Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts

Friday, March 8, 2013

Skype Announces Free Group Video Calling for Teachers


The ability for classrooms to beam in authors, subject experts, and fellow students from around the world has been one of the great advantages afforded by Skype. Commonly used by librarians and other K–12 educators to provide real-time engagement for their students, the service just got better. As of today, existing members of Skype in the classroom or new registrants can use Skype’s Group Video Calling free of charge.
A feature previously available only to paid Skype Premium subscribers, Group Video Calling allows users to connect via Webcam with up to 10 parties. Skype’s blog post details instructions for signing up for free video calling. (Authentication may take 48 hours)
Launched in March 2011, Skype in the classroom offers searchable “lessons,” which enable educators worldwide to connect with each other around various subjects. “My sixth graders from Philadelphia are seven chapters into The Watsons Go to Birmingham,” reads one lesson, for example. “Is your class also reading it? If so, lets plan an activity of some sort. Maybe a book discussion.”


Wednesday, February 27, 2013

4 Education Technology Trends Coming To Your Classroom - Edudemic


3D printing, text messaging, and the many other trends are going to shape your classroom. Here's a look at what they are and how it'll all work.


Saturday, September 1, 2012

The Teacher’s Quick Guide To Education Technology

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Today 70% of children between the ages of 2-5 can operate a computer mouse, but only 11% of them can tie their own shoes. At the start of the 21st century only half of all school classrooms had Internet access, compared to 98% today.

The proliferation and sheer breadth of accessibility that the Internet offers has in many ways redefined the process of “growing up” — this graphic explores this redefinition and provides insight into not just how we learn stuff, but also what we learn from a young age now that we have computers.

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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Educational Technology in Practice

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This book serves as a platform for educational technology researchers, practitioners and students to share experiences and best practices in both developing and developed contexts. Throughout the book, various challenges are addressed and educational technology tools and strategies are subsequently employed in an effort to tackle the issues. The book also highlights successes and accomplishments in areas and contexts in which educational technology is being harnessed, including reaching more learners, providing more affordable options, and building capacity.
Because of the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature of the field and the cases, this book is useful not only in educational technology, but also in other fields. A “Facilitator Guide” is provided for each chapter for educators to use with their learners.

Book available at: http://www.infoagepub.com/products/Educational-Technology-in-Practice

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Media Literacy: A Skill All Children Need

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“Schools and educational programs can …. “vaccinate” students against advertising in more explicit ways. Here are a few ideas…”

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6 Key Software Updates You Should Be Doing

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Software updates are released for three reasons: to patch a security hole, to fix bugs and to add features. But forty percent of users don’t update their software when prompted.

Here’s why that’s a mistake…

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Friday, July 27, 2012

Zuckerberg Denies the Facebook Phone. What's the Evidence?

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday in the company’s first-ever earnings call that “it wouldn’t really make much sense” for the social networking monolith to build its own smartphone.
While Zuckerberg denied the logic of Facebook building a phone, there are plenty of reasons why doing so would, in fact, make a lot of sense…

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Scientists Develop Microchip Version of the Human Body

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While it won’t look like a person, this microchip will have the same functions as 10 major human organs and could be used for drug testing.

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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

10 Tech Gadgets to Help Manage Your Business

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When it comes to tech, it pays to think small. Whether you work on the road, in the corner of your garage or from a tiny rented office, space is at a premium for startups. And in the guerrilla struggle of taking on your bigger competitors, you’ll want to be able to move fast and light.

Luckily, startups are built for this kind of action. With the right combination of tools—including low-footprint tablets and pocket-size peripherals—you should be able to find most everything you need to run your business out of a backpack.

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

‘They’ve got more choice!’: Technology, social media, the teacher and the higher education learner of today

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“If higher education does not meet the needs of the next generation, then the next generation will go elsewhere for their knowledge. They will learn, authenticate and use it themselves, within their social networks and communities created through and on social media. They will find an authority outside the academy, or they will find or start an academy that will serve their needs. Their own practice will vindicate and realise the learning.”

By Peter Bryant

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