Category: Technology and Learning
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The Best Teacher Tools for Taking Screenshots and Annotating Pictures ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
Creating tutorials and explanatory guides is best done through the help of screenshots. These are pictures we take of our screens to share with others or include in a visual demonstration of how, for example, a process works. As teachers and educators we often find ourselves in need of such visual annotations and cues to…
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Learn to make Apps! Code with Chris
Recently we created a Google App for IASAS and to be honest it wasn’t that hard. (I wish I could say the same about the Apple version but it was WAY MORE COMPLICATED.) However, I thought I would share the site where I learned. It is very easy and all free. If you were…
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Teach Students to Locate Reliable Answers!
Wikipedia has never been my favorite web tool – however things are always changing and I came across this. It is the List of Academic Databases and Search Engines. Bookmark this site! Link to research lessons, presentation building or almost anything for students to locate and identify answers. Teaching students the skill of locating and answering…
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ISTE Infographic: Ready, set, blend!
The basic cognitive skills needed by previous generations are no longer enough. Students in the conceptual age must also master the higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, including creation, metacognition and self-actualization. “It will require an upgrade to our curriculum, new instructional methods and materials, a new profile of a global…
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Evernote Scannable for iOS makes digitizing paper easy – SlashGear
Evernote users are about to have more reasons to make the service a central hub for their digital lives. Today, the company is announcing Scannable, an app that will scan any document you have and upload it to their service. Better yet, your scanned documents are also searchable via Evernote, so you can find them…
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A Step By Step Guide On How to Create Flashcards Using Google Spreadsheets ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
Flippity is a very good tool that you can use on Google Spreadsheets to create flashcards and quizzes. The flashcards you create can be either printed or shared online through a generated link. The process to create a flashcard using Google Spreadsheet is pretty easy. Here is how to do it: Source: www.educatorstechnology.com See on…
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The Australian Curriculum v7.0 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability – Learning continuum
Diagram showing Organising elements of ICT Capability Source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au See on Scoop.it – Technology for Kids in the Classroom
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Google Scholar Rocks!
Recently I was reminded of the amazing things found in Google Scholar. Loads of peer reviewed journals, primary sources and complete books! It is a great tool for locating quality resources and it is a simple way to teach students the value of QUALITY searching. Now with your Google Account you actually get a Google Scholar…
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Check out the new Cicret!
Are you ready for the new wearables? Here is the prototype for the Cicret Bracelet.
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Photos For Class – The World’s Easiest Way to Download Properly Attributed, Creative Common Images
Are you looking for a safe and easy way to find images for school reports? Just search and download properly attributed, copyright free images. G Rated Images – Photos for Class uses Flickr safe search, and we do a little filtering of our own to help it out – Read More Easy Attribution – When…
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