Presentation of the Week
How Technology Will Disrupt Learning for a Lifetime, Not Just in the Classroom
Much of the buzz around the educational benefits of Internet technology has focused on the potential for the classroom. It’s also a huge boom for “lifelong learners,” those students — students of any age — that are pursuing educational opportunities …
5 Myths About the ‘Information Age’
Confusion about the nature of the so-called information age has led to a state of collective false consciousness. It’s no one’s fault but everyone’s problem, because in trying to get our bearings in cyberspace, we often get things wrong, and …
Wibbitz: Create Interactive Video From Web Content
Wibbitz is a free pluggin that lets webmasters convert static web content into interactive streaming videos that will include headlines, images, video clips and more. The videos are created in real-time so the video content is always up to date. …
50 Innovative Ways To Use iPads In School
Tom Barrett and dozens of other educators are working on a terrific Google Doc that details some wonderful ways to use the iPad in school.
What the Post-PC Era Means for Education
It’s the future of education futurists have been looking toward for some time. “As an industry that traditionally was focused on centralised knowledge, the stable, fixed model of computing of the PC era was much easier to integrate than the …
Turning the Classroom Upside Down
Why not have lectures at home and ‘homework’ at school—and let students learn at their own pace?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704101604576248713420747884.html…
How Technology Influences the New American Family
A new Nielson report takes a look at how multicultural families across America are adapting to today’s digital landscape. This new report paints a revealing and colorful portrait of how technology influences our everyday lives.
http://techland.time.com/2011/04/13/how-technology-influences-the-new-american-family/…
Round-Up Of 20 Most Useful Open Source Software
Open source is a term which is a common knowledge of all, it’s cherished by few and most use it without knowing that they are using the open source. It has flourished so brightly that it has now the best …
How to Use Cell Phones as Learning Tools
Regardless of your school’s cell phone policy, the reality in most schools is that students have phones in their pockets, purses, or hoodies. Why not get these tools out in plain sight and use them for good and not evil? …
100+ Google Tricks for Teachers
From super-effective search tricks to Google tools specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time.