Here is a ’2012 remix’ featuring 50 (mostly free) tools you can use on a daily basis.
Whether you are just starting out in the social media arena or have been at it for a few years, this will hopefully …
16 Free Alternatives to Microsoft PowerPoint: Create and Store Online!
Here are 16 free presentation programs which store your projects in the cloud.
http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.fr/2012/03/16-free-alternatives-to-microsoft.html#.T23v13l9HqI…
Flipped learning: A response to five common criticisms
Over the past two years, the Flipped Learning method has created quite a stir. Some argue that this teaching method will completely transform education, while others say it is simply an opportunity for boring lectures to be viewed in new …
Seven Innovations Changing the Way the World Learns
Here are the most important educational advancements of the past year—all of which are sure to impact schools well into 2012 and beyond.
http://www.good.is/post/the-year-in-education-seven-innovations-changing-the-way-the-world-learns/…
James Paul Gee on Learning with Video Games
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Presentation of the Week: Re-envisioning Modern Pedagogy: Educators as Curators
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It Is Not About the Gadgets: Why Every Teacher Should Have to Integrate Tech Into Their Classroom
A review on a couple of things that come to mind when we discuss tech integration in schools.
http://mrspripp.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/it-is-not-about-gadgets-why-every.html…
5 Things I Learned About the Future from Stephen Wolfram
Stephen Wolfram talks about “Computation and Its Impact on the Future.” In his view, we’re at the dawn of an age of computing that’s as important as the agricultural and industrial revolutions, if not more so. Here are five key …
Audacity 2.0 Update Brings Lots Of Bug Fixes & New Features
Audacity is a widely popular open source free audio editing and recording program that matches in functionality to a lot of paid audio editing applications. Recently, the developers of Audacity have released an update, Audacity 2.0.
http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/audacity-2-0-update-brings-lots-of-bug-fixes-new-features/…
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Khan Academy: The future of education? (Interview: 60 Minutes)
With the backing of Gates and Google, Khan Academy and its free online educational videos are moving into the classroom and across the world. Their goal: to revolutionize how we teach and learn.
65 Free Interactive Whiteboard Resources
Interactive whiteboards are a great way for teachers to engage classrooms in learning. There are tons of free sources to help teachers learn about and use IWBs with students. Here is a list of 65 interactive whiteboard resources and activities …
80+ Google Forms for the Classroom
A great source of examples on how to use Google Forms.
http://edte.ch/blog/2008/08/23/10-google-forms-for-the-classroom/…
Three Ways to Watch Videos & Discuss Them in Real-time Online
The web makes it possible to take that strategy a step further and have students not only “write it down” but also enable teachers to instantly respond to students’ comments while watching a video. Here are three tools that enable …
A Moodle 2 version of the Moodle Tool Guide
An updated version of the Moodle Tool Guide, comparing the functionality and pedagogical advantages of some standard Moodle tools, with a column to indicate how tricky the tool is to set up.
http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/2012/03/15/a-moodle-2-version-of-the-moodle-tool-guide/…