Clearwater High School is doing away with paper books, opting instead to hand out Kindles to the 2,000 students it educates. The pupils are reacting very positively so far to the change, signaling that for younger readers ebooks may be …
15 Back to School Apps for Teachers
Time to go back to school again. Just like their students, teachers also have to prepare and find necessary tools to get things going for the new term. We’ve rounded up a list of tools teachers could use to get
3 Tools to Help You Save Paper & Ink in Your Classroom
Here are three tools that can help you reduce how much paper and ink you use when printing materials for your classroom.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/09/3-tools-to-help-you-save-paper-ink-in.html
30+ Ways to Use Foursquare In Education
Foursquare is a smartphone app encourages people to get out and enjoy their city by sharing check-ins, tips and to-dos while earning points and badges as they explore new venues and favorite hang-outs. Foursquare can also be used in education,
iPads in Education: What important apps am I missing?
The following is a list created by Wesley Fryer with links to about 30 different important applications for education on th iPad.
http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2010/09/06/ipads-in-education-what-important-apps-am-i-missing/
Learning Amongst the Riches: Students in the Cloud
Students are moving away from their college or university, not physically, but in terms of their online “center.” More and more, they can engage independently in learning conversations using applications of their own choosing, and they can create their own
Education Innovation in the Slums
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Why Online Education Needs to Get Social
Marco Masoni is a lawyer turned educator who co-founded Einztein.com to address the related problems of searching for good online courses and real-time coursework interaction.
Why Google Apps for Education?
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Some thoughts on tablets in education
Christoph Derndorfer writes: “I think tablet-style devices could be quite well suited for use by primary-school children however I don’t think that the products currently available or foreseeable to be available within the next two or three years will be …
Anywhere, Anytime Teaching: Lifeway College On Adopting Moodle
2010 marks the first year in which Lifeway College in New Zealand has adopted Moodle. The result? Creating the most effective 3D visualization & animation education qualification possible.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/technology/anywhere-anytime-teaching-lifeway-college-adopting-moodle/5/55244…
Web 3.0: The Way Forward?
Stephen Downes comments on this presentation by Steve Wheeler: “Good presentation and let me be the first to name the new web: Web eXtended (or just Web X). Can’t wait for Tim O’Reilly to claim he owns the name now. …
On Facebook, Telling Teachers How Much They Meant
Facebook has drawn more attention as a platform for adolescent meanness and bullying, and as a vehicle for high school and college students to ruthlessly dissect their teachers. But people who are 20, 30 or 40 years beyond graduation are …
Imagine courses that take place in wikis, blogs, social networks…
Teemu Leinonen introduces EduFeedr, “a web-based feed reader that is designed specifically for following and supporting learners in open blog-based courses. ” He explains, “typical RSS readers are not very suitable for following this kind of courses. Most of the …