by edshelf: Reviews & recommendations of tools for education Jake Duncan is technology integration specialist at Region 6 Education Service Center and actively curates tools for educators on edshelf. He also blogs regularly on technology and education….
by edshelf: Reviews & recommendations of tools for education Michael Fricano II is a technology coordinator for Mililani Ike Elementary School in the sunny state of Hawaii. With an articulate technology vision, they are constantly researching new…
Concept-mapping–or mind-mapping, idea-mapping, or some other variation that makes sense to you–is the practice of demonstrating the relationship between ideas in a map-like form. Concept-mapping allows creators to articulate nuance, context, and interdependence between ideas…
by Hope Mulholland, TeachThought Intern One of my most important tasks as a reading teacher is matching students to books that they will love. For struggling readers, that can be more challenging because they don’t…
Edshelf URL Edshelf on twitter Edshelf on facebook Along with Learnist and Pocket, Edshelf is one of our favorite web apps that we discovered in 2012. The idea behind Edshelf is…
It’s not entirely clear what it means to be a “21st century student.” And in 2013, it’s also not entirely clear what the definition of an “educational app” might be. Just as students are no…
iPads have quickly become a the hottest commodity in educational technology. Apple reports that schools are purchasing iPads over MacBooks by a ratio of 2:1. However, the rush to purchase the latest technologies often precedes…
At TeachThought, we often provide lists of digital resources, and many of them are apps. Apps for struggling readers. Apps for struggling writers. Apps for project-based learning. Any while many of these apps are for…
As helpful as the iPad may be in the classroom, teachers and students are finding it has limitations. As teachers hand out digital lecture notes, assign electronic readings and set students collaborative tasks, their tablets…
by Michel Galibert, Edupad At iTooch, we are interested in supporting mobile learning in the elementary and middle school classrooms. Using the extraordinarily popular iPad as our foundation, we have developed 11 educational apps for…
Project-Based Learning, by definition, is flexible. It encourages learner-centeredness, provides the possibility of more authentic work, and allows learners to self-manage and self-direct in places they used to have their hands held. But this has its…
Using an iPad is simple due to its intuitive interface, elegant touch interface, and user-friendly operating system. Below we’ve listed 23 different tasks a teacher should be able to perform with their iPad. We’ve tried…
