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The 15 Education Technologies To Know About This Year. What latest gadgets and gizmos are going to change your classroom in 2013? It’s hard to know exactly what will catch on and what won’t, but the following list showcases some of the emerging new technologies, software, and platforms available. With their innovation and practicality, many of these are poised to enter the classroom and change the way students and teachers learn permanently. 1. Flashnotes Remember the days of doodling on the side of your spiral notebook while you tried to take copious notes from your boring biology teacher? Would you be more motivated if you knew that your notes would not only give you an edge on the exam, but could also earn you a bit of cash? Flashnotes allows students to upload their lecture notes and sell them to other students who need more help or resources. 2. The new startup is using a Facebook type platform- riding the wave of what works- and tailoring it for education. 3.

Imagine your smartphone as your primary source for study materials. 4. 5. 6. New Wordpress Plugin Lets You Build Your Own Online School. Google is working on an online course solution. Same story with Khan Academy, Coursera, Udacity, and … you? If you run a website that uses WordPress, you can now easily (relatively) build your very own online school. The new WordPress plugin from WooThemes (a popular WordPress premium theme provider) lets you start up your own online school with ease. It’s as simple as installing a WordPress plugin. The actual content and other school-y stuff is, of course, up to you. WooThemes Sensei Plugin Features The new plugin is dubbed ‘ Sensei ‘ (it had previously gone by the codename ‘LMS’ but is now officially Sensei. But it’s the registration tools, course analytics, design, quizzes, and built-in prerequisites that set this tool apart.

Since Sensei is a plugin and not a theme, you can use it with any theme (such as your current theme on your blog, for example). What It Looks Like The following images are screenshots of Sensei and aim to give you a good idea of how the plugin and theme work. How The New Learnist Apps Signal A Change In Education Technology. If you haven’t heard of Learnist yet, you’re going to see the name around a whole lot more as of 11am today. That’s because Learnist just launched its new iPad and iPhone apps . Edudemic got a hands-on view of these apps and they are quite remarkable. Not just because they’re fancy apps that look nice, but because of what they signal to the larger world of education technology. These apps are going to be the yardstick by which future edtech apps are judged.

I say that knowing full well that it’s a weighty claim. What Is Learnist? Learnist is a social learning platform that looks like Pinterest with a heavy dose of Facebook and Instagram. Learnist lets you create learning boards that are essentially digitally curated silos of information. ”Learnist redefines social learning by creating a collaborative mobile experience that empowers any learner, consumer and teacher to easily create and curate media-rich content. The Apps The iPhone app is all about content creation. iPhone Version. 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. Google Drive (Free) BookCreator ($4.99) Subtext (free) Diigo. Safe and simple blogs for your students. Google Sites - Free websites and wikis.