What The iPad’s Popularity Says About Education
Placing an iPad into the lap of every student is nothing if not a sign that teachers are more than willing to give up control of pace and access,
The Ultimate Guide To Flipping Your Classroom (Part 1)
Note: This is part 1. What is the Flipped Classroom? “A reversed teaching model that delivers instruction at home through interactive, teacher-created videos and moves “homework” to the classroom. Moving lectures outside of the classroom allows teachers to spend more 1:1 time with each student. Students have the opportunity to ask questions and work through…
50 Resources To Get Started With Mobile Learning
mLearning (Mobile Learning) is becoming increasingly possible to the evolution of technology. Gadgets are getting better, apps are getting smarter, and educators are getting better at figuring out how to transition from sit-and-get to truly mobilized learning. The surge in BYOD’s popularity is as much a testament to this as it is to technology cost. But…
50 Top Sources Of Free eLearning Courses
Whether you are looking for a K-12 curriculum or GED study program, this list gives you a look at 50 of the best sources for free eLearning.
App Profile: Spanish Vocabulary
Simple Vocabulary by Brainscape is a brilliantly simple language building app with inherent metacognitive components & cloud-based tracking.
5 Reasons Mobile Learning Apps Fail
While an educational app may be “fun”, there’s a good chance that it is a net detriment to a student’s learning progress.
Check Out This Amazing Interactive Concept Map Of Over 350,000 Websites
As data becomes more abundant, and technology continues to evolve, how we consume that data will likely decide if we consume that data. We looked recently at the incredible future of data in education, and the following interactive website furthers on the theme of engaging, interactive visual data. It’s beautiful, and frightening. From infosthetics: “The Internet…
15 Free Learning Tools You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
It can be hard to keep up with the ever-growing list of free educational sites out there, much less distinguish which ones will best meet your needs and help you learn skills you really need without shelling out big bucks. New sites are always being launched and even those that have been on the scene…
What The iPad Has Done To Education
When adopting a new learning tool, the clearer the picture of how that tool ideally functions can be helpful in improving its use.
5 Big Ideas To Turn Standards Into Curriculum
Ideally, a curriculum works with selected academic standards to frame optimal learning experiences that result in student growth.
How To Screencast Like The Khan Academy
Here’s a look at how Salman Khan screencasts, plus tools you can use to create your own educational videos to benefit you and your students.
Badgestack Is An Open-Source Tool For Gamifying Learning
What Is Badgestack? Whether you call them microcredentials, trophies, or badges, the idea of documenting progress and making trends visible is becoming increasingly popular across increasingly diverse digital platforms. While this approach fits naturally into literal games, “gamifying” a system that isn’t first a game is a new approach that dovetails nicely into elements of…
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