Top 10 Reasons to Use Technology in Education: iPad, Tablet, Computer, Listening Centers. 100 Great Tech Talks for Educators. Posted on Monday May 31, 2010 by Staff Writers If you’re an educator, surely you know that technology has and will continue to have an incredible impact on learning. Whether it’s the Internet, innovative learning tools, or teaching technology itself, these two subjects are intertwined. In these talks, you will find essential information for educators concerned with technology. General Learn about making technology work in education and more in these talks. Rethinking the Student Experience in the 21st Century Public Research University: See how a diverse student body and technology can make a difference in the student experience today. Sharing Education These talks explore the idea of open, shared education. Hector Ruiz on Connecting the World: Hector Ruiz lectures on Internet access for everyone.
Creativity & Innovation Watch these talks to see how you can foster innovation and the creative spirit. Internet & New Media Leadership These talks will help you better foster leadership. Institution. Top 10 TED Talks from Inspiring Teachers. TED is one of my favourite video platforms where , when time allows, watch inspiring videos of not only educators but leaders and enthusiasts from all other fields. We , in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning, consider TED as a video resource of huge potential in education and that is why we dedicated a whole section solely to TED videos , its news and updates. Today we noticed that TED Blog has published a great post featuring 10 talks from inspiring teachers and upon checking them ( some we have already seen before ) we found them worth sharing with you here. Check them out below and tell us what you think about them : 1- Teach Statistics before Calculus Arthur Benjamin, a Math professor at at Harvey Mudd College, offers a bold proposal on how to make Math education relevant in the digital age.
10 Ways to Create Videos Without Installing Software. Creating videos used to require that you own expensive equipment and software. Fortunately, that is no longer the case. In fact, now there are many tools you can use to create videos online. Here is a collection of some of my favorite tools for creating videos online. WeVideo is a collaborative online video creation tool. In the video editor you can upload your own media clips or use stock media clips to produce your video. The video editor provides tools for trimming the length of display and or sound of each element you add to your video project. What makes WeVideo collaborative is that you can invite other people to create and edit with you. Masher is a great, free, tool for creating video mash-ups. Animoto makes it possible to quickly create a video using still images, music, and text.
Flixtime is a video creation service that is quite similar to Animoto. The Zimmer Twins is a neat site for introducing elementary school students to making simple animated video stories.