It can be hard to keep up with the ever-growing list of free educational sites out there, much less distinguish which ones will best meet your needs and help you learn skills you really need without shelling out big bucks. New sites are always being launched and even those that have been on the scene…
When adopting a new learning tool, the clearer the picture of how that tool ideally functions can be helpful in improving its use.
Ideally, a curriculum works with selected academic standards to frame optimal learning experiences that result in student growth.
Here’s a look at how Salman Khan screencasts, plus tools you can use to create your own educational videos to benefit you and your students.
What Is Badgestack? Whether you call them microcredentials, trophies, or badges, the idea of documenting progress and making trends visible is becoming increasingly popular across increasingly diverse digital platforms. While this approach fits naturally into literal games, “gamifying” a system that isn’t first a game is a new approach that dovetails nicely into elements of…
25 Twitter Tips For Teachers And Education Professionals contributed by onlinecollege.org and updated by TeachThought Staff Although LinkedIn gets a lot of love as a professional social media site, Twitter is a force (and a cognitively fertile stream as well) that can’t be ignored by up-and-coming young professionals. It’s a great place to get connected…
Augmented reality is a medium through which the known world fuses with current tech to create a uniquely blended interactive experience.
Here, are a few amazing iPad apps for struggling readers and writers to help them see school as fun and engaging, not a struggle.
These recent studies show whether the iPad movement is the wave of the future of education, or a waste of valuable resources.
Want to be a mediocre teacher? Don’t listen to students, keep learning in the classroom, and focus on preparing students for the future.
Facebook is–based on number of users–the most popular social network on the planet. But it’s not for everyone. Its central functions are short updates, pictures and “likes” that, while similar twitter, somehow combine to form a formidable passive-aggressive mix that can often play out humorously, as the image below from college humor demonstrates. Image attribution…
Here is a historical perspective of the iPad’s first 20 months in schools, broken down into 3 distinct epochs, each marked by a ‘big idea.’