Tech Tools for Teachers: Social-bookmarking

Nik Peachey explores social-bookmarking and how we can use it to save bookmarks online to access them from any computer. Nik provides a comprehensive overview article on the use of social-bookmarking, including a list of tools to collate web pages like scrible and Delicious, a downloadable lesson plan, a video screencast tutorial and a printable how-to guide.

More than 1,500 learning institutions now using Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services has announced at the AWS Public Sector Summit in Washington, DC that more than 300 government agencies and 1,500 education institutions are leveraging AWS for a wide range of uses including big data analytics, high performance computing, web and collaboration applications, archiving and storage, and disaster relief.

myEDU launches new tools to help college students connect with employers

Online student platform MyEDU has announced the launch of MyEdu Student Profile and MyEdu for Employers.

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012

A learning tool is a tool to create or deliver learning content/solutions for others, or a tool for your own personal or professional learning.
Here is the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012 as voted for by 582 learning professionals worldwide.

This year  I’ve highlighted where the Top 100 Tools are mainly being used – ie for Personal/Professional use, in Education and/or in the Enterprise.  (Please note that the absence of a checkmark in a column does not mean that the tool is not, cannot or should not be used for that purpose!)

Ginkgotree: Digital Course Packets Made Easier

Digital course materials were supposed to make things easier for students. Rather than purchasing photocopied packets assembled from journal articles, book excerpts and the like, students could get PDFs — downloadable and readable online across multiple platforms, printable for offline studying. Of course, students haven’t really flocked to digital materials, whether they’re textbooks or course packets, even though many companies are working on tech solutions aimed at them. The obstacles to adoption remain the format (the PDF) and the cost.

11 Reasons Every Educator Needs a Video Strategy

Any company, organization, or individual hoping to take advantage of digital video to educate or entertain the populace or promote a product should have a video strategy in place before springing for the time and equipment involved. Educators, of course, are not exempt from the core tenets of solidifying a viable video strategy — especially when it comes to how exactly they plan to take advantage of everything the medium offers.

12 EdTech Tools to Know and Use This Year 2012

Free online resources offer options for integrating technology in the classroom.

I am a big believer in routines. My first task each morning, after I sit down at my computer and settle in for the day, is to scour my favorite education blogs and websites for information that I think our readers might find useful.

8 Amazing Ways Google Glasses Will Change Education

Education is already seeing some major changes in light of new, cutting-edge technologies. Students can now access educational information from virtually anywhere at any time, and mobile devices are influencing some to flip their classrooms, changing the educational experience altogether. While current technologies are making waves, further changes linked to upcoming technologies may be on the horizon.

50 Education Technology Tools Every Teacher Should Know About

Technology and education are pretty intertwined these days and nearly every teacher has a few favorite tech tools that make doing his or her job and connecting with students a little bit easier and more fun for all involved.
Yet as with anything related to technology, new tools are hitting the market constantly and older ones rising to prominence, broadening their scope, or just adding new features that make them better matches for education, which can make it hard to keep up with the newest and most useful tools even for the most tech-savvy teachers.

How Students Can Create Their Own e-Textbooks On An iPad

Two of the most powerful apps on the iPad may be completely invisible: iBooks and the Camera Roll. However, when used together, they have the potential to create powerful learning experiences and dynamic projects.

Dynamic Math Portfolios

In July, Greg Kulowiec and I taught a workshop on Creating Digital Course Content. One of our participants, a high school math teacher, initially set out to create his own textbook. However, as we started exploring BookCreator, he realized that the real value may be in the students creating their own collection of books over the course of the year.

Educational Resources debuts LearnPad

Educational Resources® (“ER™”) is releasing the LearnPad™ tablet solution to the US market. The LearnPad™ is a customized school-based tablet solution that supports a wide range of curriculum resources, including tablet “apps”, websites and Flash-based learning content. It contains easy-to-use tools expressly designed to support effective teaching with out-of-the-box utility. “Contrast the LearnPad™ with various brands’ consumer tablets, and it is easy to see they are overtly lacking any embedded instructional utility. The LearnPad™ addresses rather than over-simplifies everyday school challenges.” says Kevin Shupenia, VP of Tablet Solutions for Educational Resources®.

New technologies for schools: September 2012

A new way to measure the color brightness of projectors, a messaging service that could boost parent engagement in their children’s lessons, and math software that targets “perceptual learning” are among the latest ed-tech tools described in the September 2012 edition of eSchool News.
Our September edition is now available in digital format on our website. You can browse the full publication here, or click on any of the headlines below to read these highlights:

Teaching With Tablets

Tablets can be used for much more than playing games and reading the latest e-books. Learn more about how tablets are also changing the face of education.

How to Make Your Own Infographics

Website provides 10 tools for educators to make shareable online graphs and diagrams.

Of all the content we post to this site, infographics, without fail, get the most love from our readers.
Given the increasingly visual — and, for that matter, social — world in which we live, it’s no wonder that educators and administrators have an affinity for our more colorful, data-driven resources. Infographics are at their best when they combine an interesting topic with clear visuals and statistics to tell a compelling narrative. Consider these examples:

Learning in 3D : Technology puts students at the center of the educational action

Entertaining in three dimensions isn't new. But it's become all the rage in the consumer space in recent years, with filmmakers frequently delivering their movies in action-packed, seat-gripping 3D.
Having noticed that young audiences love the realism of 3D, schools are beginning to incorporate the technology into their classrooms, reasoning that anything that actively engages students and increases their motivation to learn is a great thing. To meet demand, product manufacturers and content developers are rolling out 3D-ready TVs, projectors, cameras, editing software and curricula.

New YouTube Channel for Teachers and Tutors

Online technology resources are becoming an increasingly important part of education, both in the classroom setting and in tutoring sessions. As part of the online community’s growing attention to the needs of educators, YouTube recently launched an online channel for teachers, where you can upload, watch and share videos free of charge.
The YouTube Teachers channel invites you to “spend more time teaching, less time searching. This well-organized channel “was created to help teachers use educational YouTube videos to educate, engage and inspire their students.” Educators are invited not only to access the wealth of existing content, but also to submit a playlist of videos “that aligns with a given standard” (generally common core standards).