6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2015. While doing research for my upcoming e-book, The Teacher’s Guide to Tech, I have come across dozens of tools with pretty awesome potential for teaching and learning. These six are the ones I think are the most interesting and most useful right now. Wherever you fall on the technology spectrum — from newbie to experienced user — there’s probably something here you haven’t tried yet. Although most of these tools aren’t brand-new, they are all steadily growing in popularity, and each one can enhance teaching and learning in a unique, time-saving, or engaging way. For every tool, I provide a brief overview, my personal rating of its difficulty, a video that demonstrates how the tool works, and a list of suggested ways you can use it. Turn Hand-Picked Content into Your Own Online Newspaper Difficulty Level: MediumPrerequisites: It helps to be familiar with Twitter.
Curation digs into all of this. A tool like Paper.li is a fun, visually appealing, tech-savvy way to teach curation. I do now. Helbling Mind App. Web 2.0, New Learning Technologies (and EFL) Free Technology for Teachers; free resources and lesson plans for teaching with technology written by Richard Byrne. Nik’s Learning Technology blog by Nik Peachey, for English Language teachers. EdTech Toolbox: a place to share e-learning and Web 2.0 tools for education. Computers and laptops in education are important only when used with good pedagogy. Digital content and creation is an important part of the process for educators in the 21st century. Using ICT in further education; free resources for teachers and students (Open Source, Freeware, Creative Commons); Patricia Donaghy. Ana María Menzes blogging on new media. Nik’s QuickShout; educational technology and ELT. Mark Brumley: educational technology.
TEFL in general. Classroom 2.0. Webtools4U2Use. Note: This article has been translated to the Serbo-Croatian language by Anja Skrba from The purpose of this website is to provide a place forK-12 school library media specialiststo learn a little more about web tools that can be used to improve and enhance school library media programs and services, to see examples of how they can be used, and to share success stories and creative ideas about how to use and integrate them.
Hundreds of free and inexpensive web tools are available for school library media specialists to use that can make us more productive, valued, and, perhaps, more competitive. This wiki was created for school library media specialists by Dr. Donna Baumbach and Dr. Judy Lee, University of Central Florida. Where are you on this social media ladder? Where would you like to be on the social media ladder? Compare these two versions of "When I Become a Teacher. " Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers. Free Technology for Teachers.