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Amazing Virtual Field Trip Ideas with Google Street Views
Overview We all know and love Google Maps. But did you know that the Street View Pegman has few more tricks up his sleeve? Google Street Views takes some of the most amazing Street View imagery, as...
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Pimp The Web With The Best Chrome Browser Extensions
Tweaking Google’s Chrome browser with extensions to serve your every whim is one of its best features. Those optional little buttons sitting nex...See it on Scoop.it, via Education Technology
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ELLs Will Love "ClipDis"! It's Text-To-Speech With A Twist
ClipDis a new web and smartphone app that lets you type in any sentence and then provides it to you in a short video with actors from popular movies speaking it. Even better, you don't have to...
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How Big is Digital Education in the United States? An End of Year Review
Buzz about the potential of digital learning abounds. Despite the excitement, relatively little is known about how many students are actually taking advantage of digital learning opportunities.See it...
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The 5 Most Popular Educational Apps of 2014 -- THE Journal
These are the five top-rated apps from Common Sense Graphite's "Best Ed Tech of 2014" list.Ann Francis's insight:#edtechSee it on Scoop.it, via Education Technology
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13 higher ed tech tools and approaches to watch in 2015
Recent awards and listings have raised the profile of a wide range of higher ed technology companies and institutional ed tech efforts.Ann Francis's insight:#edtechSee it on Scoop.it, via Education...
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Improve battery life dramatically | Komando.com
Does your phone die before the day is over? Make it last with this powerful battery-saving app...Ann Francis's insight:#edtechSee it on Scoop.it, via Education Technology
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The most downloaded free app for Apple and Android gadgets | Komando.com
Get the #1 free download for Android and Apple gadgets....Ann Francis's insight:#edtechSee it on Scoop.it, via Education Technology
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The best new iOS feature no one uses (yet!) | Komando.com
OK, please let me see a show of hands, how many of you have ever emailed a file - like a photo or a document - to your Mac from your iPhone or iPad, even as you sit right in front ...Ann Francis's...
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Disney Imagicademy Apps - POPSUGAR
If you've struggled to find educational apps that not only teach your kids something age-appropriate but are visually stimulating as well, you're not alone.See it on Scoop.it, via Education Technology
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5 Critical Mistakes Schools Make With iPads (And How To Correct Them) | Edudemic
Focusing on iPad-versus.-laptop comparisons stifles the ability to see how the iPad facilitates student-centered learning. iPads are devices meant to compliment computers, not replace them.So, people...
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The 6 Technologies That Will Change the Face of Education -- Campus Technology
Makerspaces, wearable technologies and adaptive learning technologies are three of the six technologies that will have a profound impact on higher education within the next five years, according to...
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Five questions for teachers to ask about education technology
What education technology companies should -- and shouldn't -- do.See it on Scoop.it, via Education Technology
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Testing Educational Technology in Real-World Settings | Bacon's Rebellion
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$1 Billion Federal 'Enhancing Education Through Tech' Bill Introduced -- THE...
The United States Senate will once again be forced to consider explicit funding of education technology. Taking up the mantle left by former lawmakers, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) has introduced...
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The Writers Workbench: The Very Long Windows 8 Column - Huffington Post
There are two important things to know about Windows 8. The first is that it isn't Windows 8. It's Windows 8.1. This isn't just a decimal point, it's significant....See it on Scoop.it, via Education...
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Math iPad App for Common Core - Treasure Sums
Ahoy landlubbers! Can you solve the number puzzles and discover the lost treasures of Lima? A great teaching resource for Common Core classrooms, Treasure Sums features satisfying visual math...See it...
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Google Apps for the iPad - Shake Up Learning
The following is a list of Google Apps for iOS (from Google, Inc. and third parties). This list is exhaustive and includes several apps that are not on the infographic Guide to Google Apps for the...
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App Smash - Smashing apps for Modern Foreign Languages
"Language learning has to be met with engaging and entertaining lesson objectives that include innovative approaches from the teacher. The iPad can be the perfect tool to employ when trying to achieve...
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iPad students learn the most important skill
There's something in the air and like the best of things, it's exciting and scary at the same time. More and more articles like this one and this one and even this one proclaim the death of so...See...
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Tablet Apps to Engage Students with ELA Skills
Engaging students in lessons on sentence structure, parts of speech, and punctuation can be a challenge. MadLibs is not a new product, however their iPad app makes story creation and English Language...
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iPads & Apps
iPads for Beginners - Karla Holt's ERLC session presentation info on basics of using an iPod/iPad to support and enhance student learning.See it on Scoop.it, via Education Technology
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Google Tips and Tricks - "I didn't know I could do that in Google!"
Google tips and tricks presentation to educators on Nov. 6, 2014 at BIT14 (ECOO) in Niagara Falls Ontario Canada.See it on Scoop.it, via Education Technology
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Integrated activities for grades K-5 from my classes at @MarymountNYC's...
From June 22 – July 24, I led technology projects at Marymount’s Summer STEAM Camp in the awesome FabLab Makerspace at their 5th Avenue campus. It was quite an experience to gather, develop, and run...
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Coding for Kids - 3 FREE & Fabulous Apps - appydazeblog
Why teach kids to code? Coding is what makes computer software work. Understanding the basics of programming will help your child be prepared for the jobs of the future. And, in the process your child...
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These Gorgeous iPad Notes Could Lead to the Paperless Classroom | THE Journal
Vancouver teacher Brad Ovenell-Carter has been doodling notes in Moleskine notebooks at conferences for a while, causing heads to turn. People used to ask him for copies and he would snap a photo and...
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Sketchnotes 101: The Basics of Visual Note-taking
So you say you're ready to start sketchnoting.Maybe you're not much of a sketcher but you take a lot of notes, and are interested in making them more meaningful and interesting, but you're afraid your...
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A Collection Of Beautiful Educational Sketchnotes for Teachers ~ Educational...
A few weeks ago, I shared here a list of some powerful iPad apps for sketchnoting (visual note taking) and I argued that sketchnoting has several cognitive pluses (e.g easy memory recall, quick...
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Sketchnoting FOR Learning
The term sketchnoting describes a style of visual note-taking recently gaining popularity among conference attendees. Contrary to popular belief, you do not ha…See it on Scoop.it, via Education...
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The (3) best ways to share information from your iPad
With iOS 8, Apple expanded the iPad’s ability to share information in many different ways. This has long been a frequently requested feature that was already available on various other mobile...
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