by Dr. Justin Marquis, Ph.D. Twitter is one of those pieces of technology that people either love or hate. For the haters, it seems like a superfluous, narcissistic, even petty platform through which people who think they are more important than they really are share their most intimate details with the world. For those who…
How effective technology actually is in enhancing learning depends on how it functions in the learning process. Outside of David Blaine, few things are magic. The following visual is interesting because it explains how technology enhances learning from the perspective of the teacher. This is critical because a teacher’s beliefs about what works is (obviously)…
Here are places to find open-source textbooks, whether you’re enrolled in college or an educator looking for books to use in your class.
Here are the top social & emotional learning apps to teach children resilience, managing emotions, mindfulness, empathy, gratitude, and more.
Keeping up with social media is an entire industry in and of itself (see Mashable). The following social media cheat sheet created by Flowtown and Column Five media for social media sites was created for small businesses, but can be useful for teachers just discovering the joys–and pains– of twitter, facebook, YouTube, Google+, tumblr, and digg,…
We recently had a look at the 50 best Facebook cover photos and we’ve followed it up with a look at the 50 best Twitter profile designs.
by simplyzesty.com After covering everything that Google Search has to offer, you can easily forget that search only forms one small part of the Google behemoth. With so many different features and clients available, it’s very easy to use the basic features for each and leave it at that. However, if you delve a little deeper,…
There are a variety of apps that can help here, but the simplest mechanism for taking a screenshot on an iPad involves hitting 2 buttons.
Here is an updated list of 50 of the best resources, articles, tools, apps, and ideas for iPads in education.
If you just got a new iPad–or a class full of them–you may not know where to start. Apps are the low-hanging fruit here because they’re fun. Rethinking your curriculum in light of mobile learning potential is the ideal direction, but also requires a significant time investment. So how about somewhere in the middle? The…
Tech’s ability to empower learners with info access, simulations & peer networks have caused digital learning tools to explode in popularity.
Games can serve as platforms for lessons in math, science or just about anything — even if they weren’t designed to be educational.
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