When it comes to searching for educational apps to install on your iPad it feels like you get drowned in an avalanche of apps and resources from which you emerge empty-handed.Thankfully, there are many trusted educational resources where educators and …
6 tech tools to bring out the A student in you
For the students out there, the closing of summer means a change of scenery, from beach and bonfires to classrooms and textbooks. To ready yourself into study mode, we’re highlighting six tech products to bring out the A student in …
Free Online Course Will Rely on Multiple Sites
A group of online-learning ventures is collaborating on a new kind of free class to be offered this fall, known as a mechanical MOOC (for “massive open online course”), that will teach a computer-programming language by patching together existing resources …
5 Alternatives to Aviary for Creating Audio Online
Here are five online tools that you and your students can use to create audio files online.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/08/5-alternatives-to-aviary-for-creating.html…
10 Fun Tools To Easily Make Your Own Infographics
So what if you could make your own infographics? What would you make it of? It’s actually easier than you think… even if you have zero design skills whatsoever.
Below are my two favorite infographic-making web 2.0 tools that I …
YouTube Digital Citizenship Curriculum
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Presentation of the Week: Multi-Generation Pedagogical Innovations
5 Must-Know Tips For Deploying iPads In Your Classroom
If you’re looking to deploy iPads in education, you may think that it’s just a matter of expense and storage. Those things are big, but they’re not the biggest problems you’ll face. In fact, this is one of those situations …
What Does It Mean to be a Great Teacher? (Ten Ideas)
What does it mean to be a great teacher? Here is a compilation of ten items.
http://www.educationrethink.com/2012/08/what-does-it-mean-to-be-great-teacher.html…
Why Educators Should Spend 15 Minutes a Day on Social Media
Keep reading to find out why two educators make digital connections a priority and how they do it.
http://www.convergemag.com/training/Why-Educators-Should-Spend-Time-Daily-on-Social-Media.html…
10 Ways To Get To Know Your Students with Technology
As an educator, I often find myself repeating the same icebreakers each year, trying to quickly get to know my students through “Two Truths and a Lie” or a “Getting To Know You” fact sheet. In an effort to bring …
50 Must-Download Apps For Lifelong Learners
Those with a lust for learning who happen to also enjoy testing the limits of what the iPad offers definitely don’t have to worry about finding resources to pique their fancy. Hundreds, if not thousands, of apps are out there …
100+ Video Sites Every Educator Should Bookmark (Updated for 2012)
Bringing multimedia into the classroom is a great way to engage students in learning. Supplementing lessons, opening up new interests, and offering inspiration, online videos make for an incredible teaching tool.
Teachers put to test by digital cheats
Smartphone access, information superhighway open new avenues for plagiarism and sharing of answers — while offering educators new tools for patrolling student work.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/ct-met-schools-cheating-20120807,0,1263717.story…
10 Excellent Alternatives to PowerPoint
PowerPoint is absolutely one of the most popular presentation tool out there .There are, however, several other presentation tools that we can use as an alternative to PowerPoint.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/10-excellent-alternatives-to-powerpoint.html…