With 845 million active users visiting the site every month, I think it’s safe to say that Facebook is everybody’s favorite time-killer. However, checking in on the site might do more than just fill a few minutes if you’re pressed …
How Canada Is Closing the Achievement Gap
…
A Teacher’s Guide To Using Virtual Worlds In Education
If you’re considering the usage of virtual worlds like Second Life, check out this terrific presentation from David W. Deeds on Slideshare. He looks at best practices, what worked, what didn’t, and who should use virtual worlds.
http://edudemic.com/2012/04/a-teachers-guide-to-using-virtual-worlds-in-education…
Students file-sharing work on Facebook: Is it legal?
Could students find themselves breaching copyright rules by sharing their own work online?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/students-file-sharing-work-on-facebook-is-it-legal/15067…
Several online tools are helpful in teaching
How do I use the computer and Internet in my classroom? Engrade, ImTranslator, Brain Pop, Google Earth and Khan Academy — these are some of the tools I use as a teacher.
http://www.guampdn.com/article/20120416/OPINION02/204160317…
Wavii: A Facebook for Topics
Facebook has transformed how we keep tabs on friends. A site called Wavii opened to the public earlier this week that wants to do the same thing for topics, with short bursts of news on everything from corporate acquisitions to …
10 Ed Tech Rights for Students
The following are what I believe are the rights of all student to have with regards to using technology as an educational tool, written as a student to their teacher:
http://www.guide2digitallearning.com/teaching_learning/10_ed_tech_rights_students…
Facebook Launches Groups for Schools
In a throwback to its college-only days, Facebook has launched a new type of community page for schools. Within individual schools’ Groups for Schools pages, their students and faculty members can exchange files, create events and message each other.
http://mashable.com/2012/04/11/facebook-groups-for-schools/…
Five Future Technologies That Will Shape Our Classrooms
Here are five future technologies that will completely change the learning space and revolutionize the techniques we use within it.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/five-future-education-technologies-nick-grantham…
The Failure of One Laptop Per Child
One Laptop Per Child was a good idea, a noble and ambitious one at that. Originally proposed in 2006, OLPC aimed to build an inexpensive laptop that would be sold to governments in the developing world and made available in …
How to lecture in a PBL classroom
PBL at its heart and soul is a process that can include any teaching style in it including simulations, research, individual and group work, and yes even lecturing. So here is how lectures fit into the PBL model.
http://teachpaperless.blogspot.ca/2012/04/how-to-lecture-in-pbl-classroom.html…
Personalized Feedback With ScreenChomp
Learn how to give personalized feedback of your student’s work without having to cart home stacks of papers.
http://edublog.techsmith.com/2012/03/personalized-feedback-with-screenchomp.html…
How to integrate iPads into the classroom
A list of 10 great iPad apps that will help you to better integrate iPads in your classroom.
http://events.ncea.org/blog/2012/04/12/how-to-integrate-ipads-into-the-classroom/…
Presentation of the Week: The Future Friendly Campus
…
Learning to Change/ Changing to Learn: Student Voices
…