Since so many schools have begun offering online courses as part of their curricula and app developers are making education apps by the truckload, we thought it’d be worth our while — and yours — to assemble a shortlist of …
Presentation of the Week: iPads in Education- Examples from the Classroom
Daphne Koller: What we’re learning from online education
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100 Incredibly Useful YouTube Channels for Teachers
A great list of video channels for teachers.
http://teacher.be/2012/07/100-incredibly-useful-youtube-channels-for-teachers/…
25 Ways Teachers Can Integrate Social Media Into Education
Some teachers embrace technology and social media. Others lurk. Many ignore. So what does the average teacher do if they’re somewhere in the middle? Below you’ll see a guide to who is using social media (pretty much everyone is aware …
7 Excellent Tools to Publish Students Work
There are several online tools that you as a teacher can use to host your students work and share them with the whole class and as well as parents .Below are some tools that can help you do that. Check …
Top 10 Clever Tricks Built Right Into Gmail
Even if you consider yourself a Gmail ninja, though, there are quite a few tricks you might not know about (and some that Google didn’t even intend). Here are our top 10 clever tricks built right into Gmail.
http://lifehacker.com/5903974/top-10-clever-tricks-built-right-into-gmail…
The Must-Have EdTech Cheat Sheet
There’s a whole galaxy of terminology that you should know about when it comes to education technology. You should consider printing this out and keeping it handy should you ever come across some crazy term that doesn’t make sense to …
ClassConnect: A Platform To Make The Best Lessons Open To Everyone
We’re seeing a transition from this static classroom to really engaging materials that are catered for each student.
http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680263/classconnect-a-platform-to-make-the-best-lessons-open-to-everyone…
Social media for schools: a guide to Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest
Using social media in schools doesn’t have to be scary. Here, Matt Britland shares his tips for managing school accounts and some examples good practice.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/2012/jul/26/social-media-teacher-guide…
10 BYOD Classroom Experiments (and What We’ve Learned From Them So Far)
With budgets tight, many schools are hoping to bring technology into the classroom without having to shell out for a device for each student. A solution for many has been to make classes BYOD (short for “bring your own device”), …
Ten Ideas for Teaching Teachers Technology
Here you’ll some of the most effective practices for finding ways to teach teachers technology.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teaching-teachers-technology-monique-flickinger…
10 of the Best Apps for Educators
We’d like to share what we think are 10 of the best apps for educators. These will not only keep you organized, but place helpful resources at your fingertips.
http://edge.ascd.org/_10-of-the-Best-Apps-for-Educators/blog/6242949/127586.html?as=127586…
Moodle myths, busted
There is significant interest in the potential to use Moodle for corporate learning. But our research shows that corporate usage of Moodle today is quite limited.
http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/learning-technologies/moodle-myths-busted/177295…
Presentation of the Week: MOOCs: Open Online Courses as Levers for Change in Higher Education
MOOCs EDUCAUSE from gsiemens
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