50 Ways Schools Can Use Google+ Hangouts

20 Amazing iPad Apps for Educators When one looks at how technology has changed education over the past decade, one can’t help but be blown away by the sheer number of iPad apps for educators that have absolutely flooded the electronic marketplace. There are so many iPad apps for teachers released every month that even the most plugged-in educator would have a difficult time processing and utilizing them all. Luckily, when teachers are looking to learn how to use iPads in the classroom, they need to look no further than TeachHUB magazine and TeachHUB.com -- an educator’s primary go-to resource when researching iPad apps for teachers and iPads in the classroom. Read on to learn about TeachHUB magazine and TeachHUB.com’s updated list of the hottest iPad apps for teachers and iPad apps for education, destined to forever alter your curriculum landscape, organized here by subject. Scroll down for an index of many of TeachHUB's helpful iPads in the classroom app reviews and more of the best usage of iPads in the classroom. Trello

Google+ presenta aplicaciones para Hangouts Google cuando se pone, se pone, y no ha tardado mucho en presentar además de lo que ya te hemos contado de la actividad de la cuenta también ha querido aportar novedades a su joya de la corona, a las quedadas (hangouts) de Google. Ha decidido que no es suficiente con todo lo que ya se puede hacer y ha añadido aplicaciones para los Hangouts. Si, has leído bien, aplicaciones. Por todos es conocido que la aplicación para videoconferencias que se incluye dentro de la red social de Google es de las cosas más populares y muy útiles tanto para pasar el rato como para un aspecto más profesional. Así que ahora cuando arranques un hangout (quedada) podrás ver un botón llamado “apps” en la parte superior de tu pantalla. En concreto hay disponibles estas aplicaciones: +Aces Hangout, para jugar al Poker de la manera más profesional, cara a cara con tus oponentes.Un juego de preguntas creado por +Bravo, para comprobar cual es tu nivel de cultura general con tus amigos.

Turning on 2-step authentication in Google One of the most harrowing tales of security woe in recent memory is that of Mat Honan, clearly a tech-savvy guy, who had a hacker call Apple and use social engineering gain access to his Amazon and iCloud accounts, and thus wound up losing a ton of data on his Mac, iPhone and iPad plus his primary Google account. Apple has since quit allowing iCloud password resets over the phone, but it wasn’t merely social engineering which allowed Honan’s account to be so thoroughly hijacked. Mat didn’t use Google’s 2-step authentication, which requires you to use a password and a text message to your phone to verify who you are. This one simple thing could have saved him from losing a year’s worth of photos of his daughter. Unfortunately, 2-step authentication is rare among web services like Gmail. As it’s best described, 2-step, or 2-factor authentication, uses something you know (a password) and something you have (a phone).

50 Must-Have Educational Apps It’s time for holiday road trips and you know what that means: driving, flying, cranky kids, and… teaching opportunities! What’s that, you say? Well, there is so much downtime during the holidays where kids and adults spend hours just passing the time… why not try out some new apps on your phone? Many of these apps were found by The Teaching Palette, be sure to check out their fantastic site for more helpful resources! From learning the ABCs to doodling, there’s plenty of terrific apps out there that will pass the time but also educate. *Most of the links below are to the iTunes store which will open another window and/or iTunes. Great Apps For Kids (And Adults) Alphabet Animals Perfect for your talented toddler, this game is packed with colorful animations, animal sounds, and tons of tips for learning their letters. WordSearch Kids Kids search and highlight vocabulary words by tapping the first and last letters. Mad Libs Just as goofy and fun as your remember. SmackTalk Annoying?

Manual de uso de Google Plus (Google+) El proyecto Google+ (también llamado Google plus o G+) es una nueva red social desarrollada por Google y lanzada al público (mediante invitación) el pasado 28 de junio de 2011. Una de las cosas que más destaca sobre otras redes sociales es la facilidad de gestionar la información a compartir dependiendo de tus grupos de amigos, que en Google+ se denominan círculos. Así pues, cuando publicamos mensajes, fotos o algún tipo de información en Google+, tenemos a nuestra disposición las siguientes opciones: Personas concretas: La información se puede compartir con usuarios individuales o direcciones de email directamente.Tus círculos: La información se comparte sólo con las personas que están dentro de alguno de tus círculos. Al contrario de redes como Facebook (en las que las dos personas deben añadirse mutuamente), Google+ actúa como lo hace Twitter, cada usuario añade a la persona que quiere leer, sin que este tenga que hacer lo mismo. 1. En Home, actualmente, podemos diferenciar 11 zonas: 1.

Google Announces 100 Live Hangouts For Teachers Around The World Track Hurricane Sandy Using The Google Crisis Map 1.05K Views 0 Likes If you're on the east coast like we are, you've got a pit in your stomach about Hurricane Sandy. Report: Vast Majority Of Top U.S. 7.33K Views 0 Likes Google has just unveiled some new statistics on the uptake of its popular Google Apps In Education platform. University of Michigan Developing Crash-Proof Cars 1.85K Views 0 Likes Forget Google's driverless cars. Google Drive Now Supports Native Editing On Mobile Devices 4.09K Views 0 Likes Google Drive is one of the most controversial yet useful edtech tools today.

Herramientas para hacer mapas mentales en línea Los mapas mentales son una gran ayuda para plasmar una idea de manera concreta y poder entenderla mas fácilmente. Su uso se extiende desde el ámbito educativo hasta el nivel empresarial donde puede constituir un gran elemento para presentar ideas en reuniones, entonces por qué no aprovecharlos al máximo y utilizarlos con mayor frecuencia. En el blog ya habíamos compartido una gran selección de software de escritorio para elaborar mapas conceptuales y mentales, pero que pasa si no queremos instalar nada en el computador o si nos encontramos en uno prestado, lo mas conveniente es contar con una aplicación web que pueda ayudarnos. A continuación les comparto una interesante selección de herramientas gratuitas para elaborar mapas mentales en línea hecha por Wwwhatsnew y que he querido publicar aquí para ustedes. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

6 Fixes We'd Like to See in Google Apps For a free service, Google Apps is not too shabby. You can create, edit and share documents with Drive, handle all correspondences in Mail, organize your day-to-day affairs with Calendar, find novels and articles with Books, and a lot more. Even though Google Apps is a decent free alternative to software such as Microsoft Office, there are few things that the company could improve (or work with others to improve), such as space limits, lack of cohesiveness between apps and other small difficulties, in order to provide a better user experience. SEE ALSO: Is This the New Google Maps App for iOS? [RUMOR] Check out the gallery above to see our suggestions. Mashable composite image courtesy of iStockphoto, Frender.

30+ recursos digitales educativos de calidad estrictamente seleccionados para profesores "En la literatura contemporánea sobre Didáctica, aparecen, cada vez con mayor frecuencia, términos asociados al proceso de enseñanza – aprendizaje, sin las imprescindibles precisiones teóricas y metodológicas que sustenten su introducción en el discurso científico, tal es el caso del término "recursos didácticos", de ahí la necesidad de clarificar qué es un recurso didáctico". Los Recursos didácticos son mediadores para el desarrollo y enriquecimiento del proceso de enseñanza -aprendizaje, que cualifican su dinámica desde las dimensiones formativa, individual, preventiva, correctiva y compensatoria, que expresan interacciones comunicativas concretas para el diseño y diversificación de la actuación del docente y su orientación operativa hacia la atención a la diversidad de alumnos que aprenden, que potencian la adecuación de la respuesta educativa a la situación de aprendizaje, con el fin de elevar la calidad y eficiencia de las acciones pedagógicas. Recursos didácticos generales:

Meet the Future of Google Maps Offline mapping for Android phones, Street View for nature trails and 3D Google Earth maps are all improvements coming to Google Maps in the near future. The three new features were unveiled by company executives at a press event at the company's San Francisco offices. Offline mapping will become a part of Google's "own global base map" and offer hi-res navigation without needing a WiFI or 3G or 4G connection. To use the feature, users will have to select the area they plan to visit before going offline, then download the map to their device. The familiar GPS tracking blue dot will still be there to help with navigation. Street View for walkable locations will take the popular feature beyond the streets, railroads and rivers that have already been covered. 3D Google Earth mapping also comes with the introduction of a new user interface called Tour Guide. A demo of the 3D flyover effect was fairly mesmerizing. Apple has used Google Maps since the iPhone was introduced in 2007.

iPad X Google Drive X Student Portfolios It has been too long since my last post...hopefully this one will be worth it. With recent upgrades to the Google Drive app on the iPad, Google Drive is now a viable solution for student portfolios that can be created in their entirety on an iPad and everything that is created by a student can be uploaded directly to their Google Drive account to a "Portfolio" folder that can then be shared with any one of their teachers. The Google Drive app now allows for creation of: DocumentsSpreadsheetsFolders You can now also upload from the camera roll: ImagesVideos Many PDF annotation apps also now allow direct upload to Google Drive, I suggest using Notability. Below is a presentation and video tutorial that explains the process of creating, uploading and sharing within the Google Drive app on an iPad. Google Drive iPad Portfolio from EdTechTeacher on Vimeo. I'll be talking more about using iPads in the classroom this summer at the EdTechTeacher Summer Workshops in Boston, Chicago & Atlanta.

How To Use Google Drive and Evernote To Create Digital Portfolios The following post is written by Greg Kulowiec & Beth Holland from EdTechTeacher. You can hear them both present at the April 10-12 EdTechTeacher iPad Summit in Atlanta! As iPads proliferate in schools around the world, and students as well as teachers create more and more content, questions about what to do with all of those learning objects have arisen. In other words, how can we curate this content into portfolios for assessment as well as reflection. Portfolio Curation with Google Drive Source: The Verge With recent upgrades to the Google Drive app on the iPad, it is now a viable solution for student portfolios that can be created in their entirety on iPad. The Google Drive app now allows for the creation of Documents, Spreadsheets, and Folders. The video tutorial below explains the process of creating, uploading and sharing within the Google Drive app on an iPad. Using Portfolios to Make Connections with Evernote Evernote provides one possible solution to the challenge.