Screenshots are used in several situations; from creating a manual to getting help on a forum, screenshots act as a visual aid to the topic or problem under discussion. Here is a list of five of the best screenshot taking …
Free Teacher Guides from Microsoft – great resources
Microsoft has some great Teacher Guides available for free. The guides have teaching tips and step-by-step instructions on a variety of topics and tools and technologies.
http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.ca/2012/03/free-teacher-guides-from-microsoft.html?m=1…
6 Important Wikipedia Tools for Teachers
Wkipedia is a great educational resource for both teachers and students. Its articles appear almost always in the first four links of the search results. Here is a set of tools that are commiserate to Wikipedia. They are great learning …
Ten Fun Ways to Use YouTube Videos in an Online Literature Class
Here are ten ways literature instructors can use YouTube in class. However, regardless of the discipline you teach you’ll likely find that YouTube has similarly appropriate resources for you.
Personalising Learning in Teacher Education through the use of Technology (Article)
The meaningful integration of technology in teaching and learning is consistently called for in all sectors of education. Recently it has appeared as a key tenet for achieving what has been termed as personalising learning.
How to use Dropbox as a Moodle file repository
Dropbox is a popular online file storage app. Imagine it as a type of online USB drive, which you can access anywhere in the world as long as you have a computer and internet connection. If you have a Dropbox …
Artha Free Thesaurus Software: Improve Your Student’s Writing Skills
Artha is a free, open source cross-platform English thesaurus that works completely off-line and is based on WordNet. Is is available for GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows. For a given word, the possible relatives shown by Artha includes Synonyms, Antonyms, Derivatives …
How Are Learning Analytics Being Used in Education?
Learning analytics is still in its infancy though. To provide further insights into what learning analytics can offer, I searched out a few recent articles about applications of the technology, and share some findings here.
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2012/03/how-are-learning-analytics-being-used-in-education/…
The Entire Guide to Google Search Features for Teachers and Students
Discover amazing tips to improve your students search skills and prepare them for the 21st Century Digital World.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/03/entire-google-search-feature-for.html…
The Teacher’s Guide To Polling In The Classroom
Raising your hand in the classroom is so old school. Thanks to the massive influx of technology into education, there are dozens of new ways students can virtually voice their opinion. From hardware (clickers) to software (Survey Monkey), there’s no …
Presentation of the Week: Education as Platform: The MOOC Experience and What We Can Do to Make it Better
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Howard Gardner on Multiple Intelligences
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Iceland swaps Windows for Linux in open-source push
Iceland’s push to move its public sector to open-source software has made some headway, with most of the shift seeing Windows swapped for Linux.
How to Record a Webinar – 7 Reasons Online Presentations Rock
We often make recording a webinar more complex than it needs to be, particularly when recording on-demand webinars. Learn how to easily record your webinars.
http://www.sliderocket.com/blog/2012/03/how-to-record-a-webinar/…
80 Educational Alternatives to Youtube
Educational video are possibly one of the most effective learning tools. But are there any alternatives to Youtube? Yes there are more eighty alternatives to YouTube that you can use with your students. These video resources are among the best …