What teachers would like to change to make their work life better? These are some of their responses.
http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-support-teachers.html…
Edmodo: The Total Classroom Solution
There is one, free, Web 2.0 app that brings everything together that you need for your classroom, including a social learning environment. The app that does all of this is called Edmodo.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/05/edmodothe-total-classroom-solution.html…
Stop the Cloud, I Want to Get Off!
Jason Cross, from Yahoo News, on Cloud Computing: “Remember when the “cloud” was just called the “Internet?” This absurd fascination with naming online services after suspended atmospheric condensation is kind of driving me nuts.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20110501/tc_pcworld/stopthecloudiwanttogetoff…
Using Google Docs in the Classroom: Tips and Tricks
This guide provides some six tips and tricks for teachers who’ve mastered the basics of Google Docs. It covers how to keep student work organized, revisions and revision history, and how to publish student work.
https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddnctvgt_216hf44mcfn&ndplr=1&pli=1…
15 Fantastic Ways to Use Flipboard
Flipboard is a phenomenal reading app for the ipad. However, because so little content is really produced FOR the flipboard, you have to know how to add it. You only get two screens of content (for now) so use it …
Cloud Computing Requires Backup
We use several tools that keep our data accessible anywhere the web is, and it works rather well for us. Except when it doesn’t.
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/cloud-computing-requires-backup/…
Augmented Reality and Web 3.0
What will Web 3.0 be like? Almost as soon as people started describing various sites as Web 2.0 others started speculating about Web 3.0 and what it would be. This article gives an overview on Web 3.0 and Augmented Reality.…
Presentation of the Week: New Developments in Moodle 2.0
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7 Solutions for Educators Who Want 21st Century Students to Tune In
Rather than taking away student rights and the freedom to use the tools they want, we must address the root of the issue that is causing the problem.
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2011/04/6-solutions-for-educators-who-want-21st.html…
Improving Education with free Web 2.0 tools
Education is becoming more dynamic, networked and increasingly electronic. We live in a world of Internet social networks, blogs, digital audio and video content, etc. On one hand it allows to have unrestricted access to the world’s best educational resources …
How to Use Dropbox as a Killer Collaborative Work Tool
If you work with a group of people, you’ve most likely needed to share or collaborate on files from time to time. It’s rarely as easy and straightforward as it ought to be, but using file-syncing utility Dropbox, you can …
WriteBoard: A Free Note-Taking Web App That Supports Collaboration and Exporting
Writeboard is an excellent note taking app which let people take notes on virtual write-boards and share them with friends.
http://maketecheasier.com/writeboard-free-collaborative-note-taking-web-app/2011/04/16…
100 Excellent Online Tools to Feed Your Creativity
Many experts say that creativity is not necessarily something you have or don’t have, but that can be nurtured and developed. If you are searching for ways to feed your creativity, then take a look at these online tools. From …
3 Keys to a Flipped Classroom
The idea of a flipped classroom is that students receive their instruction (readings, lectures, etc) at home, and do their homework (assignments, groupwork, etc) in the classroom. Classrooms become laboratories or studios, and yet content delivery is preserved.
http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/three-keys-to-a-flipped-classroom/…
Can Facebook Affect Students’ College Admission?
As everyone knows Facebook is virtually in everything these days, even making it’s way into college admissions. In fact 80% of America’s top colleges are using social media as a form of recruitment. Universities state that the Facebook profile is …