Do Popular Social Networking Applications Have A Place In The Classroom? A Growing Number Of Educators Say ‘Yes’.
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2011/03/facebook-in-the-classroom-seriously/
A Magical And Revolutionary Guide For Your iPad
Whether you’re a casual iPad user looking to learn a bit more, or an iPad addict wanting to get the most you possibly can, our “Magical and Revolutionary Guide” is the manual you’re looking for. Best of all, it’s free!
15 Tools to Help You Go Paperless
Transforming the school into a paperless environment is eco-friendly, budget friendly, and can increase productivity. With all of the free online options, going green is easier than ever.
http://theapple.monster.com/education/articles/8953–15-tools-to-help-you-go-paperless?page=1
Classroom Magic with Popplet
Popplet is a fun and intuitive web application that allows you and your students to create galleries, mind maps and diagrams quickly an incredibly easily. I mean it. Ridiculously easily.
iPad as an Interactive White Board for $5 or $10
This setup is actually better than an Interactive White Board in several ways. Not only is it vastly cheaper, but it also permits a teacher or student to be anywhere in the room when writing on the iPad/projected computer image
Presentation of the Week
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Sir Ken Robinson: “Learning Without Frontiers”
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20 Technology Skills that Every Educator Should Have
Although, realistically, you would not use all of these technologies, you should be knowledgeable in what each of the following technology is and how it could be/might be used in a classroom.
1 in 4 College Textbooks Will Be Digital By 2015
According to the latest report by the social learning platform Xplana, we have reached the tipping point for e-textbooks, and the company predicts that in the next five years digital textbook sales will surpass 25% of sales for the higher …
How Students View a Moodle page (Research on Eye tracking across a Course)
This work describes an eye tracking study of Moodle outlining how Moodle’s components and teaching materials are ‘seen’ by Moodle users.
Engrade: a Free, Online Grade Book
Engrade is a free online gradebook that is easy to use, fully functional, and allows students and parents to view their grades.
Designing Problems for Problem-based Learning
This article aims to provide some guidelines on how to go about designing problems for PBL based on our current understanding of problem characteristics.
Quick List of iPad Resources For The Classroom
Many schools and classrooms all over are investing in iPads and educators want to know how to use them effectively, apps to consider and more. Here is a useful list of iPad resources for the classroom.
http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/2011/03/quick-list-of-ipad-resources-for.html…
How To Make Your Own Books From Wikipedia
With nearly 3 million articles in the English version alone Wikipedia along with its sister wikis is an Alibaba’s treasure trove of information. Now, Wikipedia gives us a chance to take this information and use it as one of the …
Save PowerPoint Presentations as Flash Videos
PowerPoint works well for boardroom and classroom slideshow presentations, but PowerPoint presentations do not translate smoothly to the Web.
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/ms-office-tips/save-powerpoint-presentations-as-flash-videos/…