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Speaking of Electronic Whiteboards. Combine the touch screen capability of a video game with the drawing flexibility of whiteboard markers and what do you get?

Speaking of Electronic Whiteboards

Electronic whiteboards! Discover how K-12 teachers are using the devices in almost every subject area, and learn what you should consider before purchasing one yourself. Included: Links to lesson plans, tips for use with students with special needs, suggestions for choosing the best model for your needs, and more! Consider the ordinary computer and projector. Used together, they can display the contents of a computer screen to an entire class. Electronic whiteboards -- often referred to by such brand names as Smartboard or Mimio Board -- look very similar to the traditional whiteboards or chalkboards teachers use to display information to their students.

Whiteboard users can use a finger or a special electronic "marker" to interact with the information displayed on the screen. Technology an Educator Can Love. The Education World Tech Team discuss its favorite new hardware and software.

Technology an Educator Can Love

Can the technology work for you too? Included: More than twenty technology tools for teachers and tech coordinators. This month we asked members of the Education World Tech Team: If you're a tech coordinator, what's the best new hardware or software you've introduced to your school or district this year? If you're a teacher, what's the best hardware or software you've used this year? How does that technology improve teacher productivity or student learning? "The best pieces of software I've introduced this year," said Lucy Gray, "are "We're just starting to use these pieces of software, but I can tell you a bit about how I'm using them," Gray said. "Two things come to mind when we talk about technology hits of the year," said Katy Wonnacott: "Kidspiration and United Streaming, an educational digital video library. The best software John Simeone has seen to date for his lab is iLife '09.

Fun Image Generators on the Web. While much of the appeal of digital photography is in being able to edit images, Photoshop is a program I have just not gotten around to learning in any depth.

Fun Image Generators on the Web

But that doesn't mean I can't have fun with images -- thanks to some easy-to-use online tools. Lots of these image generators are available on the Web. Most are free and easy to use -- so easy even a technology director can manage them. Here are some of my favorites -- just for fun. Motivator The motivational posters that have become common in many offices and classrooms are a snap to make using Motivator.

ImageChef Create banners, buttons, signs, license plates, bling and a host of other graphics using the pre-built images in ImageChef. Cameroid If you have a webcam, Cameroid uses it to modify the user's image. The Fodey Generator This tool, like ImageChef, allows you to add your text to pre-created images. If you'd like to discover more of these kinds of tools, peruse the archives of The Generator Blog. 50 Education Technology Tools Every Teacher Should Know About.

Technology and education are pretty intertwined these days and nearly every teacher has a few favorite tech tools that make doing his or her job and connecting with students a little bit easier and more fun for all involved.

50 Education Technology Tools Every Teacher Should Know About

Yet as with anything related to technology, new tools are hitting the market constantly and older ones rising to prominence, broadening their scope, or just adding new features that make them better matches for education, which can make it hard to keep up with the newest and most useful tools even for the most tech-savvy teachers. Here, we’ve compiled a list of some of the tech tools, including some that are becoming increasingly popular and widely used, that should be part of any teacher’s tech tool arsenal this year, whether for their own personal use or as educational aids in the classroom. Social Learning These tools use the power of social media to help students learn and teachers connect. Learning. The 31 Educational Web Tools Every Teacher Should Know about.

Below is a list I have been working on for the last couple of days.

The 31 Educational Web Tools Every Teacher Should Know about

This list features some interesting web tools for teachers keen on integrating technology into their instruction and work routine. There are loads of web platforms that are educationally focused and to contain them all in one list is way beyond the scope of a short blog post like this , therefore I selected only what I deemed the most important. 1- Google drive Google Drive is a great suite of productivity tools that works across different devices. Google Drive provides 15 GB of free storage. 2- Dropbox Dopbox is another wonderful cloud-based storage platform that allows you to easily save and store your docs and PDFs and share them with others. 3- Evernote Evernote is powerful web tool that you can use to make notes, bookmark webpages and many more. 4- Twitter This is one of the best social networking platform out there. 5- Google Plus 6- Pinterest 7- Socrative 8- Edmodo 9- Tweetdeck 10- Prezi 11- Paper.li.