15 Education Technologies To Check Out in 2013
What latest gadgets and gizmos are going to change your classroom in 2013? It’s hard to know exactly what will catch on and what won’t, but the following list showcases some of the emerging new...
View Article15 Ways Online Educators Can Light Social Engagement Afire
Social engagement may help eliminate the student retention problems that have plagued higher education for many years. Stephen Abram, author of the Stephen’s Lighthouse blog on library trends, pointed...
View ArticleCreating Videos for Interactive Learning Experience on Screen
Flipped classrooms and online learning are here to stay, even explode. Watching videos is a crucial part for the learning. To be honest, watching videos on the screens often makes me sleepy unless the...
View ArticleTechnology Helps Teachers Reinforce Content, Survey Says
from centerdigitaled.com Teachers from pre-kindergarten to high school say technology helps them reach students, and they would like more of it. A PBS LearningMedia survey of 503 U.S. teachers found...
View ArticleSee The World from The Perspective of Leadership
Today’s President’s Day, Annie Vincent from TeachThought.com picked 5 trending boards on Learnist about leadership. Let’s see the world from the perspective of leadership! 1. Educational Leadership:...
View ArticleMaster Common Core Skills with Free iBook (#History)
How to master Common Core skills in social studies, Peter Pappas made a model of using technologies for nurturing critical thinking skills. Peter Pappas published a free ebook for deeper learning with...
View Article50 Ways To Integrate Art Into Any Lesson
As children, young children, everything meant playing and art. We saw the world as a playground and a canvass. It didn’t matter whether or not we could actually draw. What mattered was the thrill of...
View Article10 Ways to Inspire Your Colleagues As An Educator
Arecent story on The Onion, the Internet’s beloved satire site renowned for its ability to pinpoint painful truths in its “fake news” stories, last week underscored one of the saddest dynamics of...
View Article101 of The Best Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
101 of the best web 2.0 tools for teachers by GoEd Online. Some tools come and go, so it might be a good idea to check out if anything new and useful to you! Several months ago, Jane Hart also compiled...
View Article20 Ideas to Use Twitter in The Classroom
by Terry Heick, TeachThought.com : 20 Interesting Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom Using social media in a modern learning environment seems easy, but that simplicity is often the result of how we...
View ArticleTeach the Web: a Mozilla MOOC for Webmaker Mentors
from Teach the Web Learn how to teach digital literacies, master webmaking tools, develop your own educational resources, and take what you learned back to your communities and classrooms. Join us for...
View ArticleFree Tool to Create Interactive Assignments and Track Learner Performance
Knowmia has supported so many teachers flipping their classrooms, it’s especially popular in U.S. We’ve covered their free iPad App – Knowmia Teach (iTunes link), which can replace the paid App –...
View ArticleSocial Content Curation for Learning Communities
An infographic created by Joyce Seitzinger for a MOOC at Stanford: Designing New Learning Environments. Why practice social content curation in learning ? The abundance of content and connection is as...
View Article25 Best Websites for Teaching and Learning (2013)
Every year American Association of School Librarians (AASL) selects the “Best Websites for Teaching and Learning”, this is the list for this year – 2013. Media Sharing Pinterest smore easel.ly Digital...
View ArticleWhat’s “The Learning Paradigm College” ?
Chris Thomas wrote about his thought of reading John Tagg’s “The Learning Paradigm College”, and shared with us how he re-designed the new course for the Software Engineering. Opposed to the...
View ArticleHow Google Glass Can Be Used in Education [Infographic]
An Infographic by www.OpenColleges.edu.au Wearable technology refers to devices that can be worn by users, taking the form of an accessory such as jewelry, sunglasses, a backpack, or even actual items...
View Article10 Visualization Tools Selected by Educator for Educator
by Ellyssa Kroski, iLibrarian of oedb.org Data visualization and infographics tools are a great way to keep students and readers engaged. Here are ten free applications which will enable you to create...
View Article(Infographic) Assistive technology (AT) and Learning Disabled Children
Here Are Some Tips to Guide You as You Explore AT Options for Your Child, brought to you by BestEducationDegrees. Make sure you understand the basics—what AT can and cannot do. Review your child’s...
View Article10 Fantastic, Must Have iPad Apps for the Classroom
You’re a teacher and your school has handed you an iPad. You’re expected to do something with it and you’re freaking out. Where to start? What to do? What apps should I start with? When I first started...
View Article(Infographic) Instructional Strategies and Activity Design Ideas
“For The Teachers” (www.fortheteachers.org) has built an organized resource for different instructional strategies. They are categorized into several moments of needs when teachers want to: Determine...
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