Spider Scribe is an online mind map creation service. Spider Scribe can be used individually or be used collaboratively. What jumps out about Spider Scribe is that users can add images, maps, calendars, text notes, and uploaded text files to …
The Internet in Society: Empowering or Censoring Citizens?
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Presentation of the Week: Conquering the Myths of Social Media & Learning
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The Why and How of Using Facebook For Educators – No Need to be Friends At All!
If you are one of those out there that believe that Facebook has no place in the classroom, then, well maybe this post isn’t for you. But please first take a look at just a few reasons why you should …
How to Create a Secure Password You Can Actually Remember
I’ve come up with what I think is a better way to generate memorable, unique passwords. Here it is.
http://www.groovypost.com/howto/how-to/memorable-secure-passwords/…
ePub: Publishing your own iBooks for the iPad
ePub stands for e-Publishing. It has been adopted as the international standard for publishing e-books. Once you have published your e-book you can then give your student access to the document or you can publish it via your itunes. If …
Want Better Grades? New Study Says Try Facebook
Facebook does many things, but boost academic performance isn’t one of them, right? Wrong. A new study suggests that social networking sites may help college students both socially and academically.
http://socialtimes.com/want-better-grades-new-study-says-try-facebook_b61652…
Moodle 2.0 for Teachers: An Illustrated Guide
An illustrated guide on how to create and manage a Moodle site.
Is Your School Ready for Google’s Chromebooks for Education?
Google announced last week a “new kind of computer” and a new program aimed at schools: Chromebooks for Education. These new devices look like laptops, but they run on Google’s new operating system Chrome OS and are truly Web-based and …
5 Unique Ways Create A Presentation Without Installing Any Software
If you need to create a presentation, you would think of PowerPoint. But what if you do not want to pay for it? What are the alternatives?
http://maketecheasier.com/create-presentation-with-no-software/2011/05/08/…
11 Excellent Online Converters That Can Help You Convert Files And Formats
There are many online file converters out there for designers and developers, but getting by good ones is not that easy.
32 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom
32 creative ways to use Google Apps in 50 minutes.
https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=ddwwqq6t_22g7rmsjgk…
Cool things to do with YOUTUBE video
A selection of links to sites which deal with Youtube videos.
http://www.jogtheweb.com/run/xR4Bt3pPSkfz/Cool-things-to-do-with-YOUTUBE-videos#1…
10 Educational and Free Movies Just Released On YouTube
YouTube just added 3,000 free movies to its on-demand service. There are a lot of great documentaries and academic-oriented movies that will surely help make summer come just that much faster.
Use DropBox to Collect Student Work
Most of us have heard of DropBox, the great service that gives you 2 GB of free storage space in the “cloud.” Did you also know that DropBox can be a great way to collect students’ digital work? This post …