50 Must-See Teacher Blogs Chosen By You 100 Web 2.0 Tools Every Teacher Should Know About 44.08K Views 0 Likes We're always trying to figure out the best tools for teachers, trends in the education technology industry, and generally doing our darnedest to bring you new and exciting ways to enhance the classroom. 50 Little-Known Ways Google Docs Can Help In Education 96.78K Views 0 Likes Google Docs is such an incredible tool for college students, offering collaboration, portability, ease of use, and widespread acceptance. 100 Teaching Tools You Should Know About
A Principal's Reflections Ask a Tech Teacher | What tech ed can I help you with? Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator TeachPaperless Cult of Pedagogy Back to School: Best iPod/iPad Apps to Start the Year! New boxes of crayons. Yellow number two pencils sharpened to a point. Binders with college ruled papers all organized perfectly. When introducing your iPods/iPads to your new class, you do not want to overwhelm them with 100 different apps. While I believe learning games have a time and a place in school, they should not be the only focus of iPod/iPad use in your classroom. Will this app promote creativity? Begin by selecting no more than 12 apps to start off your school year. Here is the list of apps I begin my year with: SimpleMind+: Simple mind is a mind mapping app that I use in all content areas for brainstorming ideas. Evernote: I use Evernote for my students to create writing pieces for the writing block, response to literature, and math journaling. DoodleBuddy: DoodleBuddy is used as a personal whiteboard to demonstrate learning. SonicPics: I use SonicPics so students can effectively communicate their learning and/or comprehension. RL Classic: This is simply a QR code reader. 1.
creativeStir 20 Little-Known Web Resources For Teachers 3 Tech Tips Your Grandma Could Teach You 2.08K Views 0 Likes Those who have been using technology, in some form, have a few tech tips you should know about. For example, your grandma could be of service. My 10 Favorite Learnist Boards Of The Year 2.60K Views 0 Likes I wanted to take a moment and share my favorite Learnist boards from the past year. Teaching and Learning News provide by Expert Educational Consultants In this episode, Alan speaks with Ewan McIntosh, Founder of NoTosh, out of Edinburgh, Scotland. The two begin with a discussion about Ewan’s work with design thinking for developing a new learning ecology within an International Baccalaureate school in Barcelona, Spain. This leads in to a conversation about the emotional process teachers go through in relinquishing some of their established control within the classroom. Finally, they discuss the role of school leaders and the key shifts they must make in order to jump into the design thinking process within their schools. Ewan has been a keynote speaker, a pre-conference master […] Podcast: Play in new window | Download
The Daring Librarian EdTech Acronyms Explained – EDTECH 4 BEGINNERS The amount of new acronyms in the educational technology world is staggering… and often overwhelming for educators. In fact, this list will be up to date for a few hours and then more acronyms and terms will come along! But have a look and get familiar with what they stand for: 1:1 – One to one (usually talking about the ratio of devices in a class per child). API – Application Programming Interface. AUP – Acceptable Use Policy BLearning – Blended Learning (using a range of multimedia and strategies). BYOD – Bring Your Own Device. BYOL – Bring Your Own Learning. BYOT – Bring Your Own Technology. CIPA – Children’s Internet Protection Act. COPPA – Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. CMS – Content Management System (a tool to build websites and apps). CREATE – Collaboartion, Resources, Educate, Apps, Technology, Enriching. DOK – Depth Of Knowledge. FC – Flipped Classroom (click here for my guide to flipping lessons). FL – Flipped Learning (click here for my guide to flipping lessons). Like this: