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The Most Popular Posts on Free Technology for Teachers This Week Good morning from Hartford, Connecticut where later today I'll be watching one of my younger brothers get married (he's the one with the duck in the picture, and he might kill me for posting that picture). As I do every week regardless of where I am and what's happening I have put together a list of the most popular posts of the week. I do this every week for two reasons; it gives me a sense of what people are interested in and it gives you a chance to catch up on what other educators found useful this week. Here are this week's most popular posts: 1. 93 Android Apps for Teachers to Try This Summer 2. Google Blockly - A Visual Programming Language 3. A Nice Guide to iPad App Evaluation 4.

I Love My Librarian Award Ten librarians were honored with a Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award in 2013. Each received a $5,000 cash award, a plaque and $500 travel stipend to attend an awards reception in New York, hosted by The New York Times, on December 17, 2013. Richard Ford, winner of the 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for his novel Canada, will be the keynote speaker at the event. There are 166,305 certified librarians nationwide, and librarians touch the lives of the people they serve every day. The award encourages library users like you to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians. We want to hear how you think your librarian is improving the lives of the people in your school, campus or community. Sign up here to be notified about 2013 winners and future I Love My Librarian Award activity. Questions? Front Page Slideshow Image:

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: Teachers Easy Guide to The Most Important Web Tools in Education When it comes to using web resources with our students, time plays a decisive role.It is next to impossible for a busy teacher restricted by curriculum constraints, day to day lesson preparations, assignment corrections, to mention but a few of his chores, to effectively search the web and find the adequate resources to share with his/ her students. Most people just do not have the time to learn all these technologies and some educators pick just one or two websites of interest and start exploring them. This is definitely not the right thing to do particularly if you want to leverage the huge potential of technology into your classroom.There is, however, a simple roudabout to this problem. 1- A List of The Best Video Editing Tools for Teachers 2- A List of The Best Digital Story Telling Tools for Teachers 3- A List of The Best drawing and Painting Tools for Teachers 4- A List of The Best Presentation Making Tools for Teachers 5- A List of The Best PDF Tools for Teachers

The 5 Keys to Educational Technology Ed Tech | Viewpoint The 5 Keys to Educational Technology What is educational technology? By Hap Aziz09/16/10 Educational technology is the considered implementation of appropriate tools, techniques, or processes that facilitate the application of senses, memory, and cognition to enhance teaching practices and improve learning outcomes. Educational technology has a multi-faceted nature comprising a cyclical process, an arsenal of tools (both physical and conceptual), and a multiple-node relationship between learners and facilitators of instruction, as well as between learners themselves. There are five key components of my own definition of educational technology that are meant to tie the multiple facets of the concept together. 1. There is a broad basis for discussion and debate within the field regarding multiple possible definitions of educational technology. Januszewski, A. (2001).

Very Pinteresting!: The hot social network is taking educators by storm By Kate Messner Everyone’s buzzing about Pinterest, a new social media tool that connects people through the things they like—but for a growing number of users in classrooms and media centers, it’s fast becoming a powerful resource where teachers and students share images, store lesson plans, read about current events, watch video clips, and collect their favorite apps. Pinterest bills itself as a virtual pinboard that helps users “organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.” Although still in beta phase, the site has grown astronomically—faster than even Facebook and Twitter—reaching 10 million visitors each month. Getting started is easy: an existing member can send you an invitation or you can click “Request an Invite” on the main page and start creating boards where you can collect photos, articles, and other clippings on just about any topic. “I use it to mostly promote books and reading,” says Ludwig. A portion of Sarah Ludwig's "research" board More on Pinterest

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Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers findingDulcinea to do research Being a school librarian, I am often asked by both students and teachers alike ways to find materials to use for papers, speeches or even extra credit. That is my job as a media specialist, to teach and help people sift through information and help people decide what is good and what is bad. I came across a site called findingDulcinea, which according to the site is the librarian of the Internet. In today's age, people automatically go to google to get their information. A database can cost a school district thousands of dollars. Dulcinea has a sweet search engine, as it is called, directed for students. My corporation has a few database subscriptions that have not been used but maybe a few times.

A Free Complete Guide to Evernote Evernote is currently my favorite service for note-taking and bookmarking. I have Evernote installed on my iPad, my Android Tablets, my phone, my computers, and I have the Evernote web clipper installed in all of my browsers. Because of Evernote's versatility I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a good note-taking and bookmarking tool. One question that I often hear from first-time Evernote users is, there's so many options, where do I start? Make Use Of has just released a new guide that will answer that question and many more. How To Use Evernote, The Missing Manual is a free 34 page guide to using Evernote.

Easily Test your Students Digital Skills Using Microsoft Digital Literacy Today as I was wading through my feeds I came across a great web tool from Microsoft. This is called Microsoft Digital Literacy. It is basically an assessment system that teachers can use to test their students digital knowledge. Microsoft Digital Literacy can be used by teachers especially in the begiining of a new school year to assess and learn about their students technology and internet related abilities.

ZoomIt Introduction ZoomIt is a screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations. ZoomIt runs unobtrusively in the tray and activates with customizable hotkeys to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around while zoomed, and draw on the zoomed image. ZoomIt works on all versions of Windows and you can use pen input for ZoomIt drawing on tablet PCs. Using ZoomIt The first time you run ZoomIt it presents a configuration dialog that describes ZoomIt's behavior, let's you specify alternate hotkeys for zooming and for entering drawing mode without zooming, and customize the drawing pen color and size.

10 Ways Librarians Can be a Marketing Genius Like Lady Gaga 20 Tips for Creating a Professional Learning Network - Getting Smart by Miriam Clifford “20 Tips for Creating a Professional Learning Network” by Miriam Clifford first appeared on the InfomED blog. Networking is a prime form of 21st century learning. The world is much smaller thanks to technology. Just this month, a tech news article showcased how Harvard scientists are considering that “sharing discoveries is more efficient and honorable than patenting them.” As educators, we aim to be connected to advance our craft. Learning networks are based on the theory of connectivism, or learning from diverse social webs. What are some ways to grow your PLN and improve the quality of your interactions? 10 Tips For Using PLN’s Keep the spirit of collaboration as your driving force. 10 Tools & Strategies for Establishing a Productive PLN Use Diigo, Evernote, Pocket, or Delicious to bookmark links. PLNs are a powerful change agent.