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Successful online students share their secrets for getting the most from online classes, focusing on time management, active participation, and practice
How Students Develop Online Learning Skills (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE | Leadership in Distance Education | Scoop.it
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Turn Your Smartphone Into A Virtual Projector
source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/22/researchers-turn-your-smartphone-into-a-virtual-projector/By Peyton Jobe
Cell Phones in the (Language) Classroom: Recasting the Debate (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE
Gaza and Ramallah: Learning as a community UNRWA and OLPC have been working together in Gaza and the West Bank to implement community laptop programs this year. In many schools in such as this one in Ramallah, students use their XOs in class and out.
One Laptop per Child
educational grants
profile of future education models
"I've been thinking about simple machines a lot recently, while in Africa working in education.
What Makes Educational Technology Successful in the Developing World? | IFAP Information Society Observatory
50 Reasons to Invite Facebook Into Your Classroom | MindShift
Lenny Gonzalez Editor’s Note: It’s not an easy decision to bring Facebook into the classroom.This report highlights key issues to facilitate understanding of how a systemic approach to technology-based school innovations can contribute to quality education for all while promoting a more equal and effective education system. It focuses on the novel concept of systemic innovation, as well as presenting the emerging opportunities to generate innovations that stem from Web 2.0 and the important investments and efforts that have gone into the development and promotion of digital resources. It also shows alternative ways to monitor, assess and scale up technology-based innovations.
Educational Research and Innovation Inspired by Technology, Driven by Pedagogy: OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: 9264094784
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Complete Guide to educational and special needs apps, complete list at One Place for Special Needs
Complete guide to educational and special needs apps The most detailed app guide for special needs families, speech therapists, occupational therapists, social workers and teachers!
Every few months, almost like clockwork, an alarming report comes along purporting to show that the Internet is turning everyone's brains -- particularly the brains of this generation's children -- into mush .
‘Tree octopus’ is latest evidence the internet is making kids dumb, says group | The Lookout - Yahoo! News
Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
Rare photo of the elusive tree octopus The Pacific Northwest tree octopus ( Octopus paxarbolis ) can be found in the temperate rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula on the west coast of North America.
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- Top 100 Sites of 2011
The time is finally here for my annual list of favorite sites of the year. This year, I decided to up my post to the top 100 instead of 25 due to the number of sites that I reviewed and due to the popularity of the post.EdTech Tools
This is another great publication by Lisa Johnson and her Appy Hour partner Yolanda Barker.
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10 vital questions to ask before investing in classroom technology | Informed Education
There are so many new technologies and devices appearing on the education market every day now that it can become very difficult to determine where to spend your money, if indeed you should spend it at all.One of the most common requests for workshops that I receive is to help teachers create and utilize blogs in their classrooms.
Free Technology for Teachers: Three Purposes for Classroom Blogs
I thought I'd kick off this year by posting a series of posts on topics related to tools and methods for work and learning. I'm hoping to address questions such as: