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Are we really taking advantage of this digital information age to enhance the quality of today's education? Are we keeping pace with the fast-changing learning styles of our students? Do we know when, how, and what technology to use in our classrooms ? Do schools and curricula facilitate the integration of such technology ? These and many other similar questions are in the core of the present debate about the kind of education students need to success in a digitally focused world. 
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From Cave Paintings to The Internet is an online project that documents the history of information and media from as early as 2.500.000 BCE to the modern day. All of the information contained in this project is organized into a Google Maps based interface with a great search functionality.
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Do you need some inspiration for the start of this new year ? Do you need something to empower you and boost your teaching moral up ? Edutopia has the answer. The folks there have just finished curating a great list of short videos that are definitely worth watching. These videos are all under five minutes long so they wont take a lot from your time but I am pretty sure once you watch them you will want to watch again.
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Teachers looking for ways to engage and inspire students should consider creating interactive graphics with ThingLink and Edmodo. It's easy!
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Here are five free tools for creating comics online.
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The story behind mankind is a wild epic; a tale of determination and survival by a species that holds superior thinking power to any other life form around them. It’s a tale that spans thousands of years and documents the stepping stones in our journey from hunter-gatherer to global citizen. The history of the human race is a story of all of us, and how we came to be on our planet. It took 10 billion years for the ideal planet to form and 3 billion more for the right conditions to emerge before it finally happened: mankind began, and they built pyramids.
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Here is a list of 20 great podcasts from all areas of teaching that are really worth a look and listen!
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Check out this slide-deck outlining some ways to build better presentations through visuals and delivery. Presentation includes links to external sites.
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It’s that time to ring in the new year! What are your resolutions? What are your students’ resolutions? While you’re likely not in the classroom right now, that doesn’t mean you can’t use this printable new year resolution chart when you get back to class.
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Infographic detailing the growing trend in mobile and tablet gaming.
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Video projects are great educational tool because when they're organized properly students have to write, research, produce, and revise just as they would if they were writing a story or research paper. The difference is that shared finished video projects have the potential to reach many more people than a well-written essay does.
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Before you assign your next project, encourage your students to think outside of the box and get creative! Move away from the dioramas and poster board projects. Allow your students to mix, mash, and video their way to a deeper understanding of the topic by using one of the video creation tools below.
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Reading a book you don't want to read is like cutting down a large tree tucked between three houses; it's best done piece-by-piece, chapter-by-chapter. Here's how to do it, from Jim Trelease, author of The Read-Aloud Handbook.
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What do you think about Facebook as a learning social networking media for students? Do you believe in its educational potential or do you think we need to keep our students away from it because it is all about distraction ? Of course there is no right or wrong answer to these questions and each one of you has a different stance, perspective, and worldview from which he/she view things and decide...
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Is technology a real game changer in our life? Do you think that human life will be totally digitized in 20 years time? If you pause for a second and pull yourself out of the hustle and bustle of your daily busy life and think deeply about how much technology you are using , you will really be amazed.
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Why is Creativity Important in Education: "It is not an option, it's an absolute necessity " Sir Ken
As you probably know Sir Ken Robinson is one of the pioneer educators who constantly advocate the importance of creativity in education. Here is an another great video of his. Just as is the case in all the other videos, Ken Robinson excels in talking about creativity and in the clip below, he will explain to you wny creativity matters in education and it requires a transformation in the schools work. Accoridng to him, " creativity is not an option, it's an absolute necessity ".
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Pinterest is a promising visual bookmarking platform. It is gaining in popularity more and more and of course teachers and educators are part of this success for there are now a burgeoning number of educational boards on Pinterest where you can get free access to tons of web tools and teaching tips.There are also some great educational Pinners that are committed to sharing useful resources with their fellow teachers. In this regard, Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has its own Pinterest Board where we have been pinning everything we publish here or we find in other blogs and websites, make sure to follow us to stay updated about our future pinnings.
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Planet Nutshell produces short animated videos to explain products, services, and concepts. One of their series of videos is all about the Internet and Internet safety for K-12 students. The series is called NetSafe and it has 17 episodes that were produced for the Utah Education Network. The videos are labeled with grade levels so that students in high school don't watch videos designed for K-3 students. The first video in the series is an explanation of what the Internet is in terms that K-3 students can understand.
tammy bailey's curator insight,
January 23, 2013 2:32 PM
The videos are short and sweet but packed with lots of good information.
Jennifer Robinson's curator insight,
April 21, 2013 8:15 AM
Great video to talk to 1st or 2nd graders about the Internet.
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With school back in session, one topic that’s on many class curriculums around the nation is cyber safety. After all, it’s a hyper-connected world—with texting, social networking, e-mail, online gaming, chat, music downloading, web surfing, and other forms of wired and wireless communication now a regular part of children’s lives.
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Digital storytelling projects developed and used by teachers.
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Every teacher who has attempted to integrate technology into the classroom knows that getting parents on board can sometimes be a challenge.
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Here are five ways that Google Sites are commonly being used in schools.
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Whether it's your students, parents, or just friends ... it would help to have a 'Facebook Cheat Sheet' of some sort to know what to post on Facebook.
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This gives an informative video about the new age of technology and advancements in the classroom. The new era of technology is prevalent in society, so should it also be reflected in the classroom? I think this article is beneficial in pointing out how quickly technology is changing around us- which is in turn becoming a more and more prevalent part of the professional workplace, so it makes sense that we integrate this new technology in the classroom to allow students to become more familiarized with it and better their education through new and more innovative ways in order to keep up with the rest of society. I am curious to learn about how making the classroom more digitally focused benefits/harms the students' ability to learn as a whole.