Banning Scientology doesn't make Wikipedia more credible
"Our students, whether they are Googling, Bing-ing (just doesn’t have the same ring, does it?), or digging through Wikipedia should be able to identify sources of limited credibility. This isn’t just a...
View ArticleHoward Rheingold on essential media literacies
We need to start changing the definition of literacy. We have to prepare students for the future, not for the past as we are doing. But a big problem is that the teachers, instructors, etc are...
View Article50 Open Source Apps Transforming Education
50 Open Source Apps Transforming Education — Datamation.com:"While some educators have been quick to grasp the potential and promise of open source software, many others have been hesitant to stray...
View ArticleTeam WhiteBoarding with Twiddla
Painless Team Collaboration for the Web:"Mark up websites, graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas. Browse the web with your friends or make that conference call more productive...
View ArticleiLearn Technology � Blog Archive � Kideos
Great YouTube alternative for elementary students, categorized by age and subject." Kideos is a collection of kid friendly videos. Each video featured on Kideos has been carefully screened by the...
View ArticleHow Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education | Fast Company
How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education This article from Fast Company Magazine is an excellent roundup and review of initiatives in higher education that are using Web 2.0...
View ArticleBack to School: 10 Terrific Web Apps for Teachers
Back to School: 10 Terrific Web Apps for TeachersSome of these applications are really useful. My particular favorites are Curriki and edmodo.I can see many teachers wanting to use docCop to check for...
View ArticleAre dinosaur managers and poor teaching holding back Digital Britain?
Interesting article on the results of an expert panel that is looking into the UK IT future. One very interesting note was that:" if UK kids are technophiles in their spare time, they are technophobes...
View ArticleDon Tapscott and learning from our kids
Ethan Zuckerman writes in his blog on a presentation from Don Tapscott re: learning from our kids."A student, Joe O’Shea, reacted to this presentation, saying that it resonated, and confessing, “I...
View ArticleOOo4Kids - Open Office for Kids
taaa daaa! Finally children have thier own office application suite. Open Office 4 Kids is a lighter version of Open Office, with the folowing specific features:Dedicated to 7-12 yearsSpecific...
View ArticleCreative Commons and Open Educational Resources in the U.S. National...
Creative Commons and Open Educational Resources in the U.S. National Education Technology Plan - Creative Commons"The United States Department of Education 2010 National Educational Technology Plan...
View Articleon presenting | Ramblings
on presenting | Ramblings:"This is totally not confined to at-work presentations.The number of sessions I have sat through that could have taken 5 minutes instead of 20,30,40 or even 60 is amazing....
View ArticleTech Tools: Student Blogging | Quisitivity
Tech Tools: Student Blogging"Twenty-first century learning is about communication, collaboration, problem solving, and technology, all of which are integral to blogging."A good post as to WHY blogging...
View ArticlePhone texting 'helps pupils to spell
Everyone has been assuming that texting and the shorthand associated with it, is terrible for children and reduces their ability to spell, write and so on.This article from the BBC references a study...
View ArticleMicrosoft's Web-based Office goes live
Microsoft's Web-based Office goes live (Beyond Binary - CNET News)So MS Office Live is live. Another cloud-based service for document creation. Great things about it:it's Microsoft, so those of my...
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Stock Footage for Free
I found this very cool blog post (excerpted below) that speaks to a point that I have been working on recently. As students start developing their own materials in class, they will not be required to...
View ArticleWelcome to Aviary
Aviary is a free suite of powerful online creation tools: Photo-editing, logos, web templates, filters, color palettes, screen capture & more at Aviary.com.This is a really great site of tools -...
View ArticleAn Easy Way to Introduce Inkscape Drawing Program to Youth and Adults
This was written by @philshapiro in 2008, but has come back up again. and Inkscape is pretty good and FREE, so I thought I'd bring it back here.Inkscape is a fun, free and very powerful vector drawing...
View ArticleThe Free Graphics Store
Found this link on Small Business Computing, but useful for educators as well. See excerpt below, or read the whole article here."Free" is the most overused word on the Internet, but in this case, the...
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