Google Documents rock! Where else can you get a free document editor that you can share and collaborate with others? Recently, Google released Discussions which were an improvement on the comments you could embed within a document. Now students could …
Create an eBook using free software
Create an ebook where students can add images, text and flash animations. This is great for storytelling, presenting a research task, the alphabet, learning a language, instructional manual, art portfolio, digital photo album, etc.
http://digitaltoolsforteachers.blogspot.com/2011/06/create-ebook-using-free-software.html…
TweetWally Lets Teachers Search and Present Relevant Tweets
For all the exposure Twitter is getting these days there is still an alarming number of people that do not realize its value. One way to illustrate the value to students and teachers is to present tweets that really shows …
High Wired: Does Addictive Internet Use Restructure the Brain?
Brain scans hint excessive time online is tied to stark physical changes in the brain.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=does-addictive-internet-use-restructure-brain…
Social Learning Tools for the School Classroom
This is a a list of tools particularly targeted at (or very useful) for the primary, junior, middle and secondary school classroom.
The Problem of ‘Pedagogy’ in a Web 2.0 Era
A great article written by Trent Batson, Ph.D, from MIT.
http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2011/06/15/The-Problem-of-Pedagogy-in-a-Web-2.0-Era.aspx…
From iCloud to Dropbox: 5 Cloud Services Compared
With the recent announcement of iCloud, Apple joins Google, Amazon and Microsoft in their aggressive push into cloud computing, in a race to reel customers into their media ecosystems.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/06/cloud-services-compared/…
Plagiarism-related Tools
As a teacher, you hope you will never need to use these tools, but once in a while a student turns in a writing assignment, which you suspect is not his own. Here is a great list on plagiarism checking …
Presentation of the Week: New Technologies and the Future of Learning
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Daniel Tammet: Different Ways of Knowing
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77 Web Resources for Teachers to Try This Summer
The summer is a good time to explore and experiment with new things that you might use in the fall. In the PDF below you’ll find 77 resources that you might want try out over the next couple of months. …
50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom
The following projects provide you and your students with 50 ways to incorporate Twitter into important and lasting lessons.
10 Best Websites To Create Your Blog For Free
Blogging is growing day by day and there are many platforms which allow people to blog without spending a penny. If you are passionate about blogging and want to start a blog for no charges, this post will help choose …
Free Guide on How to Use Google Apps for Education in Your Own Domain
This manual explores the amazing free power of Google Apps. Even if you don’t own a domain right now you just might find yourself buying one after reading this guide.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-google-free-email-domain/…
Tips for Preventing Plagiarism among College Students
For some students, a writing assignment takes weeks of research, writing and revisions. For others, the ingredients are more along the lines of Google, CTRL+C and CTRL+V. And for others still, the assignment is nothing more than a transaction with …