A very useful article that has just appeared in The New York Times. It’s worth a full-read.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/health/views/07mind.html?hp
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
iSearch Notes: Search Notes for Students
iSearchNotes allows college students to search for and share class notes with each other. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to search for notes for your college classes that were taken by other college students? More notes will not
Forget Hall Monitors, School Investigates Tracking Students with RFID
A forward-thinking school district in Connecticut is looking to crack down on wayward students, faculty and even equipment by making use of radio frequency identification (RFID) in its schools.
GradeGuru’s Top Ten Student Tools for 2010
After monitoring digital trends in student technology and tools for some time, GradeGuru, a McGraw-Hill Education startup has worked out which tools are the most useful for students.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/gradegurus-top-ten-student-tools-2010/…
Sweet Search – A Search Engine for Students
Sweet Search is a search engine that searches only the sites that have been reviewed and approved by a team of librarians, teachers, and research experts. In all there are 35,000 websites that have been reviewed and approved by Sweet …
Web 2.0 & Students With Disabilities
Many web2.0 sites have great potential for students with disabilities. Many of these sites help meet the concepts of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). UDL is a framework curricula that enable all individuals to gain knowledge, skills, and enthusiasm for …
Using Technology to Find Students
Using technology tools with high school students is always a good idea. Okay, maybe that statement is a bit bold, but let’s face the truth. High school students are more connected to online forums, Facebook accounts, and cell phones than …