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6 Ways Students Can Collaborate With iPads. The following post is written by Greg Kulowiec of EdTechTeacher . Join EdTechTeacher at the iPad Summit in Atlanta on April 10-12. The app store is loaded with options that allow students to create content on their iPads. From comic strip creators to mind maps, video editing and publishing, screencasting & digital books, the options for individual student creation are expanding. However, collaboration between students is often a critical component of any classroom activity or project and increasingly there are options available that allow for collaborative efforts across iPads. Below are six ways to support collaboration between student iPads that cover the spectrum of creation options that range from text to digital storytelling to video creation. Explain Everything ($2.99) A flexible and powerful screen casting option, students and teachers can collaborate on screencasts by exporting Explain Everything project files from an iPad.

ClassBadges. PDF to Flash page flip - flipping book software. Flipping the classroom thanks to online course content. Flipping the classroom is a great concept which allows students to listen to or watch lectures at home and do homework assignments at school.

Flipping the classroom thanks to online course content

The many benefits include more personal contact between instructor and students. This takes place while resolving assignment issues during in-class practical sessions. At the same time lectures take on a self-paced approach. In my Introduction to Programming course, I was able to flip the classroom with the aid of online course content. I am teaching an in-class course with the use of Blackboard LMS. Instead of repeating what is already available in the online videos, I provide shorter lectures, more like introductions to the topic, and assign the video lectures as homework. What's The Use of Lectures? Hacking the Academy. Tpack.org- technological pedagogical and content knowledge.

Building CUNY Communities since 2009. Course Networking. Find, build and share lessons. iLearn Technology. Diipo LLC-Education 2.0 social network for your class. Diipo.net - Connect With Your Students. How Higher Education Uses Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] Schools are on a short list of organizations that have been notoriously slow to adopt emerging tech.

How Higher Education Uses Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]

But within the last few years, as social media becomes more integral to students' lives, educational institutions are finally catching on, and catching up. When it comes to higher ed, there are not only opportunities for digital learning, but digital marketing too. Some schools have taken the reigns on both sides, with mixed results. SEE ALSO: 5 Free Homework Management Tools for the Digital Student The infographic below takes a look at how schools have fared with social media over the last few years — what platforms are best, where they've succeeded, and the challenges that lay ahead. Teaching with Google+ Stream This is like Facebook's News Feed, where the sharing happens.

Teaching with Google+

Updates, links and other media from the people you follow will show up here. Posts aren't "hidden," but are "muted. "Circles This was a defining feature for Google+ when it was released -- a selling point that allows users to add people to different "circles" as a way of separating content, updates and the general mixing of different areas of your life. Whereas Facebook lumps everyone together in a single feed, Google+ streams allow you far more flexibility.

Users are currently split regarding how well this works in application. Google Plus vs. Facebook Video Chat: Why teachers and the education market will (or should) lean towards Google Plus - Tech-Savvy Teacher. It is a big summer so far in social networking.

Google Plus vs. Facebook Video Chat: Why teachers and the education market will (or should) lean towards Google Plus - Tech-Savvy Teacher

Google Plus was released last week, and a lot of tech geeks agree that its circles and “handout” features are both useful and a potential game-changer for work groups and web workers, and in my opinion, online schools and distance learning programs. Facebook also upped the ante today announcing Facebook Video Chat, backed by Skype technology (now a subsidiary of Microsoft). As you might expect, these two technologies will face off in coming days and months in an endless stream of chatter comparing the two.

Google Plus: Is This the Social Tool Schools Have Been Waiting For? There seem to be three forces at play when it comes to education and social media.

Google Plus: Is This the Social Tool Schools Have Been Waiting For?

The first is a lack of force, quite frankly - the inertia that makes many educators unwilling and uninterested in integrating the technology into their classrooms. Connecting the class, home and school. Buzzyears. Subscribe to calendars in Google Calendar - Google Calendar Help. Ask to see a calendar On a computer, open Google Calendar.

Subscribe to calendars in Google Calendar - Google Calendar Help

You can only edit Google Calendar sharing settings from a computer, not the mobile app. On the left side, find Other calendars. In the Add a friend's calendar or Add a coworker's calendar box, enter the other person's email address. Click Enter. Approval by the other person If their calendar isn't shared with you, the other person will get an email requesting access. To accept your request, the other person should: Open the email you sent requesting access on a computer. Google calendar on iOs devices. This article is for G Suite, Education, and Government users.

Google calendar on iOs devices

Other users should see the Calendar sync article for instructions for their iOS device. Learn more. Google Sync can sync up to 25 Google Calendars with the Calendar app on your iOS device (your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch). To select which calendars to sync to your iOS device, follow these steps: Open the Chrome or Safari browser on your device and go to Sign in with your account and select your device from the list of devices you've set up for Google Sync. Add missing Google calendar to Android. HOWTO: Subscribe to a Google Calendar using iCal. Getting started with Google Calendar Sync - Google Calendar Help.