25 Awesome Social Media Tools for Education An Updated 63 Page Guide to Google Drive and Docs Back in May I published a 57 page guide to Google Drive and Docs. That guide was well-received by many people some people even used it in their own presentations at ISTE 2012 (in some cases with permission and in some cases without). Since I originally published that guide Google has added a couple of new features to Google Docs. Therefore, I have updated my guide to Google Drive and Docs for Teachers. I've embedded the new version below. If you have used Scribd to embedd the older version in a webpage somewhere, don't worry the new version should automatically appear for you. I have stopped giving away downloads of this document.
The Top 18 Educational Social Networking Websites for Teachers Today's post is about the top educational social networking sites for this year. All these websites have been shortlisted for Edublogs Award of the best Educational Social Networking Websites for 2012. 1- Computing ++ This is a platform that helps teachers learn computing and computational thinking. The goal is to increase the amount and level of computing education in schools 2- Edmodo Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for your class to connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices. 3- EFL Classroom 2.0 This is a community of thousands of English learners and teachers. 4- English Companion This is a platform where you can get to ask questions and get help. 5- The Epic Ed Community The epic-ed community is designed to empower educators such as administrators, teachers, instructional technology facilitators, and chief technology officers as they make the digital transition in their schools and districts.. 9- Level Up Book Club 10- Life Pulp ( winner )
A Great Way to Use Google Docs with your Students One of my first posts here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning was about Google Docs in Education and by the time I wrote and published it, Google Docs was still not popular and did not have the advanced features it has now. Since then, many articles have been published on this topic and one of the most popular of them all was Google Docs 52 Secrets Educators Need to Know about. I am personally impressed by the power of this service and the several things we can achieve by using it. I always urge my students to use it to create presentations, docs, slideshows, spreadsheets and many more. The video is just 2 minutes and 46 seconds but is really great by all means and can help you learn about a new way to use Google Docs with your students.
Social Media for Teachers: Guides, Resources and Ideas Although students are evermore connected to the social web, many of these networks remain out-of-class digital playgrounds where students congregate. In a 2014 survey of 1,000 teachers, just one in five said they use social media regularly with students. Of course, it can be a challenge to incorporate social media into lessons. More Great Reads From Edutopia In addition to those great guides, there is a lot of useful information right here on Edutopia. Kid's Journal Education Technology index Introduction to Slide Design: 7 Rules for Creating Effective Slides