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Mobile phones managed to mostly kick their classroom stigma once the iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and other PDA-cellular hybrids (also known as “smartphones,” but you knew that already) popped onto the...
Tablets--iPads, Nexus 7s, Kindles, and even Intel's Studybook--can be powerful learning tools, offering: 1. Alternative to print books 2. Mobile learning actuators 3. Interactive media displays 4. Potential for "BYOD-familiarity"...
Social media has taken on a life of its own in 2012. Once an interesting distraction, any progressive digital platform worth its salt is now fully social and omni-aware. But...
Technology and education are pretty intertwined these days and nearly every teacher has a few favorite tech tools that make doing his or her job and connecting with students a...
By its very design, the iPad promotes consumption. Essentially an interactive mobile screen, the combination of physical form and supporting software-based user interface on Apple's wunder-tablet suggests watching and listening,...
How Game-Based And Traditional Learning Are Different by TeachThought Staff There are several big movements underway that are worthy of debate and possible consideration as we look to help...
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BYOD is a trend that, while vague in definition--could be among the most powerful recent movements to disrupt education. Disruption is about, among other ideas, shifting power and eroding existing...
25 Ways To Use The iPad In The Classroom By Complexity by TeachThought Staff iPad use in formal learning environments, by all accounts, is soaring. Due to the almost magical ways...
The advent of computers and their incredible processing power has meant little to improved comprehension of prose-based text, especially in terms of syntax, semantics, tone, structure, and so on. It...
Apps may be the new textbook. And mobile devices such as Android smartphones, iPhones, and iPads are the ultimate app actuators. The following infographic from OnlineColleges.net delves into some interesting...
Everything You Need To Know About Social Media In One Picture by Terry Heick If you're a TeachThought user, chances are you have no trouble differentiating Twitter, facebook, Instagram, YouTube,...
A tool we've been playing around with recently at TeachThought is called Learnist. Learnist organizes information Into "socially-driven lessons." Reminiscent of MentorMob, Pinterest, and Grockit, Learnist is the latest in...
With budgets tight, many schools are hoping to bring technology into the classroom without having to shell out for a device for each student. A solution for many has been...
25 Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom By Complexity by TeachThought Staff The following spectrum takes a new approach for using twitter in the classroom. While other posts offer...
A Completely Updated Social Media Cheat-Sheet For Teachers by TeachThought Staff What can social media do for you in your classroom? A lot, actually. The use of social media...
How Blogging, Texting, And Twitter Can Help Students Learn by Heather Edick Back in June, I read an article on the Oxford University Press English Language Teaching blog entitled “Using...
If you've seen Vanilla Sky, The Matrix, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, or any other number of modern films that explore the difference between virtual and physical worlds, you...
Gone is the time when PowerPoint was the most impressive communication technology in the lecture hall. These days, students and professors enjoy the power of Twitter, a tool that allows...
