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 …
Presentation of the Week: Widgets and Mashups for Personal and Institutional Technologies
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Humanizing the Classroom through Technology: Salman Khan’s Ted Talk
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Collaborative learning with Pen.io
Being able to create and share content is one of the main advantages Web 2.0 technologies offer educators and learners alike. Pen.io is a writing tool that simplifies this process and allows you and your students to create and maintain …
Free eBook on Podcasting in the Classroom
Use this workbook to see how you can use podcasts in your classroom today! With podcasts students can make all kinds of audio files and share them with the class as a report or post them online.
http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/2011/05/free-ebook-on-podcasting-in-classroom.html…
Teaching with The Cloud: Five Tips to Differentiating Tech Instruction
I think just about any teacher worth her or his salt is likely to do a lot of differentiation of instruction. Heck, I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that some of the better teachers in your …
QR Code Classroom Implementation Guide
This blog post is divided into three parts. First, you have to be ready to use QR Codes, then you have to teach the students. Finally, we learn seven ways QR codes are being used in the classroom riht now.…
Videolicious – Create Videos on Your iPhone or iPad
Videolicious is a free iOS app for creating videos on the go. Using Videolicious on your iPhone or iPad you can mix together images, video clips, music and your voice to create a short video.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/05/videolicious-create-videos-on-your.html…
Google Products You Probably Don’t Know
Today I’m going to share some of the lesser known products from Google, which can help you. Some of them may even surprise you as you might not even heard about them and yet they’re so useful.
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/google-products-to-use/…
6 Ways Technology Can Help Tuned-Out Students Tune In
When it comes to learning, many educators know banning is the easy way out, but there are a number of reasons why students are not paying attention. If you’re a student or you have a child in a school that …
Guidelines for the Use of Copyrighted Material – Released by The Canadian Association of University Teachers Releases
The Canadian Association of University Teachers has released a new comprehensive guide to the use of copyrighted materials in schools. The guidelines assess the current state of fair dealing in Canada and provide assistance for those with questions on their …
12 Fabulous Flip Camera Alternatives For Education. A Must Read!
Enjoy this list of 12 alternatives dedicated to sustaining all of those amazing classroom activities that the Flip Camera has made possible. Ever since the Cisco announcement to discontinue the manufacturing of the Flip on April 12, 2011, I have …
The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators: Free E-Book
Download the ebook with the 30 challenges and all the information and details you need to incorporate these strategies into your classroom and teaching life. It is EXCELLENT, and thought provoking!
Big Thinkers: Howard Gardner on Digital Youth
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Presentation of the Week: Teaching in the Age of Participation
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