Who said learning and social networking cannot come together? Smart.fm is a fun website that combines education with social networks. The web app serves as an online academic assistant that offers courses to anyone who wants to learn about any …
GoogleApps for Education Demo Site Now Available!
Please be sure to check out the newly available GoogleApps for Education Demo site, which allows you to do all sorts of stuff. Thanks to Dana Nguyen from GoogleApps for Education for sharing this information!
One Laptop Per Child Focuses on Sub-$100 Tablet PC for Education
Nearly 2 million children worldwide already use the renowned XO laptop computer, according to its provider, the philanthropic organization One Laptop Per Child (OLPC). And now, with the help of no small amount of feedback from its users, OLPC has …
There’s an Educational App for that!
The iPod Touch®, iPhone®, and iPad®, are a great innovative technology tools for educators and students to use in the classroom. These devices all have access to the App Store, which now contains a wide array of easy to use, …
Openness is the only means of doing education (TED video)
Open education, open educational resources, and open source software should be household names. I just finished watching David Wiley’s TEDxNYED talk on YouTube, and I am inspired as a result. David argues, “The most successful educators share most thoroughly with …
College 2.0: More Professors Could Share Lectures Online. But Should They?
There are good reasons to press the ‘record’ button, but uploading to the Internet might desecrate the classroom.
http://chronicle.com/article/More-Professors-Could-Share/64521/…
Augmented Reality: does it have a place/future in education?
Augmented Reality (AR) is still in its infancy, but as people like me look further afield to find interesting technology to use in (and out of) the classroom, it has been on my radar a bit recently. So, what is …
2010 Student Science Competition Opens
Discovery Education and 3M have opened up the 2010 Young Scientist Challenge, an annual opportunity for students in grades 5 through 8 to tackle problems through science and a chance to win the grand prize of $50,000.
http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/02/01/2010-student-science-competition-opens.aspx…
Using Shmoop to Make Learning Relevant
Students often ask – “Why must we learn this?” Shmoop helps educators answer this question through its digital resources that make learning fun and relevant for students. The online resource uses relevant and current cultural points-of-reference to help students see …
Textbook Publishers Embrace iPad Apps for Education
Textbook publishers have already enlisted the third-party services of developers to build adaptations of textbooks for the iPad, the Wall Street Journal reports. McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin, Pearson and Kaplan have struck deals with iPhone and iPod touch developers ScrollMotion Inc. …
14 Technologies Educators Should Watch in 2010
Which technology tools can help improve teaching and learning? Which can boost productivity? Which are just plain useful for keeping organized? Education technology veterans shared their lists of apps intended to make life in and out of the classroom faster, …
3 Ways Educators Are Embracing Social Technology
Innovative educators are embracing social media to fight back against the onslaught of problems. Technologies such as Twitter and Skype offer ideal solutions as inexpensive tools of team-based education.
http://mashable.com/2010/01/10/educators-social-technology/…
Video – I Need My Teachers to Learn
Kevin Honeycutt has recently released an updated version of his music video I Need My Teachers to Learn. It’s a nice little video about the importance of teachers being life-long learners who adapt their teaching methods to meet the needs …
Educational Networking: The Important Role Web 2.0 Will Play in Education
A whitepaper on the role of social networking in education by Steve Hargadon.
Report: The Most Active Online Are The Most Educated
People who spend the most time online are in fact the most educated claims a recent report from Eurostat.
http://thenextweb.com/europe/2009/12/16/report-active-online-educated/…