Students enjoy viewing and sharing visual content online. Visual tools create a connection between the content and viewer. Many videos on YouTube are academic and professional in nature and when used properly will reinforce classroom discussions and engage college students …
Confessions of an Early Adopter of Technology
Marielle Beauchemin (Vanier College) believes that you’re aware of the moment that you make a conscious decision to adopt technology, however, you never know where it’s going to take you.
The Why and How of Using Facebook For Educators – No Need to be Friends At All!
If you are one of those out there that believe that Facebook has no place in the classroom, then, well maybe this post isn’t for you. But please first take a look at just a few reasons why you should …
Want Better Grades? New Study Says Try Facebook
Facebook does many things, but boost academic performance isn’t one of them, right? Wrong. A new study suggests that social networking sites may help college students both socially and academically.
http://socialtimes.com/want-better-grades-new-study-says-try-facebook_b61652…
10 Educational and Free Movies Just Released On YouTube
YouTube just added 3,000 free movies to its on-demand service. There are a lot of great documentaries and academic-oriented movies that will surely help make summer come just that much faster.
Humanizing the Classroom through Technology: Salman Khan’s Ted Talk
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The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators: Free E-Book
Download the ebook with the 30 challenges and all the information and details you need to incorporate these strategies into your classroom and teaching life. It is EXCELLENT, and thought provoking!
How Schools can get Better Media Coverage in the Digital News Ecosystem
According to a new study by the Brookings Institution, Americans want more news coverage of their public schools. But to improve the media’s coverage of public education, school leaders must learn how to navigate the new digital news ecosystem.
Edmodo: The Total Classroom Solution
There is one, free, Web 2.0 app that brings everything together that you need for your classroom, including a social learning environment. The app that does all of this is called Edmodo.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/05/edmodothe-total-classroom-solution.html…
7 Solutions for Educators Who Want 21st Century Students to Tune In
Rather than taking away student rights and the freedom to use the tools they want, we must address the root of the issue that is causing the problem.
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2011/04/6-solutions-for-educators-who-want-21st.html…
3 Keys to a Flipped Classroom
The idea of a flipped classroom is that students receive their instruction (readings, lectures, etc) at home, and do their homework (assignments, groupwork, etc) in the classroom. Classrooms become laboratories or studios, and yet content delivery is preserved.
http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/three-keys-to-a-flipped-classroom/…
Presentation of the Week
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How Technology Will Disrupt Learning for a Lifetime, Not Just in the Classroom
Much of the buzz around the educational benefits of Internet technology has focused on the potential for the classroom. It’s also a huge boom for “lifelong learners,” those students — students of any age — that are pursuing educational opportunities …
What the Post-PC Era Means for Education
It’s the future of education futurists have been looking toward for some time. “As an industry that traditionally was focused on centralised knowledge, the stable, fixed model of computing of the PC era was much easier to integrate than the …
Turning the Classroom Upside Down
Why not have lectures at home and ‘homework’ at school—and let students learn at their own pace?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704101604576248713420747884.html…