Scoot and Doodle is a cool program on Google+ Hangouts that allows kids to doodle and play games with any of their cousins, grandparents, or long distance friends, no matter their location. Well, they have to have WiFi, but you get the picture.
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This video is basically a free webinar presented by Google certified trainers Kevin Brookhouser and Tim Lee where they unveiled some of Google forms secrets and provided simple directions on how to create self-grading quiz forms within Google Docs. 
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Some teachers embrace technology and social media. Others lurk. Many ignore. So what does the average teacher do if they’re somewhere in the middle? Why, use the handy infographic from Online Colleges of course! Above you’ll see a guide to who is using social media (pretty much everyone is aware of it) to which actual social networks they prefer.
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Our friends at Online College shared the following post. It details 100 great blogs librarians around the world should add to their RSS reader. Enjoy!
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A journal has been published that contains articles edited and peer reviewed by people with learning disabilities – said to be a first for academia anywhere in the world. The journal include a piece on the Canadian education system, an insight into the complexities of communication for people with Asperger’s syndrome, breaking bad news and the low take-up of annual health checks in Oxfordshire.
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Do you wonder where bloggers are finding all the cool infographics to share on their blogs? Here are three places you can search!
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In his new book How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, author Paul Tough makes the case that persistence and grit are the biggest indicators of student success. Being resilient against failure, he says, is the fundamental quality we should be teaching kids, and he gives examples of where that’s being done.
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Satirical, playful, cheeky, focused & supremely talented are just a few words which apply to illustrator Mark A. Fredrickson who resides in Tucson, Arizona.
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The World Future Society began in the Cold War — now corporate futurists fill its ranks — people who try to anticipate the next big disruption — and not when the jet pack will arrive.
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For educators interested in incorporating video into classroom lessons, here are seven projects to dive into.
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![The Must-Have EdTech Cheat Sheet [infographic] | Visual*~*Revolution | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/thTSQ-PX-wB0HUg6hsjm5Tl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
There’s a whole galaxy of terminology that you should know about when it comes to education technology. From PLNs to Blended Learning to Synchronous Online Learning… it can get overwhelming. Here is a great little 'cheat sheet' with many of the terminologies!
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In 1976, Martin Scorsese made a chilling cameo appearance in his thriller, Taxi Driver. Perhaps you remember the scene: Playing a bearded, nameless character, Scorsese enters a cab, bosses the driver around for a while, then proceeds to explain, in an uncomfortably matter of fact way, how he plans to kill his wife. It’ll make your hair stand on end. In a new commercial for Apple, Scorsese plays a bossy back-seat rider again. But this time, there’s no killing involved, just shilling. It’s an ad for Apple’s iPhone, and it’s the latest in a new series of ads featuring celebs like Zooey Deschannel, Samuel Jackson and John Malkovich.
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Mastermind Michael Andrews Collaborates with High-School Kids On New Video. Psychedelic flashes of Hello Kitty and Albert Einstein blend into vignettes of summery nostalgia in Josh Hassin's animated music video for Michael Andrews, Bubbles in Space. Comprising 3,000 frames hand-drawn by more than 100 students from San Diego's High Tech High International, the flipbook-style piece was based on a live-action film Hassin and retro-pop singer-songwriter Andrews shot with their children.
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Here are eight quotes, phrases, and saying that can be credited to William Shakespeare.
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Greek designer (really, where else could he be from?) Charis Tsevis has created new illustrations just for Yahoo!’s coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games. Tsevis designed these colorful and dynamic images for diving, running, and gymnastics. His geometric representations shows the energy and grace of the Olympic athletes.
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API stands for Application Program Interface. It’s a tool which allows web applications (websites and apps to the layman) to communicate with each other and share information stored in each other’s databases. This information can then be incorporated into new and different projects. API’s are incredibly valuable for education. Being able to share data about student progress levels, education resources, and classroom ideas means that everyone learns more. Whether it’s a teacher sharing instructional videos with her classroom or a branch of government trying to allocate funds for its education budget.
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How do you get your inspiration? Books, blogs, websites, and movies are a great place to start, but have you ever considered trying out Twitter? Twitter is full of people who are doing all kinds of inspiring things, from helping save the world, to providing spiritual advice, to overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles in their lives, as well as to those who just want to help others succeed in work, fitness, and all aspects of life.
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Susan Oxnevad has created an interactive learning experience designed to provide students and teachers with opportunities to focus on digital citizenship while engaging in constructive play with this lovely interactive graphics.
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LEGO bricks illustrate the simple idea behind infographics.
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What does it mean to be mindful? How will mindfulness help make better images? These are valid questions and in my opinion mindfulness can take your photography to the next level. Mindfulness is a technique most famously used by Buddhist monks. The concept is simple but the practice is anything but easy. In a nutshell mindfulness is defined as the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities. The sights, smells, feeling, taste, and sounds of our surroundings are often taken for granted.
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As our attention spans are getting shorter and shorter & as more and more of us are head down checking our smartphones and status updates, it's getting harder for advertisers to get their products & services noticed.
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The next generation of tablet technology could feature paper-thin screens that can be folded and tucked into your back pocket, artificial intelligence and augmented reality – the stuff of science fiction may be coming to a store near you.
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Yesterday Apple released an update for its free iTunes U app that will allow any teacher to create private courses, even if their school or institution does not have a public iTunes U affiliation.
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Article by Tim Brady:
Similar to the consumer tech revolution, this ed tech revolution will take some time and happen unevenly in waves. It will occur both at school and at home. And while the blogosphere is littered with the pages of people incorrectly predicting the future of technology use, I still think it a worthwhile thought experiment to project how this revolution may play out. Here is how I think it might happen
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In retrospect, many of our beloved children’s books were a little creepy. Well — maybe we’ve watched Psycho a little too recently, but a missing page from Love You Forever could easily reveal some Norman Bates-type sentiments, don’t you think? And what’s with all these cheery books about characters drowning in food?
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