The five ideas below are a suggested starting point if you are integrating new technology into your classroom. From a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) programme, to a class set of hardware, an internet enabled classroom has the potential to …
Technology Creating a Generation of Distracted Students [Study]
A new study by the Pew Research Center has found that though digital technology has reshaped the way students conduct research, it has been harmful in the way students process material and their overall ability to distinguish quality content from …
The Disruption of Education: How Technology is Helping Students Teach Themselves
Mobile technology and social networks aren’t just disruptive to existing industries like communications and media, they are also helping the change the way that students learn and how education is delivered both in North America and around the world. And …
Presentation of the Week: Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012
The 6 Hottest Teaching Trends (And How Teachers Are Adopting Them)
From flipping your classroom to deploying digital textbooks, there’s a lot of disruption happening in the classroom. The below infographic details the 6 hottest teaching trends and looks at how they’re being adopted.
http://edudemic.com/2012/10/the-6-hottest-teaching-trends-and-how-teachers-are-adopting-them/…
10 Cool EdTech Incubators Aiming to Change Education Forever
Here, we highlight just a few of the edtech incubators that are making waves in the world today, a list that’s sure to grow rapidly over the next decade.
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/10-cool-edtech-incubators-aiming-to-change-education-forever…
Presentation of the Week: The Best Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers – 2012 Edition
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012
Here is the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012 as voted for by 582 learning professionals worldwide.
Presentation of the Week: How to improve your teaching using emerging technology
The Future Starts Now – 2012 edition
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15 Popular EdTech Tools Being Used Around The World
These following 15 tools (in no particular order) are apparently some of the most popular tools being used by the teachers I spoke with from around the world.
http://edudemic.com/2012/09/15-popular-edtech-tools-being-used-around-the-world/…
10 Emerging Education and Instructional Technologies that Educators Should Know About
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50 Indispensable EdTech Tools for 2012
Here is a list of some of the best tech tools, including some that are becoming increasingly popular and widely used, that should be part of any teacher’s tech tool arsenal this year, whether for their own personal use or …
Are kids really motivated by technology?
You can’t motivate students with technology because technology alone isn’t motivating. Worse yet, students are almostalways ambivalent toward digital tools. While you may be completely jazzed by the interactive whiteboard in your classroom or the wiki that you just whipped …
10 Ways To Get To Know Your Students with Technology
As an educator, I often find myself repeating the same icebreakers each year, trying to quickly get to know my students through “Two Truths and a Lie” or a “Getting To Know You” fact sheet. In an effort to bring …