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THE Journal: Technological Horizons in Education

THE Journal: Technological Horizons in Education

Library 2.0 - the future of libraries in the digital age Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology How to capture video from your tablet or iPad Back when Kelly Rush, one of TechSmith’s Associate Program Managers, originally wrote this post in 2012, it was pretty difficult to get a screen recording off an iPad or tablet. I recently talked to Kelly about the method he currently uses to record screen video from iPads, Android devices, and other tablets to see how the process has changed. If you’d like to take a trip down memory lane, we’ve saved his original video on YouTube. Thankfully, capturing video from your tablet is not nearly as complicated as it used to be! The easiest way to capture video from your tablet is to use a mirroring app—an app that makes your device screen show up on your desktop or laptop computer screen. Below I’ll go over how to use a few popular mirroring apps. Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in July 2012 by Kelly Rush and has since been completely updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Related Screen Capture on Tablets Made Easy March 1, 2013 In "Tips & How To's" August 8, 2011

Top 5 Best Platforms To Publish and Sell Your Online Courses, Reviewed and Compared Everyone has ideas they can share. Whether it's about how to successfully garden in an urban environment or tips on how to build a business from scratch. The world is filled with opportunities for you to share your knowledge, regardless of where that knowledge comes from and whether or not you've ever taught a course in the past. Far too often we hear people saying that they don't have anything to teach the world, but more often than not it's not true. And that's a shame because you can make lots of money from posting courses online and selling them to people who are interested. Those aren't even the top earners either. The only problem is that you need a platform for publishing and selling your online courses. Academy of Mine Pricing: From $199 per month to $449 per month. The Academy of Mine platform is one of our top choices when it comes to making your own online courses and selling them online. Who is This Online Course Platform Best For? Ruzuku WizIQ Pricing: $83 per month. Teachable

6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 201 6 About a year ago, I published an e-book called the Teacher’s Guide to Tech. Over the last month, I have been updating it for 2016, adding over 30 new tools and refreshing the information I had about the original ones. I have to say, the 2015 version was excellent, but now it’s SO MUCH BETTER. In the process, I discovered some tools that I absolutely fell in love with, and I wanted to share them with you here. Let’s take a look. Listen to this post as a podcast: Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:24 — 47.6MB) Subscribe: iTunes | Android | One key to improving student writing is to have students write more often. Students browse through a growing collection of writing ideas, each one paired with a visually compelling image, and write about them.Finished posts can then be shared with just one class or made publicly viewable (see examples). The free option allows for 40 students and a limited number of posts; paid packages offer greater capacity for students and posts.

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