Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration
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The Must-Have Guide To Helping Technophobic Educators
The blogosphere and the mainstream media is filled with success stories of technology’s successful adoption in education. However, many educators complain that when they try to introduce technological innovation on their campuses, they face obstacles.
Four Ways to Use Pinterest in Education
Pinterest is an electronic bulletin board where users can “pin” images from around the web. These images are then categorized into various boards on the users’ profile. So what are these pin boards good for with regards to integrating them …
Opening up a world of educational content with YouTube for Schools
YouTube for Schools is a network setting that school administrators can turn on to grant access only to the educational content from YouTube EDU. Teachers can choose from the hundreds of thousands of videos on YouTube EDU created by more …
McGill students launch note-sharing website
As the age-old practice of sharing course notes morphs into an online business, a pair of McGill University PhD students have launched a made-in-Quebec website they hope will be the go-to source for material from missed classes for students from …
20 Innovative Ways High Schools Are Using Twitter
Explore 20 innovative ways high schools are making use of this great social media tool.
http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2012/01/30/20-innovative-ways-high-schools-are-using-twitter/…
8 Things Your Students Are Afraid to Tell You
Some students, especially older students, find it difficult to talk openly with their teachers. If you suspect that some of your students have a lot going on behind their mute facades, here are a few examples of what they may …
Farewell to the Enterprise LMS, Greetings to the Learning Platform
When we look back on market changes, 2011 will stand out as the year when the LMS market passed the point of no return and changed forever. We are going from an enterprise LMS market to a learning platform market.…
Personal Learning Networks for Educators: 10 Tips
Ten interesting tips for building your own personal learning network.
How to Export all your Google Docs Files with One Click
Do you want to put all your Google Docs files on a USB drive before you take that road trip? The Google Docs website does offer an easy option to help you download all your documents in one zip file …
Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn: The Pros And Cons Of Social Media In Education (Infographic)
This infographic from Online Universities takes a look at the pros and cons of social media in education. Essentially, it’s nearly all pro, as long as the school is making the necessary effort.
http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-media-education_b18317…
A ‘know-why’ guide to iBooks Author
It’s well known that giving easy digital content creation tools into the hands of more teachers and students is a great way to encourage focus on higher order thinking skills in the curriculum. For schools with Macs and iPads, the …
Presentation of the Week: 10 Steps to an Affordable Educational Technology Policy
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Noam Chomsky – The Purpose of Education
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National PBS Survey Finds Teachers Want More Access to Classroom Tech
PBS released the survey results at the 2012 Florida Education Technology Conference (FETC), where educators from across the country have gathered to share best practices about the use of technology in the classroom.