends to watch in 2011 is still viable, there are new and important learning trends to follow and explore this year. Here are the ones that stand out to me (in alphabetical …
MIT Announces Platform for Free Online Courses
MIT is planning to launch an open platform for free online classes, complete with certification for those who demonstrate mastery of their topics.
http://mashable.com/2011/12/19/mit-announces-platform-for-free-online-courses/…
Great tools to create our own infographics
An infographic (information graphic) has been a very effective way to present the wealth of recent information on social media and to bait for links and social media votes for ages. There are a number of useful infographic tools that …
Building Your Own Textbook: How digital content helps teachers customize textbooks
Textbooks are a multi-billion dollar industry. But the growing availability of digital content and open educational resources (OER) is giving schools the opportunity to bypass some of the traditional expenses of textbook purchasing. It’s also giving teachers the opportunities to …