Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: 9 Things Every Student Should Be Able to Do with Google Drive

March 8, 2014 Today I want to introduce you to some basic features integrated in Google Docs and which your students can use to help them with their research projects and also boost their collaborative workforce. 1- Research feature While composing in Google Docs students can very easily conduct a research on any highlighted word or phrase without having to change tabs or open new windows. To do this, they simply highlight the phrase they want to research and right click on it then select "research". A window pane will be displayed on the right hand sidebar with the search results of their query. 2- Search for scholarly articles and images Besides doing a web search for their queries, students can also search for images, scholarly articles, and quotes related to the phrase or word they highlighted. 3- Commenting Using the comment feature provided by Google Docs, students will be able to leave feedback on each others work.

Qué es un entorno personal de aprendizaje o PLE y cómo desarrollarlo La eclosión de las nuevas tecnologías ha hecho que tengamos que replantearnos cómo hacemos las cosas en muchos ámbitos de nuestra vida, y uno de ellos es el de la educación. Más concretamente, el cómo aprendemos. De ahí que resurja con fuerza el concepto de “entorno personal aprendizaje” (EPA) o PLE (Personal Learning Enviroment, en inglés) que, aunque siempre ha existido —aunque no éramos tan conscientes de él—, ahora se redefine para integrar las múltiples posibilidades que ofrece Internet y las nuevas herramientas digitales. Pero, ¿qué es un EPA? Un EPA no es otra cosa que el “conjunto de fuentes de información, herramientas, conexiones y actividades que cada persona utiliza de forma asidua para aprender”, según explican Linda Castañeda y Jordi Adell en su libro Entornos personales de aprendizaje: claves para el ecosistema educativo en red. Es decir, es un entorno que incluye todos aquellos recursos que nos ayudan a buscar, organizar, producir y compartir información y conocimiento.

Great Specialized Search Engines for Educators I have recently posted several articles about tips teachers and students need to know in order to better use search engines. In fact online searching skills are indispensable to our students overall digital skills. I have particularly focused on Google because it is the number one search engine almost everybody uses when running a search query. Given the importance of this search engine in education we have compiled a comprehensive guide to All Google Search Features Teachers and Students Need to Know about. Check out these series of the 21st century search engines for teachers : Today we are introducing you to another kind of search engines labelled ' specialized search engines '. 1- Real Time Search: This is one of the most interesting kind of specialized search engines. a- Google : Google offers a social search service that you can access by clicking on More on the left side and then select Real Time. b- Bing Bing too offers a similar service that you can access at www.bing.com/social.