Dropbox is an online file-sharing and folder-syncing web 2.0 tool that enabled these teachers to share resources with their students and provides an option for students to turn in work online. Previously, students’ options for turning in work electronically were …
18 Ways Teachers Can Use Google+ Hangouts
If you haven’t tried out Google+ Hangouts yet, take the time to learn more about it and consider some of these amazing ways you can use it to add to your existing curriculum and make class time easier, more fun, …
YouTube for Schools Is Education Hub for the Digital Age
YouTube is launching a brand new tool to help teachers and students get their learn on. “YouTube for Schools” is a portal that helps curate education materials and videos on subjects such as history and math while filtering out potentially …
Teaching using scenario based simulations in Second Life – Case study
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Presentation of the Week: Digital tools to create a knowledge ecosystem for learning and research
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Presentation of the Week: This Is What Learning Looks Like: Using Analytic Tools to Visualise Classroom Twitter Conversations
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5 Best Practices for Educators on Facebook
Students are already very familiar with Facebook and spend a lot of time on the site. Because of this, there is usually a good amount of activity [in class related Facebook discussions] because students receive notifications of new group posts …
Khan Academy Blends Its YouTube Approach With Classrooms
Salman Khan wants to weave his digital lessons into the fabric of the school curriculum — a more ambitious and as yet untested proposition.
10 Tools for Getting the Most from Dropbox
A great selection of tools to help you get the most from Dropbox.
http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/2011/12/10-tools-for-getting-most-from-dropbox.html…
Top 25 Android apps for education
The iPhone and iPad don’t get to have all the fun. Android is among the leading smart-phone technology, and there are over 70,000 apps available for it. Though we can’t claim to have reviewed all 70,000 of them, here are …
20 Best TED Talks for Students of Social Media
If you’re trying to get up to speed quickly on the latest thinking about social media, here’s a few quick videos from the thought leaders who’ve spoken at TED.
http://stephenslighthouse.com/2011/12/04/20-best-ted-talks-for-students-of-social-media/…
Graphing Comes to Google
Google has added graphing functionality to its seemingly ever-growing list of search bar capabilities: now, when users type in a function — for example: sin(x) — the first search result will be an interactive graph allowing users to explore different …
Students with Smartphones Study More
Smartphones at school can be a major distraction. Students are posting on social networks, texting each other, or playing Angry Birds when they should be paying attention in class. The other side of that coin, though, is that students with …
Guided Tour of Web 2.0 Tools
With thousands of web 2.0 sites available, how do you choose the best tools for your classroom? Find out here.
http://h30411.www3.hp.com/sessions/48376-Guided_tour_of_web_2_0_tools…
Student Facebook Pages – A New Agenda in the Classroom
Maggie McDonnell (from Vanier College) discovered that her Liberal Arts students had started a program specific Facebook page even before they entered college.