Google Earth was one of the very first pieces of software that I began to create educational resources with. As I put it in one of my first ever blog posts 5 years ago: ”This app won me over straight …
100 Excellent Online Lectures for Educators
As an educator, you know how important it is to continue to learn throughout your life. With this collection of videos, you can learn all about teaching, learning, and the policies of schools. Check out our list to find the …
Google debuts Dart, a JavaScript alternative
Google just launched an “early preview” of Dart, a programming language the company hopes will help Web application programmers overcome shortcomings of JavaScript that Google itself feels acutely.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20117924-264/google-debuts-dart-a-javascript-alternative/…
How Scholars Are Using Twitter (Infographic)
How does Twitter service impact academics and scholarly communication? That’s exactly what researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are hoping to figure out.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_scholars_are_using_twitter_infographic.php…
Every Teacher’s Must-Have Guide To Facebook
You can’t talk about how technology is revolutionizing education without mentioning Facebook. If you’re a teacher, you would be well served by spending 3 minutes to read through this must-have guide.
http://edudemic.com/2011/01/every-teachers-must-have-guide-to-facebook/…
The future of education will be open and distributed
Any learning that allows instructor, students, and content to be located in different locations so that instruction and learning occur independent of time and place; often used synonymously with the term “Distance learning”.
Hiding in the Cloud: Great Classroom Tools
Even as many institutions grapple with their cloud strategies, faculty are taking advantage of cloud-based services to rev up their classes and engage students.
A new look at the inclusive classroom
Inclusive classrooms are a charged and popular topic in current education. Explore some of the latest tech and theories in the field.
The Future of Thinking: Learning Institutions in a Digital Age (Book)
The book itself is an attempt at collaborative, digital publishing, with early drafts made public for comment and suggestions, using ‘a new digital tool, called CommentPress, that allowed readers to open a comment box for any paragraph of the text …
The 10 Best Sites To Rent Or Buy College TextBooks Cheaply
Today’s generation just has to type in a URL and hey presto, there are more than a dozen sites plying cheap textbooks for sale or rent. Most of these sites are US only.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/sites-college-textbooks-cheap-rent-buy/…
5 Fascinating & Inspiring TED Talks That Explore The Edge Of Technology
Dive into the fascinating world of modern technology with the following five TED Talks.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-fascinating-inspiring-ted-talks-explore-edge-technology/…
Ten Paradoxes of Technology
Presentation of the Week: The Power of Infographics
Download a Portable Desktop Search Tool for your USB Drive
You carry your important files on a USB drive but when you plug that drive into another computer, Windows search can’t find your files. This portable desktop search tool should fix the problem.
http://www.labnol.org/software/usb-desktop-search-tool/20147/…
Everything You Need to Know About Apple’s New iPhone 4S
Apple finally delivered on its promise of a new iPhone during an event Tuesday at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California. Know what’s new about this new model.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/10/apple-iphone-4s-specs/…