Google has announced that nearly all of Google’s tools can now be integrated into your Google Apps for Education account. This means that if there is a Google tool that you want the users in your Google Apps for Education
Teachers’ Views on Technology in the Classroom
The New York Times asked teachers to submit videos on how the use of technology has changed the way they teach.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/21/technology/20101121-brain-teachers.html
ClipYourPhotos: Do funky things with your digital photos
ClipYourPhotos is a web-based collection of tools to do fun things with your photos.
How to Verify an Email Address?
How do you verify if a given email address is real or fake? Well an obvious solution is that you send a test mail to that email address and if your message doesn’t bounce, it is safe to assume that
A Teacher’s Guide to Using Audio and Podcasting in the Classroom
A teacher’s guide to using audio and podcasting in the classroom is a nice overview of applications to use in the classroom, including videos.
http://edtechkit.blogspot.com/2010/11/teachers-guide-to-using-audio-and.html
How To Make Better Teachers
A short sharp post from Dean Shareski suggesting that the way to make better teachers is to get them to blog. If it doesn’t work, he says, “you get my golf clubs.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-shareski/how-to-make-better-teache_b_783392.html
Top 40 Video Web Sites for Teachers
Video produced by universities, major television networks and organizations all provide entertaining and enlightening shows, lectures and films that can enhance learning experiences for students of all ages. The following top 40 sources for open courseware videos (meaning they are
5 Internet Technologies That School Administrators Need To Know About
These technologies can enable educators to improve communications, enhance student learning, controls costs, manage Internet access in the classroom, and more.
Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction
Students have always faced distractions and time-wasters. But computers and cellphones, and the constant stream of stimuli they offer, pose a profound new challenge to focusing and learning.
Google Launches Plugin That Fuses Microsoft Office With Google Docs
Google has just released a new plugin for Microsoft Office called Cloud Connect, which will tie Google Docs directly into the ubiquitous productivity suite, free of charge. Editing a document in Word? It’ll automatically sync to your Google Docs account
Presentation of the Week
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How Technology is Distracting Students
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The Six Elements of Next-Gen Learning Platforms
Find new ideas for learning platforms by Tom VanderArk.
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/11/six-elements-of-next-gen-learning.html
Facebook’s New Messaging System Explained [VIDEO]
Facebook has just finished sharing its new messaging system with the world. And while the social networking site says that “it’s not e-mail” or designed to be what many pundits wanted to call an “e-mail killer,” it represents a big
Find Websites that are Copying your Content
Copyscape is one of the more popular plagiarism detection tools that helps you identify other web sites that may have copied your content without permission. Simply enter your web address and Copyscape will try to find other pages on the