50 Indispensable EdTech Tools for 2012 - Boundless. Editor’s note: We came across this fun infographic and article from OnlineDegrees.org and wanted to share it with our readers.
Think any edtech tools are missing from the list? Let us know on Twitter @GoBoundless. 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. 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. Social Learning These tools use the power of social media to help students learn and teachers connect.
Learning These educational tools can help you to make lessons fun, interesting, and more effective. Lesson Planning and Tools. 321 Free Tools for Teachers - Free Educational Technology. RealtimeBoard: A Simple, Endless Collaborative Canvas. RealtimeBoard: an app with an unusually non-cryptic name.
It’s an online board where you can collaborate with your colleagues in real-time. Not a new idea, by any means, but RealtimeBoard has a new take on it, making it actually nice to use. It provides you with is what amounts to an essentially infinitely large whiteboard which you can use to brainstorm ideas, share notes and documents, work on designs with colleagues, and much more. Let’s take a look. Keeping It Real There is a great deal to like about RealtimeBoard, and this includes the ease of set up.
The ease with which you can join RealtimeBoard creates a great impression from the offset. With the ability to sign up with an existing Facebook or Google account, new users can join up in a matter of moments and get straight to work. After a brief introductory tutorial, you’ll be invited to work with a demo board to help test drive RealtimeBoard. Working With Boards One of the most useful components is the comment object. Extra Tools.
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Here is a list of great sites for kids and teachers to keep you happily productive and learning this summer. These are in no way in any order of personal preference or coolness. Happy summer! 1) Magic Tree House If your students like The Magic Tree House series (and let's be honest, who doesn't?) 2) Toporopa Can't afford that summer vacation schlepping around Europe? 3) ReadWriteThink Printing Press ReadWriteThink creates a lot of great educational resources. 4) Spell With Flickr Spell With Flickr is a simple site that allows you to enter any word, and will then create a photo representation of that word using pictures from Flickr. 5) Freeology 6) Tagxedo Tagxedo is a Wordle-esque site that allows students to create beautiful word clouds. 7) Learn Your Tables 8) Virtual Sistine Chapel 9) Cool Math.
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