Helen Stepanova is an English language teacher, teacher trainer and author, currently working as a Business English teacher in Latvia. In this guest post, she looks at some of the resources availab...
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Educators are harnessing online materials to meet the toughest challenges in higher education: giving more students access to college, and helping them graduate on time. Delete the scoop?
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This visualization details some wonderful examples of what the future of online language learning will look like. Delete the scoop?
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In the largest survey of instructors who have taught massive open online courses, The Chronicle heard from critics, converts, and the cautious. Delete the scoop?
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Creating and sharing clips allows learners to assess their own speaking
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A list of the top 101 websites for English & Language Arts (ELA) chosen by real teachers from prominent LinkedIn groups. 
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March 19, 1:40 PM
Lots of resources compiled here for anyone needing help with the nuts and bolts of writing instruction. Delete the scoop?
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As plans for Google's Knowledge Graph and new search emerge, Ben Morse explores the impact these developments will have on education and people working in schools 
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"As plans for Google's Knowledge Graph and new search emerge, Ben Morse explores the impact these developments will have on education and people working in schools" 
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Will new improve Google finding, make teachers unnecessary? Doubtful, but they will have to adapt their ways! 
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Knowing how to search, evaluate, and ethically use digital information is the essense of being educated. Google is a pioneering effort. Learn to use the tools! Delete the scoop?
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What if every expert in the world decided to teach the next generation? Join us and Teach2013. (Learning shouldn't stop in the classroom. RT if you agree and Let's Change the Face of Education Forever. Delete the scoop?
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Do you know the actual theories of learning? A learning theory is an attempt to describe how people learn, helping us understand this inherently complex process. 
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January 4, 2:05 PM
Like this quote. "Learning theory is an attempt to describe how people learn." It is complex because it is emergent and defies being reduced to simple components, but we must keep trying to understand it. "The journey is the destinaton" as an Eastern philospher once said. 
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Great diagram. We just need to always keep in mind that theories of learning are not theories of teaching. Always "mind the gap" as a voice once said to me as I sat on a train in London.
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Cutting through the buzzwords to talk about what matters in school technology. Delete the scoop?
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2012 is drawing to a close, and 2013 lies ahead of us. Time to take a look at some of the educational trends that have emerged over the last 12 months, and that are likely to dominate the educational technology scene in the coming year. Here are five trends that I think will still be getting plenty of airtime in 2013.
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Sean Dowling, an Educational Technology Coordinator, looks at why the uptake of Web 2.0 tools in the classroom has been slow, and offers some solutions. On a daily basis, many of us are using web-b... Delete the scoop?
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Take away the dorm rooms, the classroom banter, the brown-nosing, the keg parties and the tuition, and is it still college? Delete the scoop?
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Over the course of educational timelines, the textbook has reigned as the authority in content delivery. The textbook's reign has gone unmatched for many years, but its pedestal is beginning to wobbl Delete the scoop?
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Massive open online courses are transforming higher education — and providing fodder for scientific research. Delete the scoop?
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Edutopia’s tech integration research review explores some of the vast body of research out there and helps you navigate useful results. Delete the scoop?
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In an unusual arrangement with a commercial company, the universities hope that those who pass the free courses will pay tuition to complete a degree program. Delete the scoop?
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While the schools in our district are not far apart in terms of distance, it is often difficult for them to make connections with each other even though we have the best intentions and we all realize 
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January 21, 2:28 PM
Ferramentas digitais para conectar as escolas locais
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Whenever we start a new year, we really want to focus on the "new" part. Wherever we can get a "clean slate", we try. Delete the scoop?
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Raquel Gonzaga is a blog writer in the field of technology resources for ELT classrooms. In this post, she considers how QR codes can be used to involve and motivate students in the EFL classroom. ... Delete the scoop?
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Twelve UK universities are pooling their resources to get into the brave new world of MOOCs. What are MOOCs? The short answer is 'massive open online courses' -- typically free, online and open to anyone who wants to participate. Delete the scoop?
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