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From handpowered iPhone chargers to cursing coffee mugs, these are the things we're eying this holiday season. 
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Whether you have problems with your time management in class or you just want to focus students attention on the importance of time while working on tasks, the timers below will be of great help to you.
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Wes Freyer's awesome interactive resource for product-based learning.
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Diversity is the spice of life and for us in education it is also the spice of learning. As learners, we have different learning styles . Some learn more when information is presented visually, others learn through movement and hands-on activities.
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August 27, 2014 12:47 AM
From www.educatorstechnology.com - December 1, 2012 8:49 AM
Diversity is the spice of life and for us in education it is also the spice of learning. As learners, we have different learning styles . Some learn more when information is presented visually, others learn through movement and hands-on activities.
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The Gmail+1"hack" isn't a new trick but it still works and it still provides a solution to a problem that a lot of teachers run into when they want their students to use a new web tool. Let's say there's a new service that I want my students to use but my students don't have email addresses that they can use to register for that service. In that case you can quickly generate Gmail addresses for your students by using the Gmail+1 hack.
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Amy Mayer recently published a nice chart that breaks down the differences between "doing projects" and "project based learning." The chart, which you can get in its entirety from Amy's blog, does a nice job of breaking down the differences between these two commonly and incorrectly interchanged terms.
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Need a little pick-me-up? Try out some of these inspirational and educational quotes from your favorite social bookmarking site Pinterest.
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Mobile technology and social networks aren't just disruptive to existing industries like communications and media, they are also helping the change the way that students learn and how education is delivered both in North America and around the world. Via Julie Lindsay, João Greno Brogueira, Daniel Tan, Carlos Marcelo, Jim Lerman
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Be warned though, late-night screen staring can seriously mess with your sleep cycle! Whether it’s late night study session or just a night-cap Netflix episode or Facebook statuses to fall asleep to, looking at a computer screen shortly before bed could be very unhealthy. In fact, the act of checking texts, emailing, Facebooking, or anything else on the web before bed has become a habit for over 95% of survey participants!
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What did the biggest social networks look like when they first started and what does the future hold for Facebook?
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Professional Learning in the Digital Age: The Educator's Guide to User-Generated Learning is a succinct 84 page (plus appendixes) guide to harnessing the power of online communities to become a better educator. In each chapter Kristen provides a list of resources and a small "do now" action plan to help you get connected. The format of the book makes it easy to read a chapter, stop and do the "do now" things that Kristen lists, and then come back to reading the book later.
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10 recommendations on how to help students use Google more effectively from Richard Byrne.
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The Periodic Table of Comic Books is an initiative from Kentucky university to promote the learning and teaching of chemistry by providing students and teachers with a wide range of references .The process is very simple and easy to use. Just head over to The Periodic Table of Comic Books homepage and click on any element shown in the table.
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Comic strips and cartoons are great learning and teaching materials. Students love them and you can see the excitement in their eyes the moment they know they are included in their lesson.
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Here is a list of some great educational websites.
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Is possible to create PDFs in Google Documents and if so how can it be done. The answer is yes, you can create PDFs in Google Documents and the directions for doing it are provided in the screenshots
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Recently, Finland-based photographer Mikko Lagerstedt has put out some of his finest work to date. Called Infinity, the series shows a beautiful layer of fog sweeping through majestic landscapes both during the day and at night. "Most of the photos were taken this month in just two days time," he tells us. "There is something about fog that gives you the sense of infinity and mood. Never know what is 'behind' the fog."
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Continuing with the theme of measurable successes in education technology implementations that we’ve explored in a number of articles over the last few months, today we take a look at Project Red.
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Did you know there are only three species of elephant living today? They are: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant (also known as the Indian elephant). All other species are extinct. Photograph by Nick Brandt
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Here is a slideshow that basically features some of the best audio books available for teachers and students.
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Listing of Technologies That Get Students Reading that can help teachers and parents get kids reading and make it fun for them at the same time.
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With more and more of the world's content online, it is critical that students understand how to effectively use web search to find quality sources appropriate to their task. We've created a series of lessons to help you guide your students to use search meaningfully in their schoolwork and beyond.
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A series of videos featuring the worst writing crimes and how to fix them. Well done Kevin Brookhouser!
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