The possibilities for social media tools in the classroom are vast. In the hands of the right teacher, they can be used to engage students in creative ways, encourage collaboration and inspire discussion among even soft-spoken students. To help, we’ve
How to avoid creating a snooze-worthy PowerPoint presentation
It’s not PowerPoint’s fault your PowerPoint presentation sucks. Like Comic Sans, it just gets a bad rap because of how it is egregiously misused. Use the following tips to liven up your presentation and discourage your audience from looking for …
The Final Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010 List
A very useful list of resources on Educational Technology Compiled on October 2010 from 545 contributions from learning professionals worldwide.
How to Add Stream Live Content into Moodle
A quick tutorial on how to embed stream live content into a Moodle course.
http://orwinconsulting.com/blogs/randy-orwin/stream-live-content-moodle
Mapeas: World News on a Map
Mapeas is a new service for geographically exploring the news. Mapeas places sports, entertainment, business, science, and general news stories on a map. Click any circle on the map to zoom-in on a location and select a story. Stories are
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Create A Book With Batalugu
Batalugu is a new site that lets you create your own online book for free. You can then share it’s url address.
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/10/12/create-a-book-with-batalugu/
TEDx McGill 2010: Registration is Opened
Experience riveting talks from remarkable students, faculty, and special guests. We’re putting on a one-day event to feed your relentless curiosity and share the experience with six hundred others.
MarkUp.io – Draw On Any Webpage
Markup.io is a free service that enables you to quickly draw and write on any webpage. Markup.io could be useful for commenting on and critiquing online articles then quickly sharing your comments with others. Students could use Markup.io for news
IT in Education – Another Rhetorical Strategy
Like many teachers at the beginning of their careers, Michael Helfield teachs in more than one school. In terms of information technology, this has proven to be a distinct advantage as he is experiencing IT from more than one vantage
10 Awesome Free Tools To Make Infographics
Information graphics, visual representations of data known as infographics, keep the web going these days. Here are some great tutorials on infographic creation.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/awesome-free-tools-infographics/
Bill Gates Announces $20 Million Program to Expand Educational Technology
Arguing that we need to do a better job not just ensuring access to quality higher education, but helping students actually graduate from college, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced the Next Generation Learning Challenges initiative.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/bill_gates_announces_20_million_program_to_expand.php
Google Things to Do: Find Out What You Can Do With Google Products
As you know, Google has a lot to offer beyond web search. Even the web search has features which not everyone knows about. Google Things to Do is a nicely designed page by Google UK that makes people aware of
RateMyProfessors: Is There a Lesson to be Learned?
RateMyProfessors.com needs no introduction to most instructors. The problems with the site are equally well known. There’s no guarantee that the students who select to evaluate and post the comments are a representative sample—and no guarantee that the assessments themselves